Triangle over Woodland, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
While letting out my dogs I noticed a bright orange light in the distance (about 2 acres away) that looked like fire in the trees/tree line. I told my dad it looked like the top of the trees were on fire. I grabbed my binoculars by the door to see what it was. I could not find the bright orange light in the trees because I was stuck on the big dark triangle object hovering a ways down the yard. While looking at it the object appeared to be a dark blurr as if it was something standing still but moving at the same time. My dad said "where did the light go" because he left to grab his phone and by the time he got back the orange light in the tree line was gone and when I looked back into the binoculars that object had disappeared.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175098). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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