Sphere over Ann Arbor (Pittsfield), MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Walking my dog I looked up and saw a metallic sphere I initially assumed must be a drone, but wondered why it was flying so close to the Ann Arbor airport. As it approached where I stood and flying at perhaps 150-200 feet of altitude, I realized that it had no visible propellers or other means of propulsion and there was no sound. It maintained a steady speed of perhaps 35-40 miles per hour and steady course heading southeast. The entire sighting lasted a minute or less. There were few dogwalkers at the park and no one else seemed to notice.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177359). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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