Unknown over Brownstown Charter Township, MI
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
I took my dog out to potty before bed. Very clear evening, I noticed right away a very bright what I thought was an aircraft. As looked closer I saw that the object/ light was not moving. I went into the house and got my iPhone and recorded it for about a minute and a half. I watched it for at least 10 minutes and it never moved. The object was pulsating and emitting quickly changing colored lights. I zoomed in and it appeared that the object was changing shape from round to multi lobed. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Probable]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #179724). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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