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Sightings
Witness reports, held as-reported. Each entry keeps its source, its coordinates where the record has them, and its place in the larger pattern.
3,082 entries
April 24, 2020 · 10:05 AM
Haslett, MI
A string of 40 lights followed the same adjacent plane as if following each other. They were uneven and then disappeared out of nowhere and lights went off.
April 24, 2020 · 10:00 AM · OTHER
Traverse City, MI
There were 2 one after another of about 20 lights in a row traveling east. It was traveling fast, then came another and as soon as they past us they vanished.
April 21, 2020 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Grand Rapids, MI
Any ideas?
April 21, 2020 · 3:00 AM · FIREBALL
Newberry, MI
We were out of town just hanging out in the North country trail and Newberry was the closest place to us. We all had a couple of beers but we all were sober enough to know what we saw. Even our DD saw it. It got super quiet, everything almost stopped, even time. We all were very disoriented and felt a little sick. Put of nowhere, we saw what we could only identify as a fireball like object. It flew in a strange pattern, and didn't act like a fireball. What felt like 4 minuted was actually hours, time didn’t feel real. A moment of silence took over us, trying to come up with plausible reasons of what this could be. We came up with nothing, it was our DD who decided to look up different possibilities and the internet lead us to you. It seems like the right path, we can only hope telling our story will help us learn and come to terms with what we saw.
April 20, 2020 · 11:30 AM · LIGHT
Clinton, MI
I was driving home and all of a sudden I noticed a bright white/yellow light in the sky...it shot off at a crazy fast speed to the left...leaving a small trail and then was gone. Appeared and disappeared out of nowhere. It was too low to be a plane, clouds were in the sky so couldn’t be a shooting star. It moved too fast for an explanation. My first thought was UFO and I had pure panic.
April 19, 2020 · 9:25 PM · CIRCLE
Detroit, MI
seen at least 30 lights in the sky while out for a smoke seen another 15 moving across the sky over Detroit MI. 9:25 p.m. to 9:35 p.m. weren't shooting stars or memorial candles or balloons. they were appearing out of no where and moving across the sky
April 19, 2020 · 9:20 PM · CIRCLE
Charlotte, MI
We just saw at least 22+ lights not flashing strung out flying from west towards north north east. No sound.
April 19, 2020 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Waterford, MI
Looked up in the sky to see 30 plus ufo spaces equally moving from southwest to north east all at the same speed and equal spacing. Then noticed same thing happening north to south. Still movement as I type this. Definitely not aircraft in our atmosphere and way way way to many to be any satellite or space station. Confirmed with a friend in a different county him and his family went outside and witnessed the same thing for over 40 minutes now.
April 19, 2020 · 12:00 AM · OTHER
Lake Orion, MI
I was taking my dog on a walk and as I was walking right past Long Lake in Lake Orion Michigan. I noticed a bunch of flying objects all in sync with each other coming from the middle of the lake going north. Every time one would disappear to the northside one more would appear above the middle of the Lake. It was/is a very clear sky out and you could see every single star so I know it wasn’t any stars. There has been a planet out lately that you can see that is the brightest star in the sky and it wasn’t that at all. I kept looking to see where they were appearing from all of these star looking objects and they just kept appearing out of literally nothing. Just out of the middle of nowhere they just kept appearing and none of the stars around it were moving or anything except these UFO objects. That were all in sink moving with each other one right after another After about 10 minutes of standing there next to the lake at the boat launch I decided to start walking back home because I was getting scared. I wasn’t sure what was going to happen. Every so often I would look up in the star sky and it was still there happening every single time and then probably about 15 minutes later I got home and I could still see the UFO lights looking things doing the same thing over and over again. I came in the house and got my Dad to come out and see them and we walked outside and they were gone.
April 18, 2020 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Cassopolis, MI
One red and one white light together above the tree line with a bright center larger than a star but smaller than the moon. Every time I tried to take a picture the lights would go out and then come back on. I even tried to take a video but it moved and the lights went out. It just stayed there hovering for a very long time otherwise. It seemed as if it was far away and at least the size of a plane.
April 18, 2020 · 10:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Bangor, MI
Large bright ball not registering on any app as a planet or bright star. Got closer and went back was triangle shape and brighter than any star in sky.
April 18, 2020 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Eastport, MI
At 10 o’clock at night I went outside to grab something from my car. I looked up in the sky and saw 3 white lights in the sky, they were all heading towards each other, one was heading south, one north, and the third was traveling west. At first I thought it was 3 satellites, but then they all started moving east. I then moved to get a better view as there was a tree blocking part of my view. Once the tree was out of the way I saw two more lights traveling east as well. They all seemed to be going a similar speed, about the speed of satellites I’ve seen, but I’d never seen so many satellites at once. I stood there and kept looking, and more lights kept appearing from the west and traveled east, at what appeared to be similar trajectories as the previous lights. At this point and went back inside and got my brother, who came out and watched the lights with me. They kept appearing from the west and heading east. Sometimes one at a time, sometimes two. Some were faster than others. Then my mother came out and witnessed the lights. All in, their were probably 12-14 moving lights in total. I don’t know if it was a series of satellites we saw. Their were no flashing lights, but at one point one light grew brighter for a second then returned to its normal appearance. At the start, the lights appeared frequently but as time went on their was a longer break between appearances. This lasted about 20 minutes, and I would like to know if there were any satellites or other known vehicles in the sky at the time this happened. I would appreciate an explanation if there is one.
April 18, 2020 · 10:00 AM · LIGHT
Niles, MI
Last night me and my girlfriend were out looking at the stars and we saw an odd thing it looked like there was about 30 lights about a mile to a mile and a 1/2 apart going from West to North East consistently went on for a about 15 minutes One of the lights separated from the others and went in a totally different direction. It was like a conveyor belt we would look and another would appear move across the sky and fade off. At any given time you could see 3 to 4 moving thru the sky at once. Always the same distance apart. Never any blinking or flashing happened
April 17, 2020 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Kentwood, MI
Tonight at approximately 10 pm I stepped out on my porch to look at the stars, when I noticed two "stars" evenly spaced moving across the sky, then another, then another, in what appeared to be slow flying, high altitude crafts, all evenly spaced apart, heading in a straight line toward the north east. I called my husband after I witnessed about 8 of them, and he joined me on the porch. We watched at least another 5 or 6, appearing one at a time from the south west, evenly spaced, traveling at the same speed, and disappearing in the north eastern sky. My husband went back into the house, and I grabbed my phone to call my brother who lives about 5 miles away. He stepped outside and together, we watched them come again and again. That phone call lasted about 10 minutes, we saw at least another 6 together. I needed to know I wasn't alone in seeing these. Very strange and a bit scary. They subsided at approximately 10:20 pm. I have written to Wood Tv 8 and to Gerald R. Ford International Airport to see if I can get an explanation of what these air craft might have been, and am awaiting a response.
April 17, 2020 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Grand rapids, MI
I was sitting on my porch waiting with my sisters for our mom too pick us up when I saw what looked like a star moving then I seen more they were going ne from sw they ended up going superfast in a line then I seen 3 helicopters going in same direction I asked my sister if she could see all of this and she said yes I sat on the porch till my mom came when I came back home around 1 am they were all gone they looked like stars very small
April 17, 2020 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Baldwin, MI
Saw strange lights in the sky. They made no sound. All headed in relatively the same direction, northeast. Too fast, too bright, and too many all together to be satellites. Checked flight pattern app and there was no reported air traffic overhead. Some where moving in pairs at slightly different speeds.
April 17, 2020 · 10:15 AM · CIRCLE
Roscommon, MI
Multiple circle lights moving west to east. A few from north to south. Moving steady and fast. Very clear to see.
April 17, 2020 · 9:35 AM · LIGHT
Mancelona, MI
My family and I were sitting around our bonfire. My oldest daughter (17) noticed some "planes flying" really fast. She then noted that the lights were flying too fast to be planes and they were not flashing or colored in any way. They looked exactly like stars, really far away and they flew very fast. The "stars" were flying equal distance apart. They all seemed to be coming from a southwest area, heading northeast. We live on the 45th parallel in Michigan so halfway between the equator and north pole. We saw at least 50 of these lights. At first they seemed to be moving all in a straight line coming from the same place. Then we noticed that there were other lines coming from different areas but all seemed to be headed towards the same destination. At one point we saw one that got brighter and dimmed instantly like a dimmer switch, as it was passing the north star. We recorded a video.
April 16, 2020 · 10:13 PM · CIRCLE
Pontiac, MI
Around 10:08 p.m. I went outside with my Dog. While she was wandering, I was looking up at the night sky and noticed 2 stars moving quite fast, side by side with an off set. So I ran and grabbed my phone to try to Video tape it, if it Happens again. Because I know they're not stars. It did Happen again 5 more times. As these things are moving they get real bright {its quite amazing} and then dim low again. I saw 1 of them light up into a Triangle with bright lights kind of like a strobe. I Believe that I saw the Mother Ship, It looked like a big circle all lit up with a smaller circle at the bottom all lit up when it Strobe'd. It strobe'd 2 times . They all came from the same place and disappeared at same place. I did take 5 Videos .
April 16, 2020 · 9:30 PM · CIRCLE
Oscoda, MI
Out with dog..looked up and around clear sky.looked southwest, say light and continue to watch it go northeast no sound, no blinking light took a right turn going over lake huron Slow turn. Did not more like a jet and I still heard no sound. I've seen lots of planes over head but not like this..ever
April 16, 2020 · 9:11 PM · DISK
Lansing, MI
At first I thought it was just a plane, but then I realized there's no airport in the direction it was going toward; it was flying toward the ground on the Southside of Lansing, MI. It had no wings and made no noise. It was shaped like a disk and had two white lights and one red light. It was moving at a very fast pace. I tried to take a picture but was unsuccessful because of how fast it was moving. About an hour later, the other witness and I both felt vibrations coming from our house. Our dog started barking at the door so I went to check outside again and the UFO was in the sky again heading towards Holt,MI. I tried to take a video but it wouldn't show up on my camera at all.
April 16, 2020 · 10:30 AM · CIRCLE
Hopkins, MI
Lights kept coming in same intervals and speed following same line. Would disappear after a bit. Coming from southwest going north East. Some would light up too.
April 16, 2020 · 10:05 AM · UNKNOWN
Petoskey, MI
It was not project blue beam! And it was not Venus!!!!!!!! It definitely was not star link... It was not a plane flares it wasn’t Chinese lantern it wasn’t parachute it was not weather balloon and sure as hell wasn’t a Maroge, Multiple crafts traveling in erratic directions it wasn’t streamlined they were all moving differently in the sky changing course it was not a satellite and they were definitely not aircraft they moved to quick One light “And there were tons” Traveled the equivalent of three of your palms in the sky within a second and a half, They were existent stars that were moving in different directions and there is no way their trajectory with straight. Like I said it was not airplanes It was not weather balloons and the lights were bright in the sky and moving very quickly.
April 16, 2020 · 12:55 AM · OVAL
Saint Clair Shores, MI
I was traveling due West on a dog walk on a neighborhood city street on a sidewalk. The lake called Lake St. Clair was at my back literally less than a block away. I would estimate the orb I saw was traveling due North at a zero degree angle from my vantage-point or because I was traveling west? I slept through Geometry in High School so please give me a break here. It literally went in a straight horizontal line from my view. The orb was bright white in color. I only saw one orb. I would consider it was oval or a full circle filled in bright white. It left a very very visible bright white trail behind it almost like seeing a comet trail. It then was gone. Vanished. My best explanation is that it did not gain altitude while traveling nor did it drop in altitude (to best explain the angle of its travel). I'm now aware I can not determine the exact altitude but let me tell you it appeared to me like it was 3-4 football fields above me...that's it. I have seen other very similar orbs in the past to this one. Yet, I've never seen something or felt it was this "up close" ever before. I was almost in shock how close it did appear to me. My observation led me to consider this would've been like a recon orb or that it was not manned by a biological entity. That's how close I think it was.