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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 15, 2020 · 7:00 PM · UNKNOWN

Kentwood, MI

We first noticed on our walk - in these days not too many airplanes are in the air - I thought it might be a drone to begin with - it was moving very slowly - looked to almost still most of the time - was located approximately at cross roads of East Paris & Lake Drive. Moved from the South to a little north (maybe 1/4 mile) and then mostly stayed in that position from about 19:00 until I put my daughter to sleep at 21:30 - there were no other lights other than white - no flashing lights - just bright. When first noticed there we no other lights in the sky and too early for stars - it seemed to be in my guesstimate to be about about 3000 to 4000 ft high - hard to judge the size - but it was smaller - possible the size of a small personal plane or smaller.

April 14, 2020 · 10:30 PM · DIAMOND

Lake Odessa, MI

It was a very bright diamond shaped light with greenish blue at its tip. It didnt move but appeared to sway in place. It's a cloudy night calling for snow. Clouds covered the light and when they passed it was gone

April 14, 2020 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE

Marysville, MI

Triangle shaped object with three blinking yellow lights at points of the triangle. Thought to be a plane at first, but I noticed no noise. It was coming across from Canada into USA Michigan border heading west. I'm estimating at 1000 ft high for 30 seconds. Moving extremely fast, and too low to be a jet, or plane. The shape was very noticeable.

April 8, 2020 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT

Ironwood, MI

I was at the dog park in Ironwood, Michigan. I was just watching the stars and two lights catch my eye in the east, not too long before the moon came up. At first it appears as if two flying lights are circling one another in really bizarre ways, both going at the same speed, rising and falling in an oval pattern for the majority, sometimes speeding up a little. After a while I noticed there was a pattern, and I think what I was seeing was one very large craft with two lights on each side of it, and it was spinning and rotating. It was very high up in the sky, so high that the lights were so dim my camera wouldn't catch it, but if it was one large object, it must have been enormous. It looked quite abnormal. Watching it actually made me a little dizzy. I couldn't really say how high up it was, but it seemed very high up and the craft VERY large. I was watching it for several minutes, maybe 5-10 minutes, before it slowed down and then made a dead stop, and hoovered in the air in the same spot for the remaining time I was at the park, at least 20 more minutes, and just appeared to be two stars, one brighter one on the left and a dimmer one on the lower right. I plan to return to the same spot tomorrow night with a better camera and see if those two "stars" are still there.

April 6, 2020 · 12:00 AM · CIRCLE

Norton Shores, MI

Seen over Lake Michigan with binoculars. Was changing colors.

April 2, 2020 · 9:38 AM · CIRCLE

Detroit, MI

20 orange circular objects appearing in sky making formations, then lining up in a zigzag then disappearing one at a time within 10 seconds of each other.

March 21, 2020 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT

Whitmore lake, MI

I noticed a solid light. what I thought was a Satellite moving at a really fast speed was followed in a straight line by 10 to 20 other. I cant believe how fast and the height they were flying at..I could see other aircraft in the air and these made them look like they were standing still...and not even close to the height as the crafts I saw.

March 18, 2020 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT

Bangor, MI

Single very bright pulsing light, like a very low star, hovering above tree lines appearing to be several miles S/SE away from my home. It was moving in a very tight location for over an hour, I observed this for over 40 minutes before going inside to cook. When i went outside to see if the light was still hanging around it was no longer there. There were no stars near this light and it is not the first time I have observed them in this area. February 3rd or 4th my girlfriend and I witnessed a lot of activity. Lights circling unknown objects, lights dancing back and fourth, vertical then horizontal. Direction seems meaningless to these lights. I refer to them as dancing stars. I have so far shown 2 family members to confirm these dancing lights. I live on the country side.

March 15, 2020 · 9:25 PM · CONE

Morley, MI

My son and I were standing out back when he noticed 2 parallel satellites, then we noticed a third and fourth in a square shape, then a fifth out in front, then following that grouping were an additional 15-20 "satellites" coming from the West in a single file line spaced out quite a distance between. The whole succession followed the same path to the northeast across Michigan

March 15, 2020 · 9:05 PM · TRIANGLE

Chesaning, MI

At approximately 9:05 PM on March 15, 2020 my son was in my backyard with his dog. He saw a strange white light flying high in the night sky. He decided to record it with his phone. While following the white light he began to notice a purple plasma type light forming in the northeastern sky. The white light flew into the purple light. The purple light quickly disappeared. He came into the house and told my husband and I about his experience. He showed us the video. We asked him to take us outside and show us where he saw the purple light. When looking into the sky we saw what seemed to be dozens of small white lights traveling from the west to the east. They were not like the train of lights you would see with Starlink. They were kind of scattered and far apart. Some skipped across the sky while others were smooth and steady all heading in the direction where the purple light had been. We watched the lights for about 10 to 15 minutes. They were ! gone. Confused and in awe of what we had all seen, we kept staring into the sky. After 10 minutes or more we saw a massive triangular shaped craft coming from the east. It flew as high as a jumbo jet but was almost translucent, but not. It's hard to explain. We are trying to reason what we saw, but just can't

March 15, 2020 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT

Bath, MI

About 20 lights in a straight line traveling from West to East, with a speed slightly faster than an jet, spaced equally apart, silent. Satellites?

March 14, 2020 · 12:28 AM · FORMATION

Hale, MI

Woke up at quarter or so after midnight to use bathroom. Back in bed curtain to window was open and a weird twinkle in sky caught might eye. Immediately got a feeling of strangeness and got up to look: thought these were bright stars or satellites, but they kept blipping then moving back and forth quickly with very tiny lights that would flash next to them. Would also move up and down. I watched for a few minutes to make sure what I saw was not aircraft or tricks on my eyes. Definitely ufo of some kind. The light they emitted was strange, like a star but would almost go a dark blue opalescent but I could see it against the blackness of the dark sky. Two craft but I might have seen 3. To be honest I lost interest because it was unique but no one else to share experience. But still in my mind I figured I would report. South west direction, mid to low in sky. Too bright to be stars that would be there, I know the night sky well and I’ve never seen bright stars! in that area of sky. Not to mention moving back and forth and overall strange feeling it gave me that this was not normal.

March 13, 2020 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT

Grass Lake, MI

My children thought a drone was following so my friend and I went to check it out and there were 8-10 objects flying over the tree line. They would sit in one spot then zig zag all over. Lights were red and white. One shot straight up and disappeared after hovering in the same spot for a few minute. They were not in a single form line but at one point they all lined up but with a big distance between them.

March 8, 2020 · 6:41 PM · TEARDROP

Rochester, MI

I was taking a photograph of the sunset when I saw something in the left corner. After I took the picture I looked to the sky and it disappeared. The picture was live so I turned it into a video image and have emailed this for you to look at. I’m not sure what it is but the way it moved when I wasn’t moving the camera was strange and lights lit up on it, and there’s some strange movement underneath it telling me it was a reflection in the lens.

March 8, 2020 · 9:45 AM · TRIANGLE

Canton, MI

Perfect triangle shape, with many lights, would blink and stop hovering. Located on highway. Would slowly hover lower.

March 7, 2020 · 8:45 PM · LIGHT

St. Johns, MI

I had seen a total of 5 UFO's merging into what I thought was a star that pulsed red and white and completely stationary, the five that merged were white light. I had thought the first 5 were also stars and did not move but then moved in a straight line with equal space between them at a very high rate of speed.

March 7, 2020 · 7:45 PM · LIGHT

Cheboygan, MI

5 lights, traveling in a straight line at an incredible pace spaced close together and evenly apart. I saw a bright flash at what seemed to be the ending point, that is where the lights just disappeared - that is, they were well above the horizon and did not fade out of sight, they just vanished. It is a crystal clear night with an almost full moon.

March 7, 2020 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT

Clinton Township, MI

Whilst taking my dogs out, in the western sky a light appeared. The light zoomed off towards the ordinal direction of the northeastern variety. After traveling an interval of 5 ticks on a pocket watch, another light appeared at the spawning location of its brother. The second took off with the same trajectory and speed as its older sibling. In 5 seconds, the thrice light appeared, and speeded off in exact pursuit of the last. This happened another 4 times, for a total of 7. The lights following one another disappeared behind the cloud cover of a warm late winters eve.

March 6, 2020 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT

Lincoln Park, MI

We came back home around 21:15 and we observed unusual lights that were spinning around in the cloudy dark sky and seemed close to us, it moved on the right slowly with a constant spinning movement like a diamond shape and then moved on the top of our house. We also heard some airplane further coming towards us after a few minutes. About 1 hour later, the lights moved further back behind the house still rotating in the sky. We also video taped it but it’s a little hard to see on the video since it was dark. We can still notice though.

March 6, 2020 · 8:30 PM · CIRCLE

Saginaw, MI

There were a line of white lights (maybe bout 9) following one another and then just disappearing in the sky. It was a clear night and it looked liked they appeared as quickly as they disappeared.

March 6, 2020 · 8:30 PM · FORMATION

Traverse City, MI

This event occured approxamately 30-40 minutes ago. Friday, March 6 2020. Sighting started approxamately 8:30 PM EST and lasted until approx 8:45 PM EST. Observed from Traverse City, MI. Weather: Clear skies. stars appear sharp/bright. Moon approx 75% full. Venus visible almost due west. Temp 28 deg according to WeatherUnderground. Obeservation: I stepped outside my back door approx. 8:30 to smoke a cigarete. I looked up to see if the night sky was clear/crisp as we are expecting cold temperatures tonight (forcasted 10 deg F.) I looked up and noticed the moon then looked to my right a little (facing south) and could see Orion behind the limbs of the oak tree at the edge of my property. Then I looked to Venus, turning to face due West. While lookin to Venus, I noticed a *star* moving slightly up and right. Near Hamal (mag 2.00). The *star* was about the same brightness as Hamal. I observed it moving in an up and right direction . I first thought it must be a satalite as it was moving in a perfect strait line. The *star* did not blink- it stayed a solid, steady brightness until I lost sight of it. I measured 15 fingers (like how you measure amount of daylight left with your fingers stacked. I made this measurement at approximately the 8th/ninth object.) that I observed them. After I lost sight of the first, I noticed another from the same origin (Near Hamal) traveling in the same direction, same perfect strait line, and disappear in same spot. I looked back again to Hamal, and another. They were all evenly spaced, traveled same speed. There were 12 in all that I saw. All appeared the same. All traveled the same speed. same direction. Observed the originate from same spot and disappear in same spot, with one exception. the ninth was a double. It was two objects, slightly brighter than the previous objects, same speed, same direction same spots. They were close together (less than the width of my pinky finger at arms length) and remaned same distance appart entire time observed. I observed three more objects- they looked just like the others besides number 9. I tried to range them with a Leupold IR Laser range finder (Model RX-1300i TBR). It could not range them- It has 1300m range on reflective targets, and ~900m range on non-reflective animal sized targets. I could not discern any shape other than they appeard as sharp (focused) stars. I could not estimate the distance as I could not estimate their size due to unk distance. I continued to remain outside observing the same area and ocassionally looking further to might upper right to see if they reappear. nothing further observed. I Never heard a sound from them. I do live very close to an airport (TVC) less than a mile south of me. THESE WERE NOT NORMAL AIRCRAFT. I've observed satelites countless times. I've seen a numerous meteor showers, and observed several fire-balls in sky from meteorites entering atmosphere- most noted in news and seen with other whitnesses. I am familar with the night sky- I look up a lot at night as I have a life-long fondness of the night sky. I am 100% certain this was not a meteor or meteor trail, mostly due to the "double" that I observed, but also that they were so evenly spaced that it appeared precise. distance traveled, speed, and all appeared from same spot and all disappeared in another spot.

March 6, 2020 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT