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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
March 4, 2020 · 6:13 AM · FORMATION
White Cloud, MI
Woke up this morning at 6:10am. Always look out my picture window. Today was clear not a cloud in the morning sky. Seen what appeared to be a satellite heading Northeast. But then there was another and another all in an evenly spaced line very high in the atmosphere. No red or green marker lights like planes use.I counted 20+ objects.No sound.
March 3, 2020 · 6:00 AM · CIRCLE
Adrian, MI
This morning, I was walking my dog about 6 AM and as usual I watch the sky for what jets are crossing as it makes me think of traveling and going on more trips. I catch the blinking lights and then after they pass I hear the engine. There were two this morning in their usual places, but then something strange happened. As we neared the end of our walk I looked up to the NNW sky and noticed a "string" of five lighted objects somewhat higher than the usual jet path, they were about equally spaced and at that height I can't say how far apart but moving faster than the usual jets I track. They moved from NNW to NNE but that's not all! More and more kept coming out of the NNW, a string of 11 then a string of five again but widely separated and even more largely spaced apart and some in groups again! I lost count after about 25 all originating from the same place and heading to the same place! There were no blinking lights and no sound that I could hear. The night sky this morning was not exceptionally clear so thinking "satellites" didn't seem really likely and it sure wasn't a military formation of jets being transferred from someplace. It was strange but didn't seem threatening.
March 3, 2020 · 6:00 AM · LIGHT
Au Train, MI
I was taking my dog outside when I saw 3 lights moving in a row from the sw heading ne they continue across the sky eventually more showed up until it seemed like a team coming from the same area the first 3 initially came from
March 2, 2020 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Holland, MI
Massive yellow light hovering above airport, almost like a spotlight. with two smaller lights on either side. Did not look like a plane and was moving very slowly.
February 29, 2020 · 11:38 PM · OTHER
Livonia, MI
Object was moving very fast and low in the night sky. One solid red light could be see against black silouette body. Did not look or act like a plane in the sky.
February 29, 2020 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
New Haven, MI
I saw an oval shape fireball it was purple with orange color. Also had a lighting bolt going side to side. Look like a porthole. It was under the plant Venus I think. Southern sky.
February 21, 2020 · 5:00 PM · CIGAR
Ann Arbor, MI
This was a bright, vertical, elliptically shaped “contrail” that didn’t move or dissipate. There was no visible craft in front of it. Analysis of the image should be made.
February 21, 2020 · 5:45 AM · CIRCLE
Rothbury, MI
The puppy woke me up by licking my face wanting to go potty...so i got all my winter apparel on an out we went. As my pup was doing her business i noticed the skies were clear and the stars were shining bright..i noticed what i thought was mars west of me towards lake mi. It was a small yellow round circle sitting next to a star..i thought it looked odd for some reason...my pup peed for a few moments and then i saw it move. I pulled on leash to stop pup from pulling me as i watched it head south possibly muskegon Mi. It wasnt moving fast however fast enough to go some distance and then it slowed right down almost to a stop but it turned and headed straight down...i couldnt see it anymore the trees were in my view... I just stood their dumb founded and as this was my first encounter with an unidentified flying object.
February 20, 2020 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
Lake Orion, MI
noticed a bright glowing object hovering just above the tree lines. no sound. there were planes in the area that were flying higher than the object and were easily distinguishable as planes. got home and from my backyard could see if hovering in the distance. just far enough away where i couldn't get a close up video of it. didn't think anything of it, but i had to go back out to the store which is couple blocks over. as i drove to the store it seemed to be following me. again thought i was crazy. finished shopping and when i go out it was still there. i drove home but took a little longer of a route, as i drove it stayed right with me out side my driver window. i was traveling about 45 - 50 mph. i turned into the sub and again it followed my path. i pulled in the garage and went back outside to see if it was there. again i could see it hovering pretty much in line with my house. i had enough. i went inside and randomly checked if it was there. it remained there for about 30 min after everything happened. let the dogs out a little later and did not see the object anywhere.
February 20, 2020 · 5:30 PM · CHANGING
Ripley, MI
My friend snowboarding Mont Ripley Ski Resort on 2/20/2020. Did not see anything in the skies while taking pictures and snowboarding. Discovered these objects days later when looking to forward pictures to my friend.
February 20, 2020 · 11:15 AM · CROSS
Wayne, MI
Low flying object appeared to be going much slower than an airplane. Very boxy shaped with protruding, well defined areas.
February 19, 2020 · 5:30 AM · LIGHT
Nashville, MI
At 5:30 am while walking my dog in backyard, I noticed what I thought was a satellite in the northeast sky. As I watched it travel I noticed a 2nd light, then a 3rd, & so on until I counted 8-9 lights. All evenly spaced & traveling at the same speed. I looked past the location where I originally noticed the first light to see how far across the sky they were traveling. It appeared they were emulating from something where I spotted the original light. The lights appear to fall downward instead of propelling themselves. They were out in the sky quite a ways. If I had to guess, I would say they were out in the outer atmosphere. Northeast of my home would be Saginaw Bay Mi., Ontario Canada, then the north Atlantic.
February 18, 2020 · 8:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Battle creek, MI
Triangle with a white light on the far corners, red on the front angle the craft was travelling. Noticed from a distance, was standing still or moving slowly for unknown time. We crest a hill on our way to our residence and approximately 10 secs after getting the vehicle stopped in a clearing, the craft took off. Visible over Interstate 94. Have a 5 second video from a Google Pixel 3a will be emailing.
February 18, 2020 · 7:20 PM · TRIANGLE
Plymouth Township, MI
Large aircraft like vehicle with 4 bright whiteish blue lights that created triangle shape. Hovering at altitude lower than jet, much larger than any passenger or military jet have ever seen. No movement or sound. Over own field near parallel to M-14. Perhaps apx equivalent of 40 stories off of ground Did not move for the full 1 minute at least as approached and passed. Body was very dark/ couldn’t could make out body texture.
February 13, 2020 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Detroit, MI
I drive from work in Michigan through Detroit to my home in Windsor, Ontario. On my drive, I often watch planes coming in or out of Metro Airport, or helicopters, often with searchlights over the city. Last night was overcast with high clouds. I spotted a white light I assumed was a plane headed to the airport. Only one light, no multiple or red lights like a plane. More like a satellite, but it was cloudy. It was coming over downtown from the east like planes to the airport would. But, it was moving significantly faster than any jet or helicopter. Not streaking across the sky, but 4 or 5 times faster than any jet coming in to land. It appeared to change direction headed south, but the freeway I was on has curves, so it may have just been that. But, it headed south over Windsor, and disappeared over the horizon. Planes come into the airport from the east over Windsor/Detroit. They do not turn south over Windsor & disappear over the horizon. The whole sighting was 30 to 60 seconds. Watching a plane come in from the east, it's visible a good 2-3 minutes. It did not seem to change speed. But it moved significantly faster than any jet - including the occasional fighter jet from Selfrige AFB north east of Detroit. As I said, it resembled a white light like a satellite, but it was cloudy with high clouds, and this was below the clouds. Other than the speed, direction, and being a single white light, it would have been something I've seen hundreds of times on this drive. But this was definately not that. It was easily several times faster than any jet headed to land, and it went the wrong direction, actually crossing at a right angle where jets coming from the he west turn around to head west to the air port.
February 12, 2020 · 5:40 AM · LIGHT
St. Joseph, MI
Bright white/blue light lasted for quick second. The bright light flashed in the middle of the lake at the surface. Blue light Lit up dunes and light house, miles a way. Over after a brief second. Alien craft entering?
February 12, 2020 · 1:55 AM · DISK
Dexter, MI
I was driving home from work just before two am today. I was driving on north territorial driving west bound just before Toma road. The object was about the height of bird flying/above power lines, I saw a basketball sized flying object. The object turned neon green for about 2 seconds and then turned black and then disappeared.
February 7, 2020 · 1:30 AM · SPHERE
Comstock Park, MI
Around 12 am is when i first noticed outside of my window, I’m on the second story of my house and my window looks out north towards Sparta. I was smoking a cigarette and blowing the smoke out of the window when the light caught my eye. There is a phone tower around 40 miles that i can see from my house and it has a red light that flashes.From about the same distance but 10 miles to the right of that, I saw a red light that had flashes of green. It looked like the red was rotating around the green light to make an orb shape. I honestly really didn’t think anything of it at first but then i kept watching it and it sat there hovering for about 3-4 minutes. Eventually the light just went out. I left my bedroom at that point and really didn’t think anything of it. I went back into my bedroom at 1:15AM to smoke another cigarette, and I was looking out my window to see if i could spot it again. That’s when i saw it again but this time a lot farther away. It was to! wards Battle Creek. I observed it for about 25 minutes, it was moving side to side and going up and down. I spotted it pretty quickly from red and green lights but it was so far away that it was easy to miss. I watched it slowly move towards the northeast. It was moving up and down and side to side. This is the second time I’ve seen an unidentified object in Comstock Park. The first time i was convinced it was a ufo because of the size of the ship and the tracks it left behind. The tracks dissipated in about 10 seconds. This time I’m not sure what I saw because i got to observe it for so long. I can tell you I’ve never seen anything like it though. I’ve never seen something in an orb shape hover in the sky with that light pattern. I am a 21 year old sober man who is in relatively good shape. I have no history of mental illness.
February 5, 2020 · 7:21 AM · DIAMOND
Monroe, MI
Heading up telegraph rd. two diamond shaped lights stayed stationary before the one to the left (facing north) suddenly flew away very quickly. The other one still stayed stationary. Both had very bright lights and as the one flew away the lights got dramaticly dimmer.
January 23, 2020 · 5:30 AM · TRIANGLE
Plymouth Township, MI
Was out for my daily morning walk between 5 am and 5:30 am, and saw an object flying at low level (approx between 100 to 400 ft off the ground) from Ann Arbor moving North East and low speed. At first I thought it might be an airplane as it had white marking lights and two blinking red lights and the residential subdivision I walk in is near two airports. However, as it got closer, it appeared to move like a helicopter, yet was not shaped like a helicopter (it appears to be either a triangle or x/cross shaped, similar to like a 4 motor drone), nor did it make any noise...was completely silent. It made one pass on the northern end of the subdivision, then dipped below the tree line. After a few minutes, it approach from the South and headed North East again. When airplanes flew overhead, it seemed to duck down and disappear. Saw the same item again a bit further East at about 8 am in the morning.
January 22, 2020 · 7:18 PM · LIGHT
Battle Creek, MI
It was dark outside. I went out to smoke a cigarette and saw a round bright red light, not flashing, moving slowly towards me from north to south. It was in the direction of the airport here, but it did not have the required red light on the left wing and green light on the right. It also did not have any type of rotating beacon light. It was maybe 5 miles distant at about 3000'. It maneuvered slowly and strangely. It never got closer to me than maybe 3 miles (?). It made no sound, and as it was quiet outside, I likely would have been able to hear it at the estimated distance, like other aircraft I have seen out at the airport (KBTL). It turned towards the north and the light faded quite rapidly and became white. The main thing strange I noticed was the unusually bright red light. I have seen bright WHITE landing lights on aircraft, but never a very bright red one (I am a pilot and aircraft dispatcher and have been involved with aviation my entire life). This is not my first report on this site. I just wanted to post here to see if anyone else saw this. I told my friend about it, who lives in the city of Coldwater (about 30 miles southeast of me. He said he too saw it about 30 minutes later over his town, off to east (a bright non-flashing red light). I checked flightaware.com and saw no aircraft matching the flight profile I witnessed. I filmed it with my iphone6, a bit through the trees and have included it here.
January 20, 2020 · 3:00 PM · FLASH
Detroit, MI
Seen 3 middle one flashed as if it were a mirror, commercial plane flew past within no time jets flew through and went around objects, they were visible for a few not sure if seconds or minutes then they were just gone.
January 7, 2020 · 6:15 PM · FORMATION
Lewiston, MI
Last night in northern Michigan it was a clear sky and I happened to look up at the moon, that’s when I noticed an extremely bright white light flashing with no sound, slowly moving across the sky to the northeast. As I continued to watch the light, I noticed what appeared to be a satellite heading southeast. Directly behind the first object, in single file, precisely spaced, followed a total of 32 objects. Again, there was no sound, I assumed they were satellites. Concerning, yet interesting.
January 4, 2020 · 4:27 AM · CIRCLE
Shelby Townshiip, MI
Two rounds non blinking lights moving from south east to northwest at very high altitude. The circular lights were moving at an extremely fast speed. The we’re moving parallel to each other. One light circle was noticeably brighter than the other. Selfridge air force base is close by and I have seen many aircraft flying overhead over the years. These light circles were something I have never seen before. The speed was tremendous. I would compare it to the speed of the space station which I have seen before. Possibly satallites was my only explaination? Definitely not the space station. Was wondering if any other reports were made but did not find any.