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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
September 1, 2023 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Central lake, MI
White orbs shot straight down did a 90 degree turn shot to the south east verry fast 25 to 30 orbs 15 20 seconds
August 30, 2023 · 8:47 PM · SPHERE
Hazel Park, MI
Went out to take pics of the blue moon and saw it hovering over I75. Switched to video mode. It appeared circular. I don't know how long it was there before I went outside. Within 30 seconds it slowly lowered down a short distance, then appeared to break into 2 and it disappeared. Not like flew away. Just disappeared. This is not the first time I've seen UFO's in the area. More like the 10th time in 6 years. But only the 2nd time I've seen a single craft. Usually 3 or more. Usually orb like in triangle formation.
August 29, 2023 · 11:13 PM · RECTANGLE
West Branch, MI
Watching for the Blue Moon on 08/29/23. Clear sky so I was star watching. I saw what I think was a satellite going South to North. It was in location of Big Dipper. Watching some dim Stars above the Big Dipper I noticed a Star flash. I watched this dot size object flash pure White. This object kept getting bigger. It looked like it was coming in from outer space. It did not come from N, S, E, or West. It came straight down from the Sky! It kept getting closer towards earth and it would Flash pure white. It would Flash about every 10-20 seconds as it got closer. It started looking rectangular & the Flash reminds me of a rocket slowing down its decent to Earth. As it got closer it was a rectangular object with a Real White Bright bottom that lit up the whole bottom of Object. I could not see the top of the object only the bottom. I could only see it when it flashed. The bottom was rectangular & the ends of the rectangle were on an angle tilted up from the bottom about 30 degrees. When it got closer to Earth it slowed down & went North of my location. No sound at all from such a big object. I've seen objects in the Skies above my property Before but nothing like this. I could relate this to anything I have ever seen in my life & I am 63! First time I could say it maybe an Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon! I see a lot of planes, Black Hawks, Chinook helicopters being fairly close to Grayling Military Base. This was a UFO!
August 28, 2023 · 11:53 PM · SPHERE
Sterling Heights, MI
Myself and my passenger were heading north north just before midnight on 8/28/23 when to the left of our vehicle in sky we both caught glimpse of a metallic spherical orb. We were heading north on Dequindure Rd just before m59 expressway. We both afterwards discussed we thought it was a star or jet at first however as we spot it it jolted or maneuvered sharply and extremely fast up and than shot way in a straight line like a shooting star. It was like nothing we’ve seen and didn’t resemble a drone or normal aircraft. We discussed and were boggled by it for for next twenty minutes en route to our destination. The whole thing lasted seconds and happened so fast it and the way it moved up than shot away rapidly was not like anything we had visualized before.
August 28, 2023 · 5:11 PM · CIGAR
Ann Arbor, MI
Against a bright blue cloudless sky, saw white tube shaped thing/vehicle in the sky. Plane flew right by us to the left a few seconds after it disappeared which was a clear reminder that this thing was NOT AN AIRPLANE. Not a cloud. Unmistakable and remarkable. It was stationary in the sky above our neighborhood park, and stayed there for about a minute and then VANISHED. It looked so close I could see lines near the middle, and a darker area near the top of it. I have never seen anything like it in my life. Resembled the body of a submarine, very very close in shape and size, except bright white and no propellers or other visible exhaust or machinery to move it or allow it to stay stationary for such a long time.
August 27, 2023 · 6:30 AM · SPHERE
Sanford, MI
Got home from work after 0600 before sunrise. Decided to Stargaze before going inside/sunrise and noticed to the west a very dim light assumed to be a star. As I watched I noticed it wasn't stationary because it was above the treeline it was easy to conclude it was slightly moving, to which I thought it was a satellite. Then it changed direction and went back. It would then move around up, down, left, and right changing speeds but stayed in the same general location. I noticed there was another one to the northwest and two more to the north, all moving in the same way as the first one. The lights were so dim they didn't appear on camera, but did seem to get brighter as the ambient light from the rising sun got brighter, so I assume they were reflecting sun light. Couldn't see them after the daylight finally got too bright. The only explanations I could think of are birds even though I can't explain how they were bright before the sun arose or why they would reflect sun light to that degree, drones flown over 3 different locations, or my eyes/brain seeing something when there was nothing.
August 19, 2023 · 8:41 PM · CIGAR
Leland, MI
We were watching the sunset and I noticed an object above the clouds above the sun, the sun had just gone over the horizon and quickly took a picture.
August 15, 2023 · 10:30 AM · CYLINDER
Millersburg, MI
Observed the object overhead. I was facing the northeast. The object appeared at about the 2 o'clock position and moved to my 12 o'clock position before disappearing behind a tree. The object was about the size of an aspirin on edge. There was no sound.... No wings and no apparent exhaust plume. The sky was clear deep blue with some wispy white clouds. I am a trained weather spotter.
August 11, 2023 · 9:15 PM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedWhite Pigeon, MI
Could it have been drones…don’t know as it appeared to be fairly high altitude. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
August 10, 2023 · 11:13 PM · FIREBALL
Probable conventionalCaro, MI
((name deleted)) [NUFORC annotation: Meteor - Probable]
August 3, 2023 · 8:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Taylor, MI
these photos were taken within a span of 15 seconds. the first one was not what i thought i saw...it was a backwards hook the 2nd photo shows the moon, both are clear...and i'm not really sure what i saw. about 4 years ago i did report to the taylor police about a possible ufo sighting,..turns out another was reported in southfield mi same night.
August 3, 2023 · 7:30 PM · CHANGING
Marenisco, MI
We were fishing (trolling and heading south along the west shoreline when I spotted what I figured was a plane, but it was stationary and did not move. I watched for a bit, then asked my husband if that was a plane. He looked up, said, not sure, there are binoculars in the compartment, take them out and see. I retrieved the binoculars and looked up and saw a blurry shape with multiple edges, like distinct extended shapes from the top, bottom, right and left. But because it was blurry, I looked down at the binoculars to adjust the focus, looked up again, and it was gone. We both noticed it gone, and came across a man with his son or grandson on the dock fishing as we were passing by. We asked them if they saw the UFO, jokingly. The man said yes, but nothing else. The child did not say anything. We continued on our way, with me glancing toward the sky the rest of the evening, but no more sightings of anything. Later, my husband said he thought it was cannister shaped with his naked eye. It was a clear evening, no clouds.
August 1, 2023 · 2:31 AM · UNKNOWN
IdentifiedAuburn Hills, MI
At work 08/01/23 at 2:31 AM, on break in the parking lot taking pictures of the Blue Moon and Captured 4 astonishing images above the moon that proved there are existence in the Universe! [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Certain]
July 30, 2023 · 11:35 AM · LIGHT
Gladwin, MI
Yeah, just lay down to start watching shooting stars my mom and my two kids. Within five minutes my mom said look at that shooting star which it was not. It was very low, very bright round, light coming from the south west from the direction of town. It was lower than a plane, but still high in the sky. It was headed in the north east direction, and when it started shifting directions, it got brighter like the source was angle at us. And then started heading north or more of a north west direction and rising. There was no sound. It was much faster than a plane, much slower than a shooting star. It was no tail. It was like something I’ve never seen we kept her eyes onto it and continued actually into the direction of the big dipper. And actually disappeared ( continued out of our sight) into the center of the big dipper. That night, we also seen planes and seen a jet even heard the jet, but nothing to do with that light, just wanted it to be known we know the difference we like stargazing..
July 30, 2023 · 9:30 AM · SPHERE
Ann Arbor (Pittsfield), MI
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.
July 30, 2023 · 3:50 AM · OVAL
Grand Rapids, MI
Saw a single object moving at what seemed normal high elevation plane speed, but it had no normal plane sound, contrail, and seemed lower than normal planes. After about a minute, another one appeared flying closer than I've ever seen a plane fly to another plane. It didn't come up to it, rather it just seemed to materialize right next to it. The new one matched speed exactly, both going Easterly direction. They appeared white and oval, but they were far off so cannot confirm their shape. They did match though. It was a bright sunny day.
July 30, 2023 · 12:22 AM · SPHERE
Ypsilanti, MI
Driving on expressway home from work saw 3 extremely bright white/tint of yellow or golden lights about 100/200 feet above. After the 3 lights it moved to the side where I noticed at least 5 to 6 lights & there was a narrow sphere almost like opening mouth or opening of craft with red lights, Definitely not airplane. They were going fairly slow were initially on my left side then went over me to the right. It all occurred within Maybe three mins
July 24, 2023 · 1:30 AM · SPHERE
Wetmore, MI
Three witnesses saw the same thing. Whitish yellow sphere seen shining through densely forested area. Object then climbed to a height above the tree line, and then took on a bouncing, stair stepping-like pattern as it made its way toward the lake, along the tree line. Followed what appeared to be the shoreline at a rapid rate. Object had differing levels of flying heights, abrupt speeds and stops, seemingly aware of our presence. Silent movements. Everything was silent; even the frogs. The object flew toward us from across the lake after pausing, in what seemed like a response to my brother saying, “Hey!” My brother said, “Hey!” a second time after it had paused, and that’s when it abruptly flew toward us from all the way across the lake. We ran inside our cabin (like that would somehow provide safety, we joked afterwards), and the object remained at a height of about 10 feet off the ground. It then seemed to float alongside our cabin and then vanished from view. We can not explain it and have ruled out any reasonable speculation of what it could have been.
July 18, 2023 · 7:44 PM · UNKNOWN
Sterling Heights, MI
Myself my son and wife were siting on a bench and my son noticed the object. Will try to attach video. More videos available
July 12, 2023 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Three Rivers, MI
I noticed a really weird moving light off in the sky. It was acting fast and erratic and all over the place. So i went inside and made my daughter go for a walk with me to check it out. She seen it too. After we walked around the block and got back home, she was scared and went inside. The whole time the lights were getting closer and closer. But after she went in, they disappeared for a second. So i layed back on my car to watch for more shooting stars. And that is when I seen it above me. But this time it was 3 lights right above me. And in a triangle formation. But inside the lights it was darker than dark. Then they changed shape and then I ran inside.
July 11, 2023 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Hubbardston, MI
While we were visiting friends in a very rural area in Michigan, we went outside after dark to see the stars, when to the north we heard the unmistakable sound of a Blackhawk helicopter flying north to south about a half mile east of our location. As it a got closer to our location we noticed a small (10' diameter) faintly glowing orb about 1/4 mile ahead of the helicopter at the same altitude (less than 2k feet). The helicopter and the orb were traveling at least 100 mph. The skies were completely clear and crisp. We observed them for over 1 minute until they traveled over the horizon to our south-southeast. My friend has lived in this area all of his life and has rarely seen any military aircraft, particularly one flying so low. The object in question made absolutely no sound. I worked for the DoD for 12 years and lived near military bases all my life and I'm very familiar with Blackhawk helicopters as well as the many other aircraft in the inventory - the orb was something I've never observed. For what it's worth, the many cicadas and crickets that are normally chirping, went completely silent during this incident and did not resume for at least 30 minutes after.
July 11, 2023 · 3:45 AM · LIGHT
Eaton Rapids, MI
While looking up at two stars, one of the two floated over to me. The star came close when it floated over. I didn’t think to start recording, until it started to hover. So, I missed it floating over to me. While I sat at my table, on the deck, I started recording. It looked like a star with the naked eye. But, in the video it looks like an orb. The star hovered over the trees. I wasn’t scared at all. I sang a song to it. Then, I said, good night.
July 5, 2023 · 10:45 AM · TRIANGLE
Bad axe, MI
I work at a local radio station here in the Thumb of Michigan. I was coming back from gathering details about a news story, and as I was pulling in I heard the same air traffic noise that I heard during the last UFO sighting in Bad Axe. Needing a witness, I went and grabbed our intern here at Thumb Broadcasting and he recorded this.
July 4, 2023 · 10:33 PM · CHANGING
Westland, MI
I was in the field behind Adams school in Westland MI watching the fireworks people were setting off all around me. I bring a swivel chair so I can turn and see them 360. Facing to the south west I noticed a blue UFO not moving. It was pulsing down to a smaller darker shape and back to blue. After about 5 or 10 minutes I saw a smaller red dot at the 5 oclick position light on and off of this thing. I don't know how long it was there because I was watching the fireworks. After about ten minutes watching this thing I ran over to my nearest neighbors who where outside and told them. They said they would be there in a minute so I went back and watched it. About 5 minutes later it quickly descended straight down below the tree line and was gone. Then I saw what looked like a typical sky lantern moving past me and said to myself “that's moving way to fast to be a sky lantern and it also had a white/light area around it like an aura much bigger than the sky lantern in the middle with darker spots within the white aura. I did not see where it started but moved past me and on the other side of the tree about 100 feet away. I estimate the speed at 40 to 60 miles per hour and about 80 feet off the ground and as it came past the tree the white area around it dissipated and it then looked like a sky lantern. It quickly gained altitude and within a few minutes dissapeared. Shortly after than my neighbors came up to me and said it was all over Facebook. They showed me a video which looked like it. The whole encounter lasted 15-20 minutes, maybe a bit more.