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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
July 20, 2019 · 9:29 PM · SPHERE
Ann Arbor, MI
During the first night of a massive power outage I was in a hotel room with my curtains open. Looking probably north or east I saw three round yellowish lights hovering in place for a long time. One, the largest moved up and to the left and the other two remained stationary. I have photos.
July 20, 2019 · 12:00 AM · FORMATION
Greenbush, MI
Bon fire lake huron looked up for stars and noticed 2 lights traveling northbound at a 20 degree angle, 30,000 ft, saw multiple pairs like these traveling different directions, making stops and speeding off combining together like a skipping stone. Thick fog covered our sight in 10 seconds
July 16, 2019 · 8:00 PM · OVAL
Farwell, MI
First witnessed one craft slowly moving north in an unusual rate of speed (stopping completely at times) and at a low altitude (too low for a commercial aircraft).. I pointed this anomaly out to my family members and we watched it for about 15 minutes until cloud cover blocked our view... this craft reflected the sunlight and was pill shaped. About 20 minutes after this incident, we witnessed another 2 crafts, moving across the sky from east to west, same shape and slow rate of speed as the first. One trailed the other moving at the same rate of speed but not across the exact path. We were able to observe these crafts for approximately 10 minutes total until they disappeared from view. Shortly after this helicopters began working a grid pattern through the area until after nightfall (which also seemed bizarre for our area).
July 14, 2019 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
Westbloomfield, MI
I was going to the store and looked up in the sky before getting in my car to see a single light, no blinking lights like on planes or helicopters, zoom past me overhead. I got in my car and followed it on my way to the store. Had no sense of scale for how big or fast the object was moving. It made zero sound, I tried hard to listen for helicopter blades but there were none, nor was there any sound from engines or turbulence. The object made a quick bank to the right almost completely horizontally, and then back to the left before altering it's original course. Why would a plane or helicopter change course and have no blinking lights and make no sound? If I were a pilot i would go straight to my destination, not bank to the right, then the left, then alter my course, it makes no sense.
July 14, 2019 · 12:54 AM
Kalamazoo, MI
Spinning lights 3 in a row and then a singular one following still spinning dogs barking wind blowing.
July 13, 2019 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Roscommon, MI
I was camping at South Higgins Lake State Park when a large fireball object started to appear across the lake shortly after sunset. This was in the same location that I spotted the same type of aircraft on 7/11/2014. Just like before, the object grew in brightness and intensity, split into a second object and then a third, disappeared and reappeared. This occurred and continued on and off for about 20 minutes. The fireballs were orange in color and incredibly bright! Comparing where we were standing to a map on our phones, it appeared that the lights were above or near Roscommon. I previously thought that Grayling was in that area, however I was incorrect. The object was hovering above the tree line and then would sink below the tree line, however the brightness from the fireball(s) would create a glow behind the trees. Eventually the dancing lights. There were 5 witnesses, all were adults. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 12, 2019 · 7:00 PM · RECTANGLE
White Lake, MI
We were driving down m-53 headed from work to get pizza. It was daytime. We all noticed what appeared to be,to me,a rectangle looking shaped object very slowly moving about 300-500 ft above the ground. It resembled a family pool or something floating, mid air. Trying to make sense of it, I looked to see if maybe it was being pulled, like a banner, from the rear of a plane but there was no plane in sight. We had slowed way down at this point. Way too big to be a kite and moving like 5 miles an hour with a smooth progression, I knew I had no way to faxing this thing in my mind. It appeared black/brown in color and as I took note of the color, we were slowly driving so trees were moving in front of it. I noticed it started to angle itself differently. Like a picture frame slowly falling over. It had no visible lights. As it got almost flat, it suddenly dissappear. We pulled into the pizza place seconds later. We re-aquired it miles Away on the horizon, slowly ! moving across the sky again until it went out of view. It was antigravitic, rectangular and moved faster than the eye could see but still, also stood still and creeped along at other times.
July 11, 2019 · 2:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Shelby Township, MI
Saw a huge orange object descend from the sky, west direction. It moved very slowly and there wasn't any sound. I watched it until it went out of view, behind some trees in the distance. Sounds a bit mad, but it seemed to be omitting some kind of heat, my patio was really warm. As soon as the object disappeared, it immediately felt cooler outside.
July 5, 2019 · 10:45 PM · FORMATION
Prudenville, MI
Approx. 10:45 pm EDT, 7/5/2019. 5 miles SE of Houghton Lake, MI. Three green lights in a row moving slowly across the sky, almost directly overhead. The center light was solid, other two were flashing. We initially thought it was an aircraft, but I noted to my father that all the lights were green. He immediately checked FlightTracker on his phone - no aircraft in the vicinity. We continued watching the lights which appeared to be slowing, almost stopped. Then all three lights jumped instantly to a different location in the sky, three times in about ten seconds, the resulting locations forming a diamond pattern. Then while still, all three lights flashed yellow to red three times, turned solid green, then began moving W/SW at a tremendous speed. Not knowing how large or how high this anomaly was, we estimated that if this was the height of an airliner at cruising altitude, the speed would be approx. 2400 mph. My father and I continued watching the completely silent anomaly move out of sight.
July 4, 2019 · 11:45 PM · TEARDROP
Lincoln Park, MI
Black "BIG" fast moving & totaly silent. Over South East MI. Came from South headed north. The front was rounded the back end was straight lines going to a point. I tried to fill but just turned out black screen. Took pics of what I thought was a dark trail it left behind but it was actually the clear sky from where it actually cut a line thru the clouds. It was a totaly calm night. I can't hardly believe I saw what I saw but as sure as I know the sun will rise tomorrow "I freaking seen it!!!" And I'm sure the tower at Detroit metro airport. HAD to see this thing.
July 4, 2019 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Colon, MI
During 4th of July fireworks there's a strange red light not moving in high altitude. At one point it made a hard right faster then I ever saw anything move before.
July 3, 2019 · 12:00 AM · FORMATION
Moran, MI
Late evening over east lake star watching access to lake looks west to the south was watching what appeared to be a weather event told those I was with it looked strange. Took them back and returned to lake. Large craft over lake Michigan marked by cloud cover could tell by lights and very slow movements. Thought that a ship this size would have scouts, saw first to the west at 1 o'clock and 2nd south west 10 o clock. These were smaller be not single pilot cart both pulsing lights around ships seemed stationary but moved in altitude lights did not circle but ran from side to side to central point. Large craft to the south was stationary there was civilian aircraft between larger craft rotates 90degrees showing the bottom of craft which looked like stars but in a 4 point pattern. At this time I thought it was 2 crafts continued to watch scouts once a civilian craft was by all ships moved west slowly
July 1, 2019 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Saint Joseph, MI
First I saw a white small sphere traveling by the house right behind ours and then every night since then I have seen what I believe is meant to be a sidewalk solar light except it moves around a lot. It moves up and down, left and right. This was seen by me and both my parents also noticed that it moves around and then sits stationary until it knows we are looking at it. Also this orb changes color from blue to white which is also how we know it isn't a sidewalk light. We have curtains that come up half way on the kitchen window and this is definitely moving up and down and left and right. I believe we are being spied on. Also I see a larger orb sometimes more than one higher in the sky and it changes color from white to red at times and also it changes shape into a Cross (Christian Cross) also these orbs emit small objects at times and seem to be able to build haze or fog around them as to not be seen and I don't know what to think about these things. These are such unusual kinds of sightings and my health has been affected negatively since them that I thought I had best report these sightings which still continue. The orbs overhead have been happening for a while unlike the other small orb sightings. Also I have seen some small orbs of light in my house a couple of times. I also see small flashes of light at times about I would say 1 inch in size and they look like sparks at times as well.
July 1, 2019 · 1:30 AM · LIGHT
Warren, MI
I have notice a light traveling south to north across the sky at night for the past four days one night a blue flash happened then another light came out of the flash traveling almost the exact course of the other light it does not blink like a aircraft.
June 30, 2019 · 12:00 PM · OVAL
Sterling Heights, MI
I was walking a dog near Lakeside Mall right around noon. I heard a helicopter and looked up. The helicopter traveled normally out of my line of vision, but I noticed a bright white oval or circle very very very high in the sky (much higher than the helicopter had been; if an airplane had been at this altitude it would have looked tiny or almost indistinct). It was moving unlike anything from nature or a human made craft. It moved slowly in an organic curving pattern, sort of meandering back and forth, toward the sun then away. It almost looked like a paper plate blowing in the wind, however it seemed way too high to be an object from Earth and the distance it was traveling in each motion was fairly long — way too far for an object to be blown back and forth I think. It would also pause and stay still for periods. I watched it for at least five minutes. There also appeared to be many swirling white dots around the sun, moving like those fireworks that snake around willy nilly after they launch. It did not occur to me until later that day that I should not have been able to look at the sun in the way that I must have been to see the swirling lights, but the sun did not hurt my eyes until I tried to look back and take video. While I was taking the video it disappeared. The short clip shows the object floating in the sky. The longer clip shows, at the end, an object with two lights appearing and dropping straight down suddenly and disappearing. I did not see this with my eyes because the sun was too bright, but it is clear around :07-08 in the lower left of the sky shown if you zoom in on that region.
June 30, 2019 · 4:45 AM · OTHER
Yale, MI
Mid afternoon my girlfriend spotted a thin wide object that changed color and disappeared and re appeared and the either disappeared again or bolted of
June 28, 2019 · 9:30 PM · CIRCLE
Kingsley, MI
Walking back to my house from my barn, I observed a round, white object hanging in the near sky above my house. I estimate the distance to be several thousand feet up in the air. A jet had passed over about 5 minutes before and was very high in the sky, unlike the object. It was high, but not like a plane. The object was bright white, or white-translucent, or oscillating. The shape was circular with a hollow center, like a donut. Also, it seemed to be hanging in the air at an angle, like you would tilt a hat on your head – it wasn’t horizontal. Direction was North, I live at the 45th parallel in what locals call ‘Northwest Lower Michigan’. The object was hanging in the air and there was no sound, and I observed it for 2 minutes when I went inside my house to get binoculars. The binoculars revealed a closer look at the object, which I estimate to be the size of a minivan. I watched the object, switching between unassisted eyesight and the binoculars for 5 minutes. Towards the end of the time I observed the object, a single red light appeared on its West facing side. I returned to my house to lay the binoculars down, and when I returned a moment later, the craft was gone. I telephoned the local Coast Guard at approximately 11:30PM the same evening, who told me “they hadn’t seen anything” and advised me to call the police. I telephoned the police non-emergency the next morning (today) and was met with similar disinterest and doubt. I Google searched ‘donut shaped UFOs’ and came across a NASA link that looks very much like what I believe I saw: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/617569/WATCH-Now-International-Space-Station-spots-bizarre-donut-UFO-that-vanishes The weather last night was clear and warm, it was still light and no stars had yet appeared
June 25, 2019 · 1:47 AM · CIRCLE
Washington twp, MI
We seen this bright light we thought it was a plane but planes don't sit still it was about 1:47 at night when we seen the light it sat there for about 5 to 7 seconds before completely disappearing we new it wasn't any thing like a plane because when a plane disappears it takes forever and you can still see it well this thing was gone so fast it was gone and there was no light to be seen like the light faded I live by Selfridge air bass about a couple miles from there and you see a lot of military air crafts and I lived down by the area for 15 years and what I seen is definitely not military this is not a fake report I never felt so scared in my life
June 22, 2019 · 10:55 PM · SPHERE
Orchard Lake, MI
First saw 3 red lights traveling at same speed horizontally, not blinking or in any particular formation, low in the sky moving east to south west soon followed by 2 more then 3 or 4 then another 2. All moved at same speed and altitude. No pattern. All disappeared into same area of sky
June 21, 2019 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Lincoln Park, MI
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 17, 2019 · 9:00 PM · OTHER
Durand, MI
My wife and I are avid sky watchers, and as such, we are aware of the airports in the surrounding areas. We are also familiar with satellites, and the varies commercial and military aircraft, (and how the ambient light can make them appear wingless, even distorted). These lights are something else. The easiest way to describe then is to picture a satellite in the night sky, then make it as bright or brighter than the brightest star, traveling at commercial airplane altitudes. Last night, (6/17/2019) we spotted what we thought was a commercial airliner heading NE, (towards Bishop International) flying so low through the late evening sky that you could almost make out its shape. It had three incredibly bright white lights, fairly close together, but far enough apart to have a triangle shape. As it passed us we clearly saw the back of the craft, where two small orange lights, (one on top of the other) were on its right, and a larger red light on its left. The lights were not positioned like we are accustomed to seeing on commercial craft, and the flashing pattern was very different as well - the bottom orange light would flash, followed immediately by the large red light, then the top orange light would do a fast double flash, pause for a second, then repeat.
June 13, 2019 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
National City, MI
Went to bed, and we have no curtains on our windows. Looked out the window from my bed and two bright lights were in the sky, just thru the trees. At first I thought it might be drones. But they stayed pretty much in the same spot. They were twinkling, dimming and sometimes disappeared, but came back on. The lights were bright, the light seemed to shine down on the yard almost. We live in an isolated area with no lights close to use, so I don't have an explanation. I did get up to try and take a picture but I was nervous and when the iphone turned it's flash on, I got scared and just turned the phone off. I hope this helped. ((witness's name deleted)) 989-((telephone number deleted)) In case you don't believe me. I called our sheriff's dept. today, but they were too busy to take my report.
June 5, 2019 · 11:00 AM · OTHER
Houghton, MI
UNO Sighting in Houghton, Michigan, June 6, 2019 Around 90 minutes ago, I was in my living room and noticed that the sky outside seemed unusually bright. At first I thought the moon must be rising and causing that, but that was not the case. The brightness was diffuse and I wanted to “pin it down,” so I locked my apt., which faces only east, and went outside the building to see if I could see a source in the western sky for the diffuse brightness. I immediately did see a source in the northwest quadrant of the sky. It was a narrow strip of light, almost vertical but with a slight forward tilt of the upper portion, and a very slight curve (I believe) in the middle. It did not seem to be moving. It seemed to be just hanging there. I stood and just stared at it for three or four minutes. Then some clouds moved in front of it, and it appeared that it would be covered for quite some time. It was chilly and late and I was alone, so I returned to my apartment and did not go outside again. Later, it occurred to me that there might be an internet site on which to report seeing something you have never seen before, so I called the phone number and spoke to a gentleman and he suggested that I submit this report.
May 27, 2019 · 12:15 AM · LIGHT
Flint, MI
i had a ufo sighting on May 27th 2019 at 12:15am in flint michigan: On May 27th 2019 at 12:15am in Flint Michigan, as I took my dogs to the backyard of my home located on S. Vernon Ave., Flint, Michigan, 48503, I looked to the North and just below the Big Dipper, I noticed what appeared to be the three (3) stars from Orion's belt. A moment later I realized that Orion would not be in that part of the night sky. I continued staring and confused for about a minute or so. All of a sudden the three (3) stars began to move to the East in formation and at a steady speed. I continued to watch them until they flew out of sight (approx 5 mins). Unfortunately I left my phone in the house and did not get video of this incident. I was just wondering if there were any other reports on May 26/27th 2019 of these three (3) lights over Michigan, or am I the only person to notice?