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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
February 8, 2019 · 12:45 AM · TRIANGLE
Walkerville, MI
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 4, 2019 · 3:15 AM · CIRCLE
Kalamazoo, MI
My dog wanted to go outside. He never goes out at this time of the morning. I let him out in the back yard. He usually doesn’t take long but he didn’t come back, so I walked outside and saw 4 round lights spinning in a circular motion over a house in our neighborhood. I watched them spin for a while, then went back to sit down. 15 minutes later I went back out and they were still ther spinning. I then went back in. I went back out at 4am and they were not there anymore. Possibly advertising lights?? PD
January 21, 2019 · 3:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Ann Arbor, MI
Single small very bright object in the southern sky above southeastern Michigan-–observed and recorded by a scientist moving around a small radial area of the night sky (a 2-dimensional radial area approximately 5-10 degrees in diameter) located about 5 degrees above the horizon. Moves in an erratic manner not consistent with any known planetary object in motion or manmade aircraft or spacecraft trajectory. Luminosity consistent with a near atmospheric object. Movement of the bright object is not a consequence of atmospheric conditions or of intrinsic sensory/motor tremor or micro-movements, as “naturally-occurring” near space manmade satellites or far space stellar objects near this object moved in known, predictable patterns and were also recorded. Since I do not believe in UFO’s, is this possibly a new class of drone? (funded by the Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA?)).
January 20, 2019 · 11:30 PM · CIRCLE
Ida, MI
I ran and grabbed my cellphone and started filming. My son came into the bathroom and saw it as well. We then ran outside to film. The moon was overhead and the object that was to the north was gone. Here is a link to the video I captured: https://youtu.be/6x0YqsvREY0
January 20, 2019 · 8:30 PM · CIRCLE
Lincoln, MI
Tonight, around 8:30pm, I had this urge to look out our back sliding glass door, and to my surprise, I saw the full moon and it seemed bigger/closer than usual and extremely bright! So bright that it not only gave more light into the sky, but it also produced a ring shape light onto the ground and the middle was shadowed. I told my mom & step dad then returned to the door to admire the strangeness to it. I glanced up to the right of the moon and that’s when I saw the first craft. It was very close at first, there was no sound from it, I could see 3 different color lights that appeared to be spinning in a circle, most were white but there was at least 1 blue and 1 red light, I yelled for my step dad to come see it because it was just hovering in the air. It didn’t appear to be moving at first and a few minutes later you could see it gradually moving farther away and upward into the sky. It would also move slightly right or left. It wasn’t going fast like it had a des! tination to get to but seemed to be scanning the area. Once it was too far to see all three lights as well as when it was close another aircraft showed up from the right. This one did have a faint sound and was going quite fast. It only had a white light, the light would flash once disappear and then flash again when it got some distance away. It went right in front of the first craft slightly turned flying left under the moon & right above the tree line. It then stayed in one area but going upwards and downwards until it just disappeared. A few minutes later i saw the same flashing light craft much farther left, it was going slow at first, but sped up to disappear around the side of the house. During all of this the other one was still just hovering in the same spot, it would get a little closer and then go back farther/higher again. It continued to do this, around 10 I had to stop looking to put my son to bed. I kept checking until 10:30pm or 11 and that’s when it was fin! ally out of sight. This sighting was the most amazing for me because t his craft didn’t seem to mind that it was seen and it stayed hovering around the same area the longest amount of time I’ve ever seen any kind of craft do.. while the others seemed to make sure it was not in any danger. Myself, my mom, step dad and 3 year old all got a great look at this amazing sighting & were all amazed by it. My puppy also broke off his chain around the time this first occurred, we usually hear him barking or running around the house when this happens but he was extremely calm and was drawn to the ring light & would look toward the craft.
January 13, 2019 · 8:25 PM · CIRCLE
East Lansing, MI
JANUARY 13, 2019. Time: 8:25pm Weather: Overcast and 22 degrees F LOCATION: over MSU campus? East Lansing, Michigan.. Altitude: 8-10K feet Equipment: 20x50 binoculars Description: A stationary globe shape with white, red and green lights. The globe was difficult to look at because the lights were very intense. It is still there as I write this. Thank you.
January 5, 2019 · 2:00 PM · FLASH
Detroit, MI
We were standing there looking in the sky trying to figure out what the objects were. Then objects started moving East from our area where we first saw them. They were still pulsating off and on and moving Eastward. Seemed that we’re over head at first, then far away before we knew it. I told a young lady that had witnessed the same thing to get a video of the objects before they disappear out of view. Which we have. By the time she started recording the objects were faraway from where we were at. They seem like stars. Then one object stayed on it seemed and started traveling in a straight line going southern direction. Came to a stop. Which at this time it looked like a bright star in the sky. I was focused on that object when all of a sudden to the left of object another object started to glow like the first one. They were at the same level in a straight line. Then they disappeared. Afterwards, I had notice on my sunglasses yellow dust was on my lens and powder of some sort was on my black hoodie sweater. If someone wants to collect samples let me know and I won’t wash it. It was a clear sunny day and could see the objects very clearly.. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 5, 2019 · 2:00 PM · FLASH
Detroit, MI
Then one object stayed on it seemed and started traveling in a straight line going southern direction. Came to a st! op.Which at this time it looked like a bright star in the sky. I was focused on that object when all of a sudden to the left of object another object started to glow like the first one. They were at the same level ina straight line. Then they disappeared. Afterwards, I had notice on my sunglasses yellow dust was on my lens and powder of some sort was on my black hoodie sweater. If someone wants to collect samples let me know and I won’t wash it.It was a clear sunny day and could see the objects very clearly.. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 12, 2018 · 5:30 PM · LIGHT
Caro, MI
I was almost home and noticed this green light well actually is was like a light neon green. I was heading north on Hurds Corner road and it was at my 10 o'clock moving easterly. It moved smooth and very quick and there was no blinking lights anywhere on it. When it got a little to the east it turned 90° to the north and disappeared.
December 12, 2018 · 3:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Vandalia, MI
I was in my garage an I could here a low chirping sound and I went outside I could tell the sound was coming from the sky so I looked up and at about that same time a black gray blur shot over me it was only about 50 feet above me when it went over
December 6, 2018 · 6:15 PM · FIREBALL
Omer/Standish, MI
December 6, 2018 “Orbs” Sighting Northern Michigan Arenac County - On the day of December 6, 2018, at approximately 6:15pm - I was headed northbound on State Rd. having left pinconning. I had stopped at the Worth rd intersection taking notice of the recent additions to the local casino to my right... the new building stood out. Headed north again I went about a mile or so before catching a glimpse of a amber/orange colored light. - now before I go on, I’ll note that I’ve been hyper aware of the existence of these orbs since my sighting in 2016, so I’ll admit that I stop the car and examine the sky and rule out many anomalies before jumping to the UFO conclusion... that being said, I’ll continue - mind you, I’m trying to split my attention between driving and watching this amber/orange light. I keep catching the the activity of this light and realize that it’s more than one light. At one point there was at least for to five, and the movements between them varied... one would be somewhat still, the others kind a random, but different almost swirling to swarming... they would dim and un-dim and randomly “dance like fireflies” - they remind me of fireflies! - Like how a firefly can be right there in front of you and go out in a moment, just disappearing into the black of night. This is very much like a sighting two years ago on December 13, which was also during the full moon of that month and year - we had four strange moon events in ‘16 - this was I believe on the fourth of those. On that event, my mother and I witnessed “orbs” above Hale, MI. - as soon as I realized I was seeing a similar event I called my mom who had been with me during the previous sighting to let her know I was seeing them again. (This was at 6:18pm according to my phone log) I was letting her know I was hoping to get to a spot where I could get out and get some video. On our previous sighting, the orbs were hard to catch on the iPhone but did get two brief vids before the battery died from the cold air - this time, as I was taking to my mom about trying to get a video and looking for a spot to pull of the road... all the activity slowed. I got off the phone and kept a close eye on the spot where they had been. Unfortunately I did not get an opportunity to get photos or videos. The thought had crossed my mind that other cars/drivers were seeing something similar as we all seemed to be slowing, even the cars heading opposite my direction. I had hoped that I’d get a closer look as I was headed toward the city of Omer, where these objects seemed to be located above. This sighting marks the second definitive “orb” sighting for me, and the third object sighting here in northern Michigan that I’d label without question a UFO
November 23, 2018 · 5:30 AM · CIRCLE
Wayland, MI
I was looking up at the sky and at about North West, I saw two very bright "Stars." I was scanning the sky while letting the dog out and saw the full moon just to the left of Orion which was about due West. I continued scanning East and saw Jupiter behind me at about NWW. As I began scanning back to look at Orion, I noticed two very bright "stars", brighter than Jupiter. I thought to myself, these weren't here a minute ago. So I just stared at them and they just began fading away to nothing. They were not moving that I could tell, just fading away the way a very bright shooting star fades, but not as quickly, and at the same exact pace. These objects were the distance away from each other approximately the distance of half the constellation Orion.
November 18, 2018 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Mount Pleasant, MI
In the western sky right around dusk, i saw 2 paralell rectangular lights in the sky. They moved like shooting stars with tails and disenegrated. I thought at first it was a shooting star. But shooting stars arnt 2 rectangular lights. Also there was a hekicopter in the sky right for a couple hours before and after just sitting hovering.
November 18, 2018 · 12:00 AM · CIRCLE
Detroit, MI
I have never seen anything like it in my life. On November 18, 2018, multiple bright orange circular lights (12 objects) in the sky at 12:15 am. The objects moved around to form like an Orion belt The objects moved to form an image of small triangles, three in a group. The objects then formed a straight line and disappeared quickly. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and she seemed to us to be quite sincere. We suspect that she is a highly reliable witness. PD
November 17, 2018 · 11:00 AM · LIGHT
Troy, MI
I heard a loud noise above our house & the neighbor's house ... crawled out of bed to look out my window and saw a bright light leaving from above our house heading north going higher and higher with an extremely LOUD noise and bright light bigger than car but smaller than a airplane from what I could see.
October 31, 2018 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Erie, MI
driving down the road and saw two extremely bright lights very close to each other, lights then faded until they disappeared, about 30 to 45 seconds later the lights came back on and backwards dimmed would be the best word i could describe. They dimmed from very very low brightness to extremely bright where they were radiating and reflecting light with streaks coming off of them it was brighter than anything I've ever seen before. The lights then we're stationary and completely disappeared like they were turned off. After the Lights disappeared 3 airplanes we're flying at a rapid speed and making maneuvers in a zigzag motion. I've seen this motion before since I was in airforce for eight and a half years, all three aircraft were doing maneuvers in the shape of a Z. We spoke via telephone with the source of the report, and he seemed to us to be quite sincere and sober-minded. PD
October 24, 2018 · 7:57 PM · SPHERE
Farmington Hills, MI
Approximately 8pm, clear dark night, October 24, 2018. Upon returning home from work, just as any typical evening, I took my dog out for a walk. While doing so, I noticed a blue and red flashing light. Seemed out of place but initially didn’t think it was anything more than maybe a satellite I just haven’t noticed before – I am a sky watcher, so slowly I realized that wasn’t likely. Next thought was it was a helicopter – I know some have blue and red flashers on it. After a few minutes of looking, I realized it wasn’t moving with any kind of trajectory at all – eventually realizing it wasn’t a normal aircraft or satellite once it stopped and stayed in location. Over the course of 15-20 minutes it would make some slight movements in one direction or the other but mostly stayed in a general area. To my eye its adjustments were fractions of a cm. I began to notice brighter lights – multiple. 2 or 3 at first. Over the course of time I noticed roughly 8 or 9 different Jet style craft covering the area seemingly searching this object out. They would make passes, turn and make return passes. Some were much lower than I am used to seeing planes fly, others a bit higher in altitude but all doing the same search patterns. I knew for sure the first object was different indeed at that point mostly due to its oddly blinking lights and pattern of the blinking along with the ability to move and stop without any typical trajectory. Planes and odd lights I see all the time, but they all off PATHS they are flying – any change in direction is preceded by a curved trajectory. This object did not follow this typical movement. In fact, it seemed to vanish at times by eye and on video it looked to expand becoming opaque before contracting again. Hard to even describe. I had eyes on all of this for well over an hour from different vantag! e points By eye showed as a small dot, on video looked like a disc on its side or a sphere. Its color pattern ranging in colors from blue to red to green by eye, but on video you can see pinks, oranges, yellows. This is clear on the video. It also seemed to morph as its colors shifted.
October 10, 2018 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Fenton Township, MI
Corner of Fenton Rd and Thompson Rd in Fenton Township last Wednesday it was dusk out and I saw looking out east over the woods of what is vrand blanc/holly what I first assumed to be a plane which was as bright as the morning star gliding north near a route i see planes traverse regularly on their way into Flint Bishop airport which is just 15 miles north by way of US23. Ive seen 10,000 planes or more over the course of my 20+ years on this property. Things have been a little odd the past few years but when this light i think is a plane disappear in midair after i had watched it fly for a good 30 seconds, on a straight horizontal level path clearly not the flickering of a drifting chinese lantern, which have been popular lately no this was a bright light like a bright plane but it vanished in a clear deep blue eastern sky just past sunset. It was the only object in the sky.my brother in law and nephew weren't able to witness its disappearance but had seen the light before and did believe me as it had disappeared from the sky.
October 7, 2018 · 4:00 AM · SPHERE
Taylor, MI
It was on, or about, Oct. 7th, 2018. Around 4am. Or 04:00 for those in military time. I was noticing how clear the sky was. It hadn't been for some time now. Missed the meteor shower due to clouds and light rain. I saw something moving high in the sky. It looked like a star, or planet. Good sized, like a small moon. I'm familiar with the space station, so I knew it wasn't that. Plus, it was white and large. The light it exuded was a filtered or muted white. Kind of like the moon, compared to a light on a plane. Round in shape like a big star. No twinkling or variation in light. It stayed steady and slow moving. Nothing blinking. Just a solid white orb, out cruising before sunrise. It was traveling E- SE at a smooth click. Watched it as long as I could before it was blocked by the neighbors tree. A few minutes passed and, I decided to check an app on my iPad, "Starguide". Nothing showing there. And it shows space debris if it's passing. Also, I checked flight radar. Nothing on that path. It was a good sized, orb, I guess you could say. I'm not sure how to really describe it. It was bigger than, Venus and, Jupiter. Very visible. If it was a craft, it was HUGE. I'm talking, Independance Day, huge. If you catch my drift. It was high enough to know it was pretty large in comparison to the stars. I haven't seen anyone posting anything about it yet, online. I know, I wasn't seeing things. But, I do know, we aren't alone. About 11 yrs. ago, my Husband and, I were outside watching the sky. And the same type of round circle, in the sky. It was so far up, I was amazed we were able to make it out. It was way, WAY, larger than this one. Same description, only much more dull, compared to this newest sighting. I am not making any of this up either. We were able to see it pinging around in a circular motion. As if it were a pinball bouncing between bumpers. Only it was stars that were around it. It was fairly fast in this motion but so dim, we could just barely make it out. Also, dim because it was so high in the sky. By rights we shouldn't have seen it really. Good thing it was a clear night. I can't even begin to describe how high it was. And, if it was that big, OMG… I'm scared of the possibilities. It was kind of hard to wrap my own head around what we were seeing. My husband and I, both, said do you see that? Yeah, I see it. What are we seeing?! It was so amazing. I will never forget it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 27, 2018 · 6:40 PM · LIGHT
Lansing, MI
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. We suspect the time of the sighting may have been 6:40 p.m., and we have changed the time, to reflect that fact. We have no means of contacting the source. PD
September 22, 2018 · 7:43 PM · OVAL
Detroit, MI
Strange oval object in the sky, September 22, 2018 over Detroit, MI. I made a turn on a street in Grosse Pointe bordering the city limits of Detroit. As I turn right, I see the beautiful sky with pink clouds on my left. I snapped a picture of the clouds and didn’t think more of it. I looked at the picture again a day later and saw a strange oval object through an opening of the clouds. If it was closer to the ground, I would guess the Goodyear Blimp. But I’ve seen blimps flying before and this is too high for them to fly. It also doesn’t look like an airplane with the vapor trails. I’ve just never seen this before. It’s like a silver metal elongated “bullet” way up in the sky.
September 18, 2018 · 1:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Romulus, MI
A light caught her eye as the object moved over the house going east. She saw the light was rectangular and had a twin on the opposite side. There were also two red lights as she saw the entire craft emerge from over the house. That's when the object revealed itself to be triangular in shape. She watched it as it moved slowly over an oak tree 35 ft from our garage. She could not make out detail, but the lights she said were sharp and rectangular. She could not tell if they extended beyond the craft like an attached wing , or if they were windows along the edge of the craft. She said it was traveling slightly faster then walking speed . She said the noise was not to loud but strange like huge chain links being clanged together quickly! She said the dog got frightened was whining like when she got up. Wife said the dog backed itself against the wall of the garage and started fear barking! Here's the strange part. I got up at. 12:30. I had just gone to bed at 11:00pm. Same time two days in a row... I'm a very light sleeper. Hyper alert individual. Any noise, I'm up like a lightning bolt... Last night, I did not hear a thing, not wife getting out of bed, or my dog making noise? My wife is a very religious Roman Catholic background. She has not been a believer in the past but has had three experiences of this type of phenomenon since being married to me. I wrote recently we had an experience over the house about two months ago when we both were awakened by a whirring noise like a turbine over the house increasing in speed and power until it was gone like a flash. Here is the drawing of what she could remember seeing.
September 16, 2018 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Detroit, MI
09/16/2018 18:00 Eastern Time about 7 small reddish orange lights appeared in the sky over Detroit. They were seen for a little under two minutes. They appeared and flew on. What was that? Witness provides no contact information. PD
September 13, 2018 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Dansville, MI
The only buildings that would be in the range of a small drone were the school, the fire department, an auto repair shop and a few houses. There didn't appear to be anyone walking around either. And, we couldn't hear any sound coming from these drones. When we started to get creeped out is when we counted 50 of these things. They were coming from all directions and just circling us. They remained stationary in the sky probably about 30 feet above our heads. We couldn't make out any details other than the lights. More drones continued coming seemingly at random over the next hour. That's when we finally decided to leave.