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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 11, 2018 · 3:03 PM · RECTANGLE
Ada, MI
It looked like a drone out our window 100 yards or so. Just sitting in mid air maybe taking photos or video. But if it was, it was the biggest drone I have ever seen. Plus it was not shaped like a drone. Looked more like a big rectangle. Later I thought it might be a balloon until I looked at my photos. It was sitting out the window for about 10 minutes then just slowly started going up and away from my window. I watched it mesmerized for quite some time thinking it was going to fly back to its owner after while. It didn't. I just kept flying or floating upward. Me and two of my co-workers just watched it for a while thinking it had to be some cool new drone. After while as I started to process what I was seeing I thought it would zip off at the speed-of-sound or something but it didn't. It just kept going up and away until it was out of sight.
September 5, 2018 · 12:00 AM · OVAL
Detroit, MI
as a security officer on the rooftop of a party club Exodus downtown Detroit we witnessed a strange light after the storm has passed we continue to watch it as it moved in several different directions and then move swiftly over the top of Greektown Casino where we video the entire event
September 1, 2018 · 9:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Oxford, MI
Then a second one exactly the same shape size and speed behind it was visible. I went inside and got someone else to see to confirm what I was seeing. After about a minute of both of us watching it disappeared. No haze or sound.
August 30, 2018 · 10:15 PM · CIRCLE
Clarkston, MI
200+ foot dia circle of multi colored lights rotating as it moved from south to north along side michigan hwy 75 near Clarkston, MI. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 23, 2018 · 8:30 PM
Saline, MI
3 lights lined up as a shallow triangle. Left light blinked first, then a moment later the right one blinked. The middle light immediately blinked after the right light.
August 23, 2018 · 8:15 AM · TRIANGLE
Milan, MI
Dark craft, triangle with slow blinking red and green lights that were out of sync. Flying low, maybe 200-400 meters in width flying medium speed. Have short video
August 4, 2018 · 9:56 PM · FIREBALL
East Tawas, MI
In East Tawas, there is a State Pier, and in order to get my steps in I decided to go for a walk on it. When I first started my walk I noticed a orange colored star way out by the point of the bay and thought it was just that, a planet or a star. As I reached the end of the dock I realized it was the only star I had seen the whole time and decided to see which star it was with an app on my phone called “SkyView” but there was no name or object in it’s place. I thought this was odd and realized it was even more odd because there was a cloud cover which didn’t let me see a single light in the sky except that one. I stayed longer and took as good of a picture of it as I could with my phone and decided to walk back home. The way the dock is made is it has corners offering different view points of the bay and I noticed as I was walking back this object stayed in exactly the same spot and I get I was viewing a different angle of it because it was not moving with me, like a normal obeject in space. I watched it until I got off the dock when at this point I glanced down to mess with my phone, and upon viewing back to where I saw the object, it was gone. The object appeared to be a perfect sphere and was a fiery orange color. I was viewing this against a black sky that was filled with clouds making it the only light in the sky.
August 3, 2018 · 12:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Hazel park, MI
It didn't make any noise and was moving fast across the sky. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 2, 2018 · 10:15 PM · SPHERE
Ortonville, MI
What I have witnessed happens almost every night, so I cannot report a specific sighting. Noticed orange, blue, green, white orbs in wooded area behind home, approximately 114 acres undeveloped land, so no chance of another house near by. Observed them through binoculars and rifle scope and they are balls of light from golfball to basketball size. Even ventured into woods on few occasions and light source/orb will turn off or go out once I am within 50 - 75'. Every time. Sometimes they appear to move away or shrink before going out. They range from touching ground to 10 +- feet in air. Sightings have been fewer over last couple month and locations change without rhyme or reason. Few appear same location every night and some nights there are many more than usual. Attempt to make contact with, first, flashlight, high powered LED and recently upgraded to laser light. The laser warrants a response by objects, gets brighter, appears to move closer and or away, reflecting/refracting laser light scattering it in all directions. Anyone else witness this in south east MI, Oakland County?? For some reason, witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
August 1, 2018 · 11:50 PM · TRIANGLE
Detroit, MI
“V” of about 30 lights going south....stars in center of V looked distorted when craft moving ... HUGE whatever it was then it disappeared in an instant. ????? Didn’t keep getting smaller and smaller like birds or planes do.
July 17, 2018 · 11:30 PM · FLASH
Walker, MI
Walking out of a movie theatre when me and another witness saw a bright yellow/green stationary blinking light in the sky that in a matter of seconds it shot across the sky and disappeared. It was not a meteorite, satellite, or a plane. There was no sound. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 16, 2018 · 11:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Richmond, MI
Last night i was on my phone, when it started acting up. When i went exit a page it would a slurping-like noise, In general it was slower.after this i look out my window i see a object flashing white lights about 10 or 20 feet above the treetops (I think). I didnt go and investigate as it was late and I didnt want to wake anyone. It is now the morning i have been hearing planes outside. If it was not a ufo it could have been flying out of Selfridge which is a nearby military base.
July 14, 2018 · 1:00 AM · CIRCLE
Sterling Heights, MI
Sighting of Mars. PD
July 11, 2018 · 11:00 PM · TRIANGLE
West Branch, MI
My Girlfriend and I went and rented a cabin on Clear Lake, at approx 11:00pm Sunday night I took my Girlfriend out on the boat in the middle of clear lake. Once we made it to the middle of the lake we hear what sounded like a mass about of birds on a near by island. On the lake at this time there was it was so quiet I could hear everything and the sky was crystal clear. About that time, I had noticed a red orb in the far distance just sitting there. A few minutes later we had noticed 2 red orbs that started to move across the sky slowly, then all of the sudden they shot aross the sky and hovered. Next, these objects would shoot straight up at incredible speeds and on angles I have never seen before. At that time one of the objects disappreard. The remaining object then started to move twards me and my girlfriend. This object then came direcly over the top of the boat. There was no noise what so ever, and the object had 3 lights 2 red and one green. It wa! s more in a bomerang shape. Once it was over us it shot to a different part of the sky where a giant orange orb showed up the the sky. This red/green object moved twards this new orange object. At this same time 2 giant white objects appreard close to the orange obj. the seems to get very bright and then went out. All this lasted for over 40 min. I am prior Airforce, and I can tell you this was no drone, plane, or anything I have ever seen in my life. The way that the green/red obj was moving across the sky was just incredible. Just wanted to share my story!
July 11, 2018 · 2:30 AM · OTHER
Grand Rapids, MI
It was around 2:00 AM- 2:30 AM on July 11, 2018 in Grand Rapids, we were driving home from a get together in the Rockford area, we got lost and took a common road home called 52nd Street and as we were driving in the countryside, I look to my right in the passenger seat and I see about 100 feet to 150 feet away from me a large Manta-Ray shaped object frozen in the air on a 45 degree slant, the front of the object was white colored and had a ring surrounding the aircraft that had a green light circling through the ring, I began to naturally freak out as we drive past this large aircraft. As we continued driving, the bottom of the aircraft was exposed with these bright white lights formed in this symmetrical pyramid pattern with about 7 large lights, instantly I tried to debunk the situation using the laws of physics but the object appeared frozen in time over this grassy area, an by that time I knew that this object is way too technologically advanced to be developed by the government, it was like it was using a Anti-Gravity mechanism that allowed to sit perfectly frozen in mid air on this 45 degree slant, I thought I was possibly hallucinating the whole situation but after calming down and rubbing my eyes and reopening them, the object was still in the same perfect 45 degree slant in midair, I wouldn’t be reporting this if I didn’t see this object so close, I’ve seen videos and documentaries about these sightings but there was never one photo or video showing a object this close to human activity.
July 8, 2018 · 1:05 AM · LIGHT
Bear Lake, MI
At about 45 degrees South, a small point of light appeared, looking like a bright star, it flashed even brighter. Moving Southwest very slowly and vanished. A few seconds later, another point of light appeared directly above me, moving Northeast at a slow rate. I immediately thought it was the I.S.S. (having seen the Space Station before, it looked very similar), however at about 40 degrees, it seemed to stop and change direction moving North. After continuing for a few moments it changed direction to Northeast again. I followed the point of light until it finally disappeared behind the treeline.
July 6, 2018 · 1:00 AM · CIRCLE
Grayling, MI
over Marrow Lake in Houghton Lake, fishing at 1 am when we looked up at the stars and witnessed an orange bright light in the sky at tree level over the lake. the dot appeared to move in spontaneous directions such as circular motions, up and down, never followed a pattern. stayed there and kept moving. we checked the rest of the sky and found smaller similar moving lights. never moving like a plane.
June 30, 2018 · 11:27 PM · FIREBALL
Detroit, MI
I screamed and my eyes poured water from fear of what i saw. The orange ball was so bright it reflected light off the clouds. Fireball was translucent. I hung the phone up and ran to take pictures. I obtained 2 photos of rear of ship. By then it disappeared in the northeastern sky. I have not been the same since incident. Everytime I think of or repeat story I breakdown weeping. I was up close to this event. My life will never be the same.
June 22, 2018 · 10:00 AM · LIGHT
Grand Blanc, MI
This wasn't the first time I have seen activity and this… unnerved me. I shut the blinds. A few weeks earlier driving home from a park in Flint, both the driver and I saw a beam of light and took photos. The photos are not too clear as they look faded from the sun’s brightness so we did try to adjust the contrast and it did show up better. Unfortunately all we had was a cell phone.
June 16, 2018 · 10:45 AM · UNKNOWN
Milford, MI
Afterward seen numerous other aircraft in the sky, including to aircraft that were following in formation I assume military air craft checking things out.
June 8, 2018 · 8:20 PM · OVAL
Redford, MI
Me and my daughter were working with our Escrima stick and she notice the object and told me to turn around. It was not a plane or a jet or a Helicopter or a balloon. It was silent. If it was a drone it would had to be huge from our distance, It moved west but seem to had tiny moments of hesitations to its movement. It was dark in appearance no lights. We tried to get the cell phone camera to record it but as always cell phones suck for a camera.
June 2, 2018 · 8:10 PM · EGG
Rochester, MI
I was walking my neighbors dog. It was still light out at 8:10pm eastern time or 20:00, with a blue sky and a few scattered clouds. I looked up at the sky as I do often and noticed a object very high, flying from west to east. At first I thought it was a plane or even a drone. The more I looked I noticed there was no noise, no engine sound, no contrail, and no chemtrail. It was silent. I kept watching and I realized planes and drones are not egg or tic tac shaped. It was all bright white. Not lit up white but just white like a tic tac. No lights at all. The object flew straight, west to east, no zig zagging, or turns. It suddenly disappeared into a clear sky as if it there one second and gone the next. I'm not even sure what I saw, but I know for sure it wasn't a plane.
May 28, 2018 · 8:45 AM · CIRCLE
Warren, MI
Me and a friend were walking at about 8:45 and we saw a big black circular thing in the sky. She said its a UFO then we saw it get even closer and even faster. We were both surprised and scared. The lights on the craft were blue and white. We know this was not a plane becuase why would a plane look like a big black circle.
May 20, 2018 · 4:00 PM · SPHERE
Nahma, MI
Fishing on Lake Michigan, headed back to launch, a glowing white sphere the size of a basketball emerged out of the lake and followed me for 5 minutes. It floated obove the surface and followed me till I was safe on shore, then floated away up in the sky..