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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
May 16, 2018 · 8:35 PM · OTHER
Lawrence, MI
I saw a bright white teardrop shaped light moving from west to east at low cloud level; several clouds were in the sky but overall sunny. The light appeared to travel out of one cloud then separated or ejected a brilliant blue light that turned gold and disappeared as the white light continued to the east and vanished into another cloud. It all happened extremely quickly, 3-5 seconds approx. in duration.
April 30, 2018 · 10:15 PM · UNKNOWN
Zeeland, MI
At approximately 22:15 Eastern Time in the city of Zeeland just SW of Grand Rapids, I had gone outside from my place of work to smoke a cigarette. I noticed low on the northern horizon at approximately 15 degrees above the horizon what appeared to be a planet or aircraft with a very bright landing light. I took interest in it and decided to watch it for a bit during my break. I was informed later that there are no planets visible on the northern sky. The object did not appear to be moving. I continued to watch it and pointed it out to a fellow co-worker who seemed to think it was some kind of star. He proceeded to leave for the night. Just before finishing my cigarette while continuing to watch it, the object flashed a bright white light and disappeared. The light did not flash on the ground. There was no sound associated with it.
April 9, 2018 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Buchanan, MI
The round light at or below clouds moving west stop move to the right went east 1/4 mile then south 1/4 mile back west stop went down back up west full hammer down gone
April 7, 2018 · 1:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Allegan, MI
I was looking up at the stars, and suddenly this triangular light formation appeared. It was either very large and up high or was small and low. Made no sound, but moved across the sky very quickly.
March 19, 2018 · 3:45 AM · CYLINDER
Taylor, MI
I think what ever flew by it was checking it out because it flew right between air traffic from metro airport. I took photo and video with my phone of it but you cannot see much detail in the object.
March 18, 2018 · 6:30 AM · DISK
Claire, MI
We were staring at it when suddenly half of the lights shit off followed by the other half as it became lighter until it was completely dark and silhouetted against the tree line until we lost it in the darkness.
March 18, 2018 · 1:47 AM · TRIANGLE
Linwood, MI
Just got home from a night of bowling (no drinking so totally sober), and as we were getting out of the van, I just so happened to look up at what I thought was a shooting star. When I realized the "shooting star" was much closer than I originally thought and was moving toward us I yelled to my son "WHAT THE HECK IS THAT???". He then looked up and and saw it. We were so freaked out we continued to yell to each other "WHAT THE HECK????? WHAT IS THAT!!!!".. it seemed to slow down as it got closer to us .. almost like it acknowledged that we had noticed it.. then within just a few short seconds, it took off "like a fish in water type movement" it was totally unnatural looking how it moved. Was just over the tree line, it seemed and about the size of one of those big green signs you see on express way overpasses.. when it was directly over our heads we could make out the shape.. it was FLAT OUT a Triangle shaped object with a triangle shape white light around the outer edges.. it made NO sound at all.. Dead silent. The stars and clear sky that night made it so that we could see the shape of it once it was directly over our heads with no problem. Scared the crap out of us.. still trying to explain it away but just can't. What the heck was it??????? I know what drones are and what they look and perform like... this was no drone in my opinion. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 11, 2018 · 2:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Brighton, MI
I did not see it, only heard it. There was a loud noise which kept getting louder and shaking the whole house. It seemed to be slowly hovering overhead, not passing by, for a couple of minutes. Then it passed and there was a brief hissing sound like after a jet departs, but this could not have been a jet. It must have been flying very low to produce the sound it made. It also did not sound like a helicopter. It sounded like a huge object flying very low to the ground. I did not go look at it, as I was in bed, but I wish I had.
March 9, 2018 · 2:30 AM · TRIANGLE
Canton, MI
I estimate the sides of the craft to be about 250-300' long and probably about 20-40' high - it looked the size of a large box store up in the sky. The outside or "skin" looked to be absorbing the street lights off of Ford road as they reflected off the street and illuminate the bottom and edges of the craft but the light looked to be absorbed which provided a strange visual of the light moving along the "skin" kind of like when you heat up a piece of metal and at the part of the metal that is being directly heated being a darker color and then as you move away from the flame location the color changes - almost like a mirage or it was absorbing the light shining on it. The craft made zero noise or sound. As we cleared the sound retention wall on S 275 we expected to see this huge craft parallel to us but it simply vanished.
February 28, 2018 · 8:00 PM · OVAL
Grand Rapids, MI
I saw a large oval or egg shape that streaked from the clouds toward the ground. It was very fast. The oval was very bright white and had an orange halo around it. I wouldn't have seen it if I hadn't been looking in that direction. There was no sound. Witness changed date to February 28, 2018. Date is corrected above. PD
February 16, 2018 · 11:45 PM · FIREBALL
Romeo, MI
Then I looked up to the East and saw 5 jets making more trails covering the sky and obscuring the night sky. Then right above the concentration of jets a huge fireball came across the sky at high speed covered in flames and sparks traveling from North to South. The Fireball then disappeared from view. Note: This occurred in the same exact area that had a meteor strike last month that shook the Earth causing a small earthquake. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 27, 2018 · 8:15 PM · DIAMOND
Warren, MI
It was Saturday night and me and my friend heard a quiet buzzing sound and looked up and saw 4 lights at first we thought it was a plane but one big eight light appeared in the middle when we saw the craft it looked like a dimon we got scared so me and my frend ran to his house when we looked back it was gone it was about 8:30 or 8:00
January 24, 2018 · 7:24 PM · LIGHT
Olivet, MI
It was cloudy out but while i was driving home in the break of the clouds a glimpse of light caught my eye. so i pulled over and watched, i could see three white lights hovering in the sky going in a circular motion getting bigger and smaller in rotation, then it just disappeared.
January 16, 2018 · 8:10 PM · LIGHT
Flat Rock, MI
Bright light observer outside my window high in the sky. Heavy overcast with snow. Light was bright and moved across the sky at fast rate. Had to be below cloud line or just above. Light got brighter and brighter before just disappearing. This light moved across the sky at an extreme rate. Started slow then zipped across the horizon. Like I said, overcast with light snow. Had to be at a lower elevation.
January 16, 2018 · 8:08 PM · LIGHT
Ann Arbor, MI
Everyone with us was amazed, and everyone agreed that it did not look like lightening. Not to mention lightening and thunderstorms during the winter in Michigan are very rare. The light was also a bit green.
January 16, 2018 · 8:08 PM · LIGHT
Lansing, MI
Driving and noticed bright light above driver side looked up at bright object, after hovering, it took off like a jet taking off from a destroyer with no sound. Lights on dash dimmed and other cars started swerving, then dash lights came back on. Lights were dimmer after incident.
January 16, 2018 · 8:00 PM · FLASH
Gregory, MI
Myself and neighbors have witnessed a large flash of bluish-white light, coming straight out of the sky. I thought I heard a very low, slow rumble. There is no precipitation on radar. We have amended the time to reflect a sighting at approximately 8:00 p.m. (Eastern). PD
January 16, 2018 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Grass Lake, MI
I was between Wolf Lake Road and Hayball Road on Page Ave when everything around me lit up bright the was like lightning bolt and gone. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Peter, I don't believe it was over by Detroit. I was directly under it, and it flashed...no tail or debris. I was in my tractor and did not feel or hear anything. I am not sure about my lights as it was so bright around me. Tractor did have strange shudder just before light started. ((name deleted)) ((END ADDENDUM)) ((ADDENDUM #2 FROM WITNESS)) I was traveling west on page it came up behind me from east. The location is jackson county, grass lake township. It was on page west of grey tower rd,east of hayball road and south of michigan avenue. Right over state of michigan hunting area on page avenue ((END ADDENDUM)) We have attempted to confirm the time of the sighting, which we believe should be 8:06 p.m. (Eastern), given that Michigan is in the Eastern Time Zone. PD
January 15, 2018 · 11:00 PM · RECTANGLE
Trenton/Grosse Ile, MI
I enjoy looking at the stars from time to time. When I was leaving my car to walk into my house, I decided to look up at the night sky. I then noticed an almost completely black figure shaped like a rectangle flying at about the same altitude as a normal airplane would, but I noticed it was traveling about 2 or 3 times faster than a normal airplane. I don't know how I caught it, but it was very hard to see. I know what I saw though. A Rectangular craft. I've never seen anything like it. Maybe a secret government plane? It was just weird. Cool, but weird. Is this a common sighting? I've seen UFOs many times before, but nothing like this
January 13, 2018 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Grand Rapids, MI
They all followed the same path and then disappeared one by one in the same place. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 5, 2018 · 4:00 PM · LIGHT
Williamston, MI
Saw what looked exactly like a big bright star driving down th highway at 4 in the afternoon. It didn’t move or anything but eventually disappeared after blinking a couple of times.
January 1, 2018 · 6:45 AM · FIREBALL
Fraser, MI
Object flew from west to east,it came out of the clouds into the open, it was round,looked like it was on fire and leaving a trail. it emitted no sound at all then it disappeared over the trees.
December 30, 2017 · 5:30 PM · RECTANGLE
Cedar Springs, MI
while looking through my orion space probe 130st telescope I got for Xmas I noticed a twinkling of multi color lights on a heading of 123 degrees from my house at about a 20 degree angle into the sky about halfway from the moon to the horizon. At first I thought it was a commercial jet but it rarely moved I'm sorry I am not more accurate but I am just learning to use the telescope I focused the target scope of the twinkling lights and then looked through the lens and saw a square of (16?) multi colored lights with light rays emitting from each of the equal sides I called my wife up and she saw the same thing. Today I used google earth to plot the direction and the local Ionia prison is about 45km away on the same degree heading. Maybe I saw prison yard lights but at that distance they were so high in the sky I don't know how that is possible. If you can help direct me to someone that might help me decipher what I saw it would be appreciated.
December 28, 2017 · 5:30 AM · LIGHT
Chesterfiled, MI
Was on back porch having cigarette and letting dog out. Very clear sky this morning, Selfridge Air Base is nearby to east. Detroit Metro Airport traffic usually travels from North West to South. This bright object caught my eye as it was “Lit” for a long duration (5-8 seconds) vs. “normal aircraft” constant blink. The light was white only and would slowly fade out and light again in random patterns and be very faint in between. Pulse would be better description than blinking. It started coming from West towards me (East) made various quick slight changes of direction (not following typical air traffic of Selfridge or Detroit Metro traffic) would say at first I thought perhaps a plane in distress. Than pulsed bright again only to fade out and move quick and suddenly towards South East. Was faint again for 15-20 seconds than pulsed again in a direct South and became faint and watched object travel extremely fast continuing in same Southern direction. The speed always was faster than normal jets from Selfridge would slow for moments still faster than normal jet. At the end when it moved “extremely fast” I would compare to shooting star speed. I did a hand sketch of flight pattern which I will email (in pdf form).