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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 25, 2017 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Fruitport, MI
Seen bright light moving about, color would get brighter and dimmer and change to orange. Possible twinkling star?? PD
September 25, 2017 · 8:13 PM · TRIANGLE
Grand Haven, MI
Large triangular craft with red, blue, green light on each corner flying west to east just over tree line in upright position, then maneuvered flat. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 25, 2017 · 7:30 PM · OVAL
Armada, MI
Just finished mowing lawn and was about 7:30pm EST, not quite dark but dusk. Was looking at drones as it was clear out and could see some stars starting to appear. Was talking with buddy, checking out for drones as it was near Armada Center Rd and North Ave in Armada. Turned to south and freaked out. Saw symmetrical disc-shaped object, grey/charcoal surface not sure. About 1-3 miles away, couldn't tell. Low altitude just hovering. Then bright light appeared from rear of vehicle and it took off in a straight path eastward. Whole event lasted about 5 seconds then gone. Amazing, will never forget it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 22, 2017 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
manistee, MI
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 21, 2017 · 8:15 PM · OTHER
Hudsonville, MI
Not sure....still a little shaken
September 20, 2017 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
New Baltimore, MI
I was outside having a cigarette, when I noticed two brightly-lit Orange orbs coming over the tree line from the southern direction in the area of where Selfridge Air base is. So I quickly got my phone out and snap the photo, after realizing it was just on picture I switched it to video and started filming. As I was filming there was a series of these bright orange silent orbs continuously coming from the south heading north to me they looked about 5000 ft in altitude and where about the size of two airliners and traveling at a speed three times that of an airliner. Sometimes they would be in pairs and sometimes there would just be one but I films them going right over top of me completely silent to the north towards Port Huron for about 10 minutes. And even my neighbor said that those could not be any type of Chinese lanterns or drones for that matter. I contacted local police and they said that there was a candle light visual going on in the area but when I ! investigated into that they said they never released anything in the air. I'm still waiting on answers from Selfridge to see if they had any operations going on. But other than that, there is no other known or publicized activities that we're going on that night that would explain what they were. I hope that there were others with video or witness testimony, because there is no way that all those big bright anomalous objects flew over and nobodu else notice. And if it were known craft the air base should have radar record. If they will even disclose such info.
September 18, 2017 · 12:00 PM · CROSS
Gross Ile, MI
No information provided by source of report. PD
September 15, 2017 · 11:20 PM · LIGHT
Vicksburg, MI
11:20pm. I decided to stretch my legs and I looked out my window to see if my father was going to arrive home. No one drove by, I could only see the light of my neighbor's house, but then I see a few blinking lights passing by. My first thought was a plane, until I saw it go in front of trees. Planes don't go in front of trees that you're fifty feet away from. It was composed of several lights, such as; red, yellow, orange. I could not see it's shape, but it simply hovered above the road very fast and went upwards, and it's also important to note that it was not an area that planes travel. No one plays with drones in this area, it's a busy road and nobody would be flying something they paid so much for over a road they could accidentally drop it on and have it get run over. It flew in front of dark trees until I saw it disappear out of my sight. I was only 20 feet away from the road. My best guess is that it was about the size of a smaller car. I wanted to chase after it, but mosquitoes are grossly overpopulated and the pine trees suck to walk on, and even if I went and grabbed my shoes, it would be out of sight and gone. I'm a very scientific person and I ruled out all possibilities of what it could be besides UFOs but this is my last resort. It hadn't caused me trouble and I'm a young guy, going on this site and seeing the last reported sighting on the home page was in my general area freaked me out a little.
September 14, 2017 · 9:55 PM · SPHERE
Hazel Park, MI
Then I kept looking in the sky as it was odd. A few minutes later I noticed a white circular object floating through the sky at a low altitude with no lights. It was definelty weird. No sound and it was moving pretty fast. Again, could have mistaken drones for UFOs, but never seen drones like this experience. Couldn't have been the only person in the area to have seen the orange orbs in the sky. Thanks. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 13, 2017 · 8:30 PM · CHANGING
Dearborn Heights, MI
I was in my back yard in the city of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, and observed a pulsating object in the sky. I quickly started filming the object with my 4k video camera on a tripod. The object appeared stationary, yet changed shape and color. I managed to capture video and still images which were captured from the video itself. Other people also reported seeing this object on social media. I am a retired police pilot with a commercial rating. I have never seen an aircraft with these characteristics. We spoke with the witness via telephone, and viewed the video he forwarded to NUFORC. We suspect that what he was observing was a "twinkling" star, and given that he was looking to the west, the most likely candidate, we believe, is the star called, "Arcturus." PD
September 12, 2017 · 7:05 PM · CIRCLE
Kalamazoo, MI
Two or three times a week, I visit East Hall on the campus of Western Michigan University (the old east campus, if you're familiar), an alumni center on a large hill (Prospect Hill) with an outdoor balcony area (facing East) that overlooks the city of Kalamazoo, MI. On a clear day, you're able to see signage on Sprinkle Road 7 miles away, so I'd say visibility is at least 7-8 miles from the balcony. It's a great place to watch sunrise, watch the clouds pass, or watch the air traffic over Kalamazoo: either the helicopters landing at one of the two hospitals or the planes coming into Kalamazoo International Airport, etc. In other words, East Hall has a great view of the entire city of Kalamazoo and its airspace. For more info and a photograph of the balcony area of East Hall go to: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Campus_(Western_Michigan_University 7:05 p.m.-7:09p.m. As soon as I walked up to the wall/railing at the edge of the balcony area and looked out (see photographs), I immediately noticed an unusual, featureless, solid black, roughly acorn-shaped/spherical object on the horizon, completely stationary, approx. 1 thumb's width above the tree line, due East of the balcony area. I'm 5' 8'' tall and from where I was standing, the object appeared to be at eye level with me. I immediately began taking pictures. The black object appeared to be hovering, completely stationary, in between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek (26 miles due east of Kalamazoo). I was not able to gauge the exact distance, but the black object looked to be well outside the city limits of Kalamazoo, possibly as far east as Battle Creek. (Perhaps it's worth mentioning there's a military base with an airstrip in between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek: Fort Custer) The stationary, black object clearly and instantly stood out as unusual against the grayish clouds behind it. I've watched all sorts of air traffic from East Hall for years: helicopters landing at either hospital, air traffic coming in to Kalamazoo International Airport, hot air balloons, drones more recently, etc. This didn't look like any air traffic I've ever seen before. 7:09p.m.-7:16p.m. est The black object remained stationary for ~ 4 minutes, before I called a friend in Galesburg, MI, (in between Kalamazoo, MI and Battle Creek, MI, 7 miles due east) and asked her to go outside and scan the horizon. She didn't notice anything unusual in the sky. During this time, I began pacing the length of the balcony area to get different vantage points of the object and during this time it very gradually ascended a very short distance (less than a thumb's width) and traveled a very short distance in a northerly direction (moving less than a thumb's width to the left). Its motion was so subtle that I really wasn't able to see it with my naked eye, rather, repeatedly returning to the spot where I initially spotted the object to judge its progress. When the black object had finished moving (more or less coinciding with the duration of the call) the object was less than a thumb's width away from where I spotted it initially, having moved very slightly to the north (to the left)! and ascended very slightly. The object's size did not change during the duration of the sighting. 7:16p.m.-7:23p.m. I ended the call with my friend in Galesburg and began looking for a phone number for the Battle Creek Police Department, eventually finding a number for Calhoun County Sheriff's Department. The object remained stationary during this time. 7:23p.m.-7:28p.m. I called the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department to see if they were aware of any hot air balloons, large drones, etc. in the air over Battle Creek or the surrounding area. They were not aware of any. Almost immediately as I was put on hold to transfer dispatchers, at approx. 7:27p.m. the object began making a very gradual descent dropping straight down, until it dipped below the tree line and completely disappeared from view by 7:29p.m. "It's descending! It's descending," I said to no one. By the time the next dispatcher came on the line, the object had dipped below the trees on the horizon. 7:28p.m.-8:14p.m. I remained at the location of the sighting for almost an hour and the object did not reappear. During this time, I spoke with you, NUFORC, and made various calls to the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Airport Unit and the Kalamazoo International Airport, in an attempt to check for any balloons, drones, statotinary objects, etc. tracked on radar in the area. The airport did not immediately return my call and the County Sheriff's Airport Deputy was unaware of any balloons, drones etc. in the area. We spoke with the witness via telephone, and found him to be quite eloquent in his description of the sighting, and serious minded. We have looked at the photos he has made available to NUFORC, and we see nothing at all in the photos that is discernible as a foreign object. If an unusual object is visible in any of the photos, it is little more than a small, and extremely vague, smudge. PD
September 11, 2017 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Detroit (northwest area), MI
At approx 10:30pm EST, on Sept. 11, 2017, my father and I witnessed an orange, flickering light. It appeared to be at an extremely high altitude (if even in the atmosphere). Its size resembled that of a star in the sky. It displayed inconsistent flickering, which slowly faded out after approx. 1.5 to 2 minutes. Object moved in a consistent path/line from southeast to northwest, at a constant, slow speed. There was no trail/tail either. The object did not emit any sound. As a side note, according to aerospace.org, there were no reentries since September 3rd, with the next being September 15th.
September 11, 2017 · 6:00 AM · CIRCLE
Alto, MI
UFO Sighting, September 11, 2017, 6am, Alto, Michigan 49302 I awoke and looked out my kitchen window to see a circular object with white and red or orange lights rotating around it. We live near an airport, so at first, I thought it was a plane, but on closer inspection it seemed round and smaller than an airplane. It moved very slowly in one direction and then hovered. It was probably one half mile from me in the still dark morning sky. I was looking towards the west. As it hovered, the lights went around the perimeter of the circular object rotating white/orange. It seemed to also send out some sort of strobe light that sent a whitish illumination out into the sky around it periodically. This lasted for probably five minutes and then it just disappeared, without moving forward or backward. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 8, 2017 · 9:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Rothbury, MI
I initally saw one very bright light that looked like a very bright satellite. My girlfriend then said," look, there's a 2nd one flying with it. And then we saw a 3rd light. The three lights were flying in,a large triangle formation in a Northern direction. The sorthernmost light was much brighter than the other two, bit then quickly the front light became the brightest. After about 30 seconds the lead light shot across the sky. It looked just like a dim shooting star. The other two lights quickly faded away. I have no explation as to what earthly objects or craft/crafts would be capable of what we witnessed.
September 7, 2017 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Monroe, MI
Same sphere turned white, navy blue, black then invisible. Size no bigger than a small medical tablet A sphere with big rivots and a central band. Formed a triangle under Canis major, then next night was down and left of dipper. Could be a satellite, but the coloration of light reflected would not coinside with the colors that were represented. Witness indicates that the date above is approximate. PD
September 7, 2017 · 10:18 PM
Mount Clemens, MI
On two occasions, we attempted to telephone the source of this report, and she hung up, both times. Probably a hoax. PD
September 1, 2017 · 10:20 AM · SPHERE
Dearborn, MI
My co-worker and I were taking a break outside of our work, and continuously saw 1-3 spheres at a time steadily flying directly west, well above the clouds. They were all over the sky, but headed in the same direction, one group right behind the other and spread far apart. At the same time this was happening, the sun had a faint halo around it. When they stopped appearing, the halo was gone, and it started getting cloudy. We are almost directly under the flight path of DTW, so you can obviously tell what was an airliner and what was a sphere. The spheres did not leave any kind of trail, and would sometimes zig-zag their flight paths. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Hello again. I just spoke to someone at the NWS who stated a couple of things. There was a high Cirrus overcast (I assume thats what was causing the halo around the sun), and lower sparse clouds moving in another direction. I can’t tell you the exact altitude of the orbs/lights I saw, but they seemed to be a bit higher than the lower clouds. Also, I don’t think I made it clear that the objects were not just in one spot in the sky like a flightpath or a line, but rather spread out in the entire sky, and as far as I could see. They were just as visible from a distance, or directly above me. If this was a weather phenomena, then what a sight! Very cool indeed! Here are the specifics from NWS- This Cirrus Overcast at 25-35k ft. Wind direction - from SW-NE (240 degrees) @60kts Lower cloud altitude - 4-6.5k ft. Wind Direction from East to West (coming from 060 degrees) @20 kts
August 31, 2017 · 6:00 AM · DIAMOND
Detroit, MI
The object was silver, very bright and was hovering about 20-30 feet in the air in a clear blue sky. Only one witness.
August 25, 2017 · 9:45 PM · FORMATION
Grass Lake, MI
Once I grabbed my camera ( which had no SD card) I ran back outside and there was another single one coming from the exact same spot.It followed the exact same path while slowly dimming. The lights did not blink and were not a color that is associated with aircraft that I know of. Witness elects to provide no contact information. PD
August 23, 2017 · 9:48 PM · SPHERE
Rochester Hills, MI
ufo sighting Rochester Hills Mi 9:48 pm Aug 23 Southern sky. Moved slowly and vanished heading west. Clear sky slight haze around it
August 21, 2017 · 1:00 PM · CHANGING
Warren, MI
Oddly, I didn’t watch the video until the following day, and what I saw was totally "out of this world" (pun intended). I saw several white orbs with lights and a mist of particles or gases of some sort. But the most INCREDIBLE sight of it all was the circular Extraterrestrial Craft that darted out of the mist or gas. It then made an abrupt stop, then what appears to be fire or lights come on or out of it, it then spins in circles for a few seconds and finally shoots off in a zigzag form at a speed that is totally unbelievable! We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he seemed to us to be quite sincere, in describing his sighting. PD
August 19, 2017 · 9:50 PM · CIRCLE
Traverse City, MI
I watched it until it was too far away to detect. This was followed by three more occurrences of the "orange light," each of the successive lights followed the same trajectory, and traveled at the same pace across the sky. I watched all until I could not detect them anymore. This event lasted until 10:00 pm. The date provided by the witness appears to be flawed. We attempt to telephone the witness, but her telephone does not allow incoming calls!! We have assigned an arbitrary date, which is our best guess. PD
August 19, 2017 · 6:00 PM · OVAL
Warren, MI
I saw a flattened matte black oval sticking half way out of a tree three houses away. It must have been greater than 30 feet up and larger than a car. No windows, no sound, it didn’t move. I walked back and forth along my fence to try to determine what it was. I left to get my phone and tell my wife and when I came back it was gone.
August 12, 2017 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Muskegon, MI
I was sitting with family & friends at the Unity Christian Music Festival on Saturday evening listening to music. At one point towards the end of the concert, I was looking skyward due to the meteor shower that would be visible later in the night when I saw 4 faint lights moving together in a Northern direction. 3 formed a triangle & the 4th was to the right... after a few seconds, the lone light started moving in an erratic pattern, then would come back to the side of the triangle. At first I thought it could be a drone taking pictures of the festival, but once the erratic movements of the 4th light started, I knew I was seeing something odd. Shorty thereafter, at least 30 Chinese lanterns became visible several miles to the East, then within 5 minutes, a helicopter took off & circled over towards the lanterns. There were many things to see that evening in the sky, but the 4 lights I saw were quite odd. They were about the same illumination & size of most of the stars that evening. The sky was clear that night as well, which allowed for clear sight. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD