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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 4, 2023 · 10:19 PM · LIGHT
Macomb, MI
I was watching fireworks when I saw a strange object flying in the sky. I thought it was a drone but it was too high up. It moved up, down, and side to side really fast and had lights blinking. I saw another one fly out of it and disappear. The lights went out a few times on it. The lights started going really fast and were mainly red.
June 22, 2023 · 11:22 PM · CIGAR
Grand Rapids, MI
The craft was very large, but I can not say how large as I do not know what its altitude was. It was above the clouds. There was no sound or lights. It was lit by the moon light. It moved across the sky at a steady speed. It was clearly visible except when it went above a cloud. I was sitting in a chair, and I watched it for about 30 seconds. It was long and cylindrical. The sky was clear except for a few clouds. It was traveling in a west to east direction. I lost sight of it after it passed over my house. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]
June 9, 2023 · 9:17 PM · CIRCLE
Washington TWP, MI
Small black objects traveling very slow around 26 miles Van Dyke expressway in Macomb county. No lights just a black object that move very slow was not a balloon was not a drone too high in altitude to be a drone and travel too far of a distance to be a drone I know the max the distance that a drones reception can reach which is usually 5 to 10 miles and this went further.
June 5, 2023 · 11:00 PM · CYLINDER
Benton Harbor, MI
This took place around 11 PM. The sky was clear with stars. We were sitting in our hot tub, looking up into the sky. Was perfectly sober. Just relaxing, 6 very large cylinder like objects, dark in color compared to the sky that was clear that night. They moved very quickly, but silently with no lights 6 information in a V-shaped. It was very silent, but very fast.. We live about 2 miles from Lake Michigan. The UFO was heading west from the size and the distance. I would say it’s banded around 100 feet across or span and about 30 to 40 feet thickness from front to back. And the speed that it was going comparable to the Jets that we see flyover at night from O’Hare airport or coming from that direction I had to be going way faster than any of our planes that we have in the sky again it was silent, very fast cylinder, six cylinder separate, or perhaps were joined in someway, but in a \/,shape
June 3, 2023 · 10:00 AM · DISK
Bad Axe, MI
Quiet afternoon no signs of planes it's, 10 am, in the parking lot of the storage unit across from Miejers. Myself, my wife and 2 Co workers were helping move my camper! Suddenly ear shattering afterburner on 2 what I think were F-16 or F-22 were flying together whilst dogfighting something I couldn't see at first. They would circle fast as they could looking intently for something. Circling the sun around about 2 or 3 times and suddenly there was this white/metallic disc hard to see because it was shining with the sun, it seemed to hide in the sun from the fighters, whom obviously couldn't see it. The UAP was extremely fast it was capable of overtaking and outmanuvering the fighter jets with extreme ease. It would overtake a jet, stop suddenly and seemed to turn toward the incoming jet like spin in there direction without moving. The jet would shoot out anti missile flares like it was under direct attack. The UAP was also comfortable to just spin again and make the next jet flanking shoot its anti missile flares! There was clear distress. The fighters took off together repeating this attack approximately 3 times before taking off in an earshattering retreat. The UAP sat in the sun a moment longer and seemed to circle the area almost as in a victory lap, it then departed with absolutely no sound in the complete opposite direction as the fighter jets had flown. To be clear when the UAP was stationary and the jets had flown away everytime the 3 attempts and the retreat the only clear sound of a airplane was the fighters who seemed to be intercepting this sudden threat. I did not see if the UAP had shot anything I could define as a weapon. And the fact that the dogfight happened almost entirely in the rays of the sun my galaxy s22 ultra was not able to get anything other than a blinding glare and noise More details on this report can be found in a special posting we made on 6/3/23: https://nuforc.org/post230606
June 3, 2023 · 10:00 AM · DISK
BadAxe, MI
While dropping my camper off at thumb storage the morning of june 3rd 2023 at 10:00 am i was sitting in my car while my husband was unhooking the camper from the truck and all the sudden you could hear jets and they where loud and going so fast so as i sat there watching them like I always do when i hear jets they started shooting off flairs and circling this object i seen come out of the light of the sun and its very hard too describe but from what i had seen it was a disk like shape metallic in color but a weird kind of metallic it was blending with the sun so i yeld for my husband Christopher Bilbrey and he was already attempting to record what was going on the jets continued to circle this uap a few more times and shot of flares once again it seems as they kept loosing it in the sun and the uap was silent and moved in a kind of skipping motion and after losing it again the jets took off. More details on this report can be found in a special posting we made on 6/3/23: https://nuforc.org/post230606
June 2, 2023 · 4:14 AM · LIGHT
Mattawan, MI
Bright blue green plasma, colored lights, in the sky while driving down I 94 east in between Paw paw, Michigan and Matawan Michigan. Lights were dimming then getting bright, then flickering, then getting bright then staying bright. Looked like lightning that lit the sky up longer than normal. The color of it was very odd. I’ve never seen the sky that color before and the closest thing I can compare to it is lightning, but it was way different.
May 30, 2023 · 10:27 PM · TRIANGLE
Romeo, MI
The two triangle shaped objects were extremely large, were glowing bright white, made no sound, moving so close together that it looked like they could have been touching. They were moving at a speed faster than anything ever seen in comparison (planes, helicopters, satellites). After watching the objects for approximately 10 seconds, they both simply vanished. There was no trace, to trail, nothing in sight any longer. We had a clear and unobstructed view of the sky with no clouds and no wind. Both objects vanished in the middle of the sky. Both of us that observed this are law enforcement officers
May 26, 2023 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Allendale, MI
Bright white light, (brightest by far, like phone flashlight) first seen straight overhead in black skies. Could see all stars planes and satellites clearly. Light was airplane height. It literally sashayed left and right like someone was paddling a canoe. I pointed it out to everyone. 2 of us saw it clearly. A 3rd saw it just as it turned off. It turned off just before passing under? an airplane. "Sashay" was slight but noticeable with a pause between each forward motion.
May 26, 2023 · 6:45 PM · CIRCLE
Detroit, MI
It was like 25 to 30 white dots high in the sky. Looked like stars was out in the day time. They were moving around and looked like they were in a formation of some sort.
May 15, 2023 · 10:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Lawton, MI
The object had no sound, no blinking lights,moved very slow, no trail. It was brighter than the surrounding stars. When it was above us, it disappeared. Duration was approximate 3 minutes. The body of the triangle looked sky dark. About 5 minutes later, we noticed 3 similar sized lights to the east, only in a straight line. Not connected to a constellation, nor was it Venus, which was more to the east and brighter. I felt uneasy, we went inside.
May 15, 2023 · 4:35 PM · DISK
Fenton, MI
Spotted a metal object in the sky at a very low altitude. The object was hovering in one spot above the freeway and looked to be a disc shape with a central light. Underneath the object it appeared to be a plane shape but was not moving and just hovered for about 15 seconds in one spot. I captured a video of it and after a few seconds of recording the object blurred itself from my camera. When I looked back at the object after passing underneath it, it had vanished without a sound or trail.
May 11, 2023 · 12:10 AM · CHANGING
Mecosta, MI
I was awoken by Great Pyrenees dog that was sleeping by bed- he was panting. I got up and let both of the dogs outside. They immediately began barking and looking up in N.W. direction. I looked across field from house and saw something which appeared to have lights in a diamond shape . The object seemed to collapse and become round. I watched for a min and went to window on north side of house, opened it to take video of object.which now appeared round shape - mostly a red and then sometimes yellow in color. I filmed for a short time as object appeared to be moving. It was difficult to hold phone steady however: I’m quite certain it was moving when I observed it when not trying to take viideo.This area is rural- I could hear another dog barking in the distance. After filming object, I shut window . The object appeared smaller and then no longer visible. I did not get video of object before the shape changed.
May 9, 2023 · 9:20 PM · OVAL
Livonia, MI
These were small craft with one large red light in center traveling in pairs 30-40 miles per hour; they were evenly spaced apart about 20-30 feet; there were a dozen or more traveling in north/northwest direction. I was in line at Taco Bell drive through and Five Mile and Middlebelt Rd
May 4, 2023 · 9:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Ann Arbor, MI
The currently unidentified object appeared to be changing in the video when zoomed in, sometimes appearing then getting hazy before changing shapes again. Sky around object looks hazy and distorted.
April 30, 2023 · 3:30 PM · SPHERE
West Bloomfield, MI
Was in hot tub so didn't have phone/camera. Originally thought bird or garbage bag but as it came closer could tell it was going in a straight line path. Was black/round/orb not shiny, flat black. Was cloudy out but was flying under all clouds so visible entire time. Do not know size as was unsure how high up it was. When flew overhead there was no sound, trail of any kind, or wind.
April 27, 2023 · 9:30 AM · CHANGING
Probable conventionalLansing, MI
I was going to bank,saw Chem trails in sky,a big x,took alot of photos,and then zoomed in on x saw 4 UFO'S changing shape,and disappeared and reappeared,1 in middle blinked,other 2 was stationary!!,military won't answer me,airport said could be drones,I don't think so!!!!!yes I posted on you tube,Instagram and Facebook,couldn't resist! [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Probable]
April 26, 2023 · 10:50 AM · CROSS
New Boston, MI
Object was a small white object shaped like a bird circling in small tight circles just to the north about 8-10 times overhead then made 1 large circle then at a high rate of speed it sped off to the west extremely faster than a bird could fly. There was never a flapping of wings, the object was out of sight faster that we could get binoculars.
April 14, 2023 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Interlochen, MI
I was laying down in a hammock with my boyfriend when all of a sudden we start to see this light green haze of a light. At first we thought they were birds due to spring rolling around, but upon further looking these were completely silent and moving perfectly in a straight line. As well as seeming to be overlapping. The ships themselves weren't very big, and the only way you could see this was by the light coming off of them. They were around 3 FT wide and 1 1/2 FT long.
April 13, 2023 · 9:28 PM · CUBE
Hersey, MI
There were white blinking lights surrounding the cube with green and red blinking lights inside. Reminded me of inside the cockpit of a jumbo jet. First 30 seconds was slow to ascend and silent. Than the sound of a big jet airplane, close to the ground and rapidly ascended. Whole sighting lasted 60 to 90 seconds..
April 11, 2023 · 3:00 PM · CIRCLE
Lathrup, MI
Witness reported that this incident had occurred in his side yard and it had lasted approximately 30 seconds. The incident was also witnessed by a friend whose name was removed from the report. It had happened on a beautiful spring day with a clear blue sunny sky without any wind or anything else unusual. He and his wife, Lisa, were chatting in their driveway when he suddenly noticed some sort of unknown black object just appear about 50 ft overhead. The object appeared out of thin air in total silence. It did not seem to have any sort of propulsion. The object or "enigma" was a 12 foot ring or circle, black in color. He was unable to identify what it was. It had a gigantic 12 foot wide spiral "corkscrew" device that was slowly rotating under the ring or circle. He immediately alerted Lisa of what he was watching and she also witnessed the same strange enigma. They both just stared in awe as the weird object descended downward. As it was about to touch down, the object just vanished into thin air. It just disappeared. In less than a second. What ever this enigma was, is a total mystery. It did not leave any clues as to what it may have been, or where it may have come from or if it had any purpose. He could not even attempt an educated guess as to what he and Lisa had witnessed. It was truly an "out of this world experience......beyond bizarre." Possible smoke ring. See https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1AmaMBOINJw
April 10, 2023 · 11:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Howell, MI
Maybe a minute before, the critters in the woods started running around. Being that it's dark, I assumed the critters were just active. Then look up to the sky and saw a ufo. Very cool. Then I realize the critters went quiet.
April 9, 2023 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Roseville, MI
Sitting in bed and noticed a very bright glowing orb very high in the sky. It has sparks occasionally flying off randomly at any side; one minute there would be several sparks the next few minutes there would be only a few. It moved in all different directions - up, down, left, and right - and often hovered in one stationary place. Over the 45 minutes that I watched it, it moved slowly in the west direction until it was out of view. Got a small video of it but couldn’t see any of the sparks with my camera quality. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Possible]
April 8, 2023 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Holt, MI
It started at about 8-8:30 PM. We were on the back porch and noticed a light very far away (about star sized) that seemed to be getting closer. The view was obstructed by trees so we went inside and moved to the front yard. At this point it seemed to be moving closer at a high rate of speed. I thought it may have been a meteor entering the atmosphere. Then it became more visible. It was one craft with what seemed like 3 lights, lined horizontally, all touching. The lights are fixed in a row but seemed to spin around admitting beams, almost like a light house. You could tell when the lights were "pointed" in our direction. There was also a yellowish/greenish aura around the craft. The craft seemed to get closer and closer, with the lights getting larger, but still seemed far away. It was hard to tell, I felt it was far away but could reach us very quickly it it wanted to. We watched it hover in the sky for a while. Hovering up and down, it almost seemed like it's distance was moving closer to us very slowly. But hovering at the same time. We watched this for probably about 10-15 minutes. We went back inside for maybe another 20-30 minutes and decided to venture to the front yard again. The craft was still there in the same spot doing the same as previously described. I took the best quality picture I could as well as a video. You can't see much in the video besides it's light movement. I got spooked at this point and we went back inside for a while. Maybe 30 minutes again. When we finally went out to the back porch again, the light appeared to be very far away (like it was in the beginning, almost looked like it was a moving bright planet). Didn't see anything on the local pages or in the news when checking.