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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
August 12, 2016 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Charlevoix, MI
I was leaving work at 11:00 p.m. on August 12th, 2016. I was walking across the road headed towards my car when, I heard a loud military chopper flying low over our small town. I looked up to see what it was doing and noticed 3 orange orbs floating in front of it at the same altitude. Looked like they were being escorted west, towards Lake Michigan.
August 12, 2016 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Jackson, MI
Very, very bright led type light, very high in the atmosphere moving slowly from west to east. Similar to a very high flying airplane, however many many times brighter and moving more slowly. A bright white light that out shined the moon. 20-30 seconds of movement, light then slowed, then became stationary. Remained stationary for 10-15 seconds, then simply vanished.
August 12, 2016 · 9:00 PM · DISK
Inkster, MI
I was inside of my home and had a sudden urge to go outside. I stood up abruptly, and went outside and looked up at the sky. The sky was darkening, because the sun was just going down, and I could see a reddish-orange light on a moving black object. The light looked as if it were fire, so I assumed it was a lantern being released, but then the fiery light went away, and I was left seeing a disk shaped black object. It was close enough to where I could see the wobble in it, like a saucer that wobbled. No sound. I watched it until I couldn't see it anymore, and went into a sharp direction change.
August 11, 2016 · 11:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Three Oaks, MI
Myself and 3 other friends seen a ufo coming across Lake Michigan from Chicago area to Cherry Beach. It was fast and silent. It stopped just above us over the beach. Just above tree line.
August 11, 2016 · 12:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Ypsilanti, MI
At least five very very bright lights at bottom, shining on us.. big as a plane, has head lights, bright white lights on bottom, front, and back of UFO, hovered one direction as I approached corner of street, as I turned the corner and looked at it again it was hovering in the total opposite direction without turning to go back the opposite way. Went to turn car around to take a picture and it had disappeared
August 9, 2016 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Detroit, MI
I don’t know how to put this into words; I am a great wordsmith, I just feel so much emotion at this time. Last night (08/09/2016) I lay in my bed watching Netflix as my fiancee goes to open the front door for his friend. After a short while, they both call my name, screaming. The way that they were yelling made me think my cat had run into the street and got hit or something. I jumped up and ran outside, only to find that his friend saw orange orbs in the sky. At first, I was calm, and I replied, “Oh, I see these all the time I told you ufo are real... I see them all the time.” His friend thought my statement to be strange; she suggested we go inside but at first, I wasn’t afraid because I see them all the time. She was so frightened that she left. My fiancee decided that we needed to record this, so he went inside to look for my real camera. Now I will describe what we saw. On Bryden St., between Joy Rd and Livernois, we spotted 12 orange orbs popping up in threes to the left of the sky just over Dearborn, Michigan, Warren Ave, and Wyoming area if you were facing west like we were. The orbs appear from nowhere low in the sky and slowly floated up over the clouds. Once they got high over the clouds, they changed to match the clouds they became the same color and even made themselves appear the same texture as the clouds, however, they had become disc shaped. Once in this form, they floated across the sky towards us which was north to joy from Dearborn. They appeared to glide across the sky, and they were silent. Once directly over my hear I could see two dark gray circles on the bottom of the craft spinning. Once they got just across Joy Rd almost to Chicago on Central, they began to lower they turned dark grayish black and dropped down from the sky to the ground. At that point, I was crying and panicking because I never saw them do that before, and they seemed to be trying to be invisible, and I was terrified, so I ran into the house crying. I called my best friend the only person who would believe such a crazy story, and she doesn't believe in ufo, but she believes in me… she calmed me down and told me to pack an emergency bag just in case. Last night I could barely sleep I was so scared. I woke up today trying to tell myself it wasn't real. I have no one to turn to, and life feels very different to me now. I don't know what to think or how to feel or how to function without feeling like I'm going insane. I hope that rant made sense.
August 7, 2016 · 11:24 PM · FIREBALL
Cement City, MI
I was walking home and on my way home I saw a shooting star which drew my attention to the sky. As I walked and watched I saw this big streak of light crashing down from the sky. The color of the light is the same as a bulb in the pitch black. It appeared to be crashing due to the fact streaks of fire dashed through the trail of light behind it, which I realized was smoke. After crashing at alarming speeds the object abruptly stopped and faded its colors to match that of a star with a red/blue ring around it.
August 6, 2016 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Grand Blanc, MI
Looked like stars at first. Then stars where moving slow and low in the sky. There was no sound. We saw two lights joined. It was nothing we ever saw.
August 5, 2016 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Clinton, MI
I am a new mother and skeptic of ufos, but what I witnessed last night has made me a believer! As usual, I was outside smoking a cigarette after getting my baby to bed. I live in the country, so the night sky is pretty visible due to lack of city lights. My husband and I witnessed 3 unknown crafts over a 3 hour period. Two of which blinked red and white, while the other was a bright orange(also flew much closer then the other two). The first object was spotted just above the horizon in the distance. It appeared as an airplane with a red light, approaching quickly at first, then slowly began to rise into the sky while blinking red and white. The red light appeared to be moving in circular motion around the craft as it hovered. At around 4 am (an hour later), a second craft approached. This craft appeared to have a long cigar like shape with orange illuminating light. It appeared just south of us right above the neighboring tree line, flew low and quickly eastward, then disappeared low in the tree line miles away. When this craft flew near us, we could hear dogs from 3 different houses begin to bark wildly. Finally a third light appeared, flashing red and white like the first craft, following the same flight pattern as the first. Both lights were still visible hovering in the sky at 6 am when the sun began to rise. These crafts made no noise and gave me a very uneasy feeling. I was unable to take my eyes off the hypnotic lights. I lost sleep thinking about what I had just witnessed, and feared that I could no longer deny ufos exist. These objects were certainly not airplanes, Chinese lanterns, nor were they any sort of drone.
August 5, 2016 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Shelby, MI
Then he pointed it out to me. It was to the west, like over lake michigan, which was about 15 mins away. It looked like a star but would change to a lite blue, to red, to star white. It would move from left to right then down then up and back left, and then go though it's colors again. I couldn't belive it and ran inside and woke my whole family up. My dad was amazed, my mom and sisters didn't know what to think, my daughters were amazed, and it freaked the heck out of my 13 yr old son. We can't have been the only ones to see this. It was incredible!
August 3, 2016 · 2:30 AM · FIREBALL
Mackinaw City, MI
seen what i thought was a chinese candle and kept doing what i was doing it was moving east with the wind 5 mins later i glanced up and coming from the east was that orange fire ball i ran in the house grabed my binoculars and ran back outside telling my wife come here she got on the porch and it started to dim as it got closer eventually going completely out my wife went back inside and i stayed on the porch terrified about 10 mins later it reappeared again going directly over me i felt an erie feeling that what ever it was was watching me, and in my minds eye i was told to look to the east and there it was again, ever since then i have seen many lights moving stopping changing direction some orange and some bright in any case i have been told subliminally to go outside and look up ,i really think im loosing my mind i didnt want to report it but it keeps happening and i hope someone will report what i saw to put my mind at ease please?am i going crazy and seei! ng things ,no drugs or drinking at all on my part.
July 27, 2016 · 5:30 AM · LIGHT
Garden City, MI
Slow moving star appeared to be inside our atmosphere. Heading south. No blinking lights, no sound, too slow for earth aircraft.
July 26, 2016 · 11:30 PM
Grand Rapids, MI
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 26, 2016 · 4:54 AM · LIGHT
Livonia, MI
We watched for as long as the human eye could see. Never dulled, no light trail behind it. No fkashing. Just steady moving light drifting thru the night/morning sky .
July 23, 2016 · 10:10 PM · FORMATION
Commerce Township, MI
Saw 9 orange / yellow colored lights in west sky, moving slowly in formation towards the north.
July 22, 2016 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Farmington Hills, MI
Watched an orange red fireball go from West to East. Very high in the sky with no noise. Husband and I watched until it was out of site.
July 17, 2016 · 6:30 PM · DISK
Garden City, MI
My 2 sons and thier cousin saw a disk shaped object hoovering in the sky. Granted, they are 8yrs, 7yrs, and 6yrs old. I was about 50 feet from them tending to my 18m old. Each of them explained the craft exactly the same. They descriped it as having blinking yellow lights surrounding it with something that looked like windows on it. They said it was wobbling side to side as if it was looking for something. They then said it came to a sudden stop and hoovered for a moment then took off suddenly straight up into the sky. All three were amazed and excited to see this "ufo," and talked about it for hours after the sighting.
July 16, 2016 · 10:20 PM · FORMATION
Clinton Township, MI
4 amber/red lights, formed a square. 2 lower lights moved towards each other crossing paths. Then just vanished.
July 11, 2016 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Saginaw, MI
My boyfriend and I were stargazing when what appeared to be a VERY fast moving "shooting star" type object began moving across the sky. As suddenly as it appeared it gave off a bright white flash and then slowly began to disappear into the mass of stars. Shortly thereafter a plane flew by us and it looked nothing like the object we saw before. The plane had blinking lights on it and was at a much lower elevation whereas the object moved high among the stars and did not give off any flashes of light, until right before it disappeared. Neither of us have ever seen a UFO. We're both baffled. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 11, 2016 · 8:30 PM · CIRCLE
Coloma, MI
There are aspects of the report that we do not understand, but since the witness elects to remain totally anonymous, and he/she provides no contact information, we are unable to clarify the points. PD
July 9, 2016 · 1:30 AM · SPHERE
I-196 at Mile Marker 7, MI
As I looked up I saw this object streak across the sky clearly blocking the stars as it went by.. It looked like a sphere, dark light in the center and a haze surrounding the core of the lighted object. The haze was compared to looking at the moon on a drizzly night hoh it sometimes has a lower glow around it. I am a Christ believer and definitely know what I saw.
July 9, 2016 · 12:17 AM · LIGHT
Dearborn, MI
I saw a flickering orange light traveling west to east..I watched it until it disappeared which was approximately two minutes
July 8, 2016 · 12:00 AM · SPHERE
Oscoda, MI
My brother and I went outside and have a smoke, and in Oscoda it gets really dark. We see a jet passing over head like usual... Then it all happened. two bright orbs chasing each other over Lake Huron. 3 times and 10 to 12 second intervals. It was like a jet dog fight with no noise and making anti gravity turns at extreme speeds. It stopped on a dime and make a crazy turn. No jet on earth can manuaver they way we seen these two orbs chasing each other. They looked very high in the sky, above our atmosphere. It has changed my life.... We still can't believe what we seen with our eyes....
July 7, 2016 · 11:30 PM · FORMATION
Traverse City, MI
looking up at the stars with my friend in Traverse City, Michigan, a group of about 6 soft lights were darting around the sky, it seemed to have lasted for quite a few minutes. Then there were 2 left and they were definately following each other in a very fast pattern, in and out of a long cloud. Then they two disappeared. Some time of energy that we can not explain. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD