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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
October 3, 2022 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Honor, MI
I went outside to look at the stars since it was a clear night, and you could see the Milky Way. We were renting the place for the week and since we live in the city, we never see the Milky Way back home. I came out the back door I looked up to my right and could see one large bright circle or Orb, that was moving fast high above the treetops above the neighbor's yard. I could only see it briefly where there were no trees and then it was behind the treetops in between the yards, and I could only see glimpses of the bright light. I followed it while I kept watch of it until I got to the end of the property at the lake. Then I got a better look when it came out over Little Platte Lake. I watched it go straight across the lake to the east and disappear or I could no longer see it. It was bright like a star with no variations or flashing lights. It did not have a tail or anything behind it and it did not make any noise. I had my DSR camera over my shoulder but was not able to get a pic. By the time it came past the trees, it was moving too fast for me to be able to get it focused before it was gone. I submitted a picture of the yard and the tall trees with the lake at the end just so you can picture what I was explaining.
October 2, 2022 · 9:18 PM · CHANGING
Novi, MI
I watched for over 30 minutes as this object changed its shape moved its location very fast , I don’t No anything that can do what this did. Sometimes one object was there then 2 objects were there.
October 1, 2022 · 7:20 PM · CHANGING
Lapeer, MI
At approx 1920 on 10/01/2022 I left my home surrounded by cornfields to head west on Peppermill Rd. The sky was a perfect clear blue as the bright sun was beginning to set. I immediately noticed what I would describe as a stand alone streak in the sky that caught my eye in between some trees. It was out of place and I thought at first it was a small cloud catching the sun, and then maybe a comet with a tail. I texted a couple friends and told them to look in the west sky and continued to drive. It appeared low in our atmosphere. Lower than commercial airplanes. I can describe the original streak as a crescent moon straighter out. It didn’t appear to be effected by wind or having any jerking or sudden movements. It just seemed to gently float west as I was traveling between 40-55 mph always gaining slight distance from me. By the time I got to a the main westward road (m21) at Wilder Rd to a straight area of road where I could switch my camera on while driving it had turned into a orange to yellow ball of light. Not flickering. Not changing. I saw no physical object. It was a sight and an experience I have never had. I do have video but due to driving I only have two sections of the video where I do clearly have it. I regrettably broke away when we approached M24 to stop try to get a friend to see it. By the time I returned about 5 minutes later I was unable to locate. I never saw any “high speed” maneuvers or unnatural change in directions or acceleration. But this is something I can’t explain. This was plainly visible in a high traffic area and I cannot be the only person to have seen this and I am just very curious what it was and of course have a very open mind to any possibilities. But was not searching for this. Thank you for any information. 26 and 36 seconds into the video are the moments I captured.
September 23, 2022 · 4:44 AM · UNKNOWN
Milan, MI
I have video of the lights
September 21, 2022 · 7:42 PM · RECTANGLE
Lapeer, MI
Something with lights hovering in the clouds, it didn’t have characteristics of an airplane, pink clouds, the sky was beautiful and oddly colored.
September 20, 2022 · 8:09 PM · LIGHT
Westland, MI
Seen a light hovering thought it was a plane but it went backward then shot forward
September 17, 2022 · 8:18 PM · CIRCLE
Troy, MI
My 3 kids and I (ages 13, 11, 9) were taking a walk at dusk in our subdivision after dinner. It was getting dark so we were headed back toward our house. Suddenly, we noticed a bright round object hovering above us (not still, slowly moving). It was lit very brightly. It was moving steadily and slowly, at the speed of a floating balloon. It was completely noiseless, and appeared round. It did not appear to have wings or any shape even remotely close to a plane or helicopter. It was as close to our heads as a kite would be, maybe closer. It appears much further in the video, but the video is not a good reflection of what we actually witnessed live. My 13 year old took out her phone and recorded it, but by this point, it had already moved away from us in proximity. After she stopped recording, it suddenly vanished. We could no longer see it, which was weird because the light was so bright just seconds prior. Something that bright should have been visible even from a distance. In the video, you can see a bat fly by the lens of our camera. Even the bat is flying faster than this object, which is so strange and fascinating.
September 15, 2022 · 4:50 AM · TRIANGLE
Milan, MI
Was 3 white lights orientated in a triangle and 4 red lights dead center.
September 12, 2022 · 6:55 AM · OTHER
Grand Rapids, MI
Should have watch longer but had to leave for work. Zoomed up as close as I could with my 2022 Samsung phone that morning. Object was very high in the sky.
September 1, 2022 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Bridgman, MI
At 10pm my wife, son, and I headed to the beach from our campsite that we just set up. We wanted to sit on the beach, check out the stars and go for a walk up the shore. After our walk, we sat down and noticed two lights that we thought were planes, that were a bit too close together foughly a mile or two over Lake MI. The one light then moved quickly to the right. Both started moving up and down and side to side. One then got much brighter, shot over to the right(several miles) in a second. It the flew higher into the sky and expelled 4 other lights that all started independently flying. Another light came from what looked like the water. At one point on light went straight up into the air at an amazing rate of speed. There was another light that appeared to go very quickly into the water too. . We watched for about an hour and my wife and son were getting very nervous and asked to leave. I'm not saying I saw something from another planet, but I have absolutely no idea what we were seeing and ai know a human could not withstand the force being in one of those things with how fast they moved. I just can't image man being able to make something that moved like these things. They would sometimes get very bright and then fade back. Some were green/white and another was red. It was one of the strange things that I have ever seen in my life.
August 31, 2022 · 11:15 PM · DIAMOND
Ypsilanti, MI
Object initially appear as a bright point on the sky. Observation through 8x binocular reveals an object that appears as round article with net-like structure of bright pulsating lines. Under higher magnification of video camera it appeared as floating diamond. The are no sound or anything except bright light.
August 27, 2022 · 9:14 AM · SPHERE
Kalamazoo, MI
I was hired to photograph the football team and one of the images has a silver sphere/disk shape in the sky. This is the only image with the shape. I have processed two versions with different sharpening settings to enhance the shape. The following photo in the series was taken 3 seconds later and the object is not anywhere in the frame. I can provide the original raw camera file for further investigation but it cannot be published. It has individuals whom I have photographed as part of my photography business and do not have any permission from the people in the photo. If you would like to see the raw file you may contact me via my email, your site doesn't allow for NEF file uploads. Thanks
August 23, 2022 · 12:25 AM · LIGHT
Detroit, MI
It started as a bright star as I think. Then saw the only one in the sky with no other light’s. Cloudy sky!!!! Bright light with 3 angles of light attached. Slowly moving, hovering!!! It’s now back in the sky at 12:55 am
August 19, 2022 · 9:51 PM
Rapid City, MI
An object or light approximately 1/4 mile long line which moved slowly across the sky from northeast to southeast and then disappeared. There was no trail, just a constant line of light NUFORC: Starlink
August 19, 2022 · 9:46 PM · CIGAR
Davison, MI
Sitting by the fire when we looked up into the sky and saw this long worm shaped looking object in the sky. It appeared to be moving slowly from west to east. It had a very feint glow to it, pretty well hidden and not obviously seen unless you were already looking into the sky like we were. Someone a couple campsites down from us appeared to notice as well and shined they’re flashlight in its direction, it then vanished into thin air. We tried to make sense of it but it was not shaped anything like an airplane, no blinking lights off it, was moving way to slow to be an airplane, it couldn’t have been a kite because we would’ve seen it come down. I would almost describe it like a very slow moving, dim, fluorescent light. NUFORC: Starlink
August 19, 2022 · 6:00 AM · LIGHT
Dundee a, MI
There are one or three lights. If it turns there are three lights. There is no visible craft just lights. They are not very high. A aircraft can fly about it. The lights are very close to Detroit Metropolitan Airport
August 12, 2022 · 6:30 PM · CIRCLE
Berkley, MI
I saw at first a very small white dot very high in the sky. I thought it was a party balloon. But it was so high and wasn’t moving, so then I believed it to be a planet, even though it was sunny and daylight out. But then I began to see more, eventually 7 in total. I took several videos zooming in and out to show the distance and altitude. The objects did not make sense to me.
August 10, 2022 · 4:35 AM · RECTANGLE
Grand Rapids, MI
Riding my bike to work around 4:35am for my 5am shift. A field to my right, tree line with houses ahead of me, I saw a shimmery bar of light. It started to move across the sky quickly and I pulled my phone off my bike to take a video. I accidently snapped a picture and then swapped it to video and took a video until it vanished. It appeared as if it was being lit by the sun over the horizon and not artificially lit up.
August 4, 2022 · 8:00 PM · CIGAR
Otsego, MI
I was in my backyard around 8pm and looked up to see a white airplane moving directly towards a white object that was moving straight up in the sky. The airplane was heading east and flew directly below the object moving upwards. They were both moving relatively slowly. The white object appeared elongated with possible lower side wings like a missile. It had no plumage coming out of it though. It had a bright white glow. I then took out my phone camera and started recording it.
August 4, 2022 · 1:09 PM · CYLINDER
Grand Haven, MI
I noticed the object in the NW it traveled west until it went out of my sight. It was black in color, cylinder or barrel shaped. No sound. It was traveling fast. It went behind the clouds once.
August 2, 2022 · 12:45 PM · CHANGING
Okemos, MI
Me and my friend were in the backyard camping when we saw it at first I thought it was the international space station but then I realized it was two circles inside of each other made up of little orbs and each circle was spinning in the opposite direction. it would also change shape and when it did the lights would go out and then it would come back. It also looked very large.
July 29, 2022 · 5:00 AM · DISK
GRASS LAKE, MI
I woke up early and looked out my bedroom window. I noticed a very bright star toward Ann Arbor and thought it was a plane. Nothing else was in the sky and I went into the kitchen to make a cup of coffee. I came back to the window, the bright light was still there so I got my binoculars and to my surprise, I saw three, non-blinking white, bright lights and the middle light was the largest. Also, it had not moved from the original spot. I continued to monitor the object until dawn and noticed only a small amount of movement , slightly upward and remaining in the East. It did not come closer to my house, nor did I see any blinking colored lights. I think it was saucer shaped since the 3 lights were in a row. I was a Reading Specialist and I am currently studying the Russian language so I am somewhat detail oriented. I have 2 undergraduate degrees and a master’s degree as well - retired now!
July 29, 2022 · 3:26 AM · CIRCLE
Livonia, MI
I was standing on my back porch smoking a cigarette in Castle Gardens subdivision, west of Newburgh rd and south of 5 mile rd. I was facing East and saw a large bright white light moving up and to the south. It was not an airplane and not a helicopter. I followed it as it rose up and then the light got dimmer and dimmer until it vanished. I have never seen anything like it before and there were no clouds in the sky for it to fly behind. I've been stumped every since I saw it and have no clue what it could have been.
July 28, 2022 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Traverse city, MI
I was at pizza hut on 31 in traverse city michigan pulling out of the parking lot and I noticed a blue fireball white fire around that. It had a small tail so I thought maybe it was a very close asteroid then it got darker, brighter, darker, then brighter again then extinguished but looked like it may have went farther than I could see. So I looked up into the sky from where in would have came from and there was a solid white (non blinking) moving star ( for lack of a better term) that was in the location of where the ball of fire came from all with out makinga sound. My question is did I just see how planet seeding works or something?