Michigan UFO Sightings in 2009

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12/29/09 1:00 am temperence,michigan light 2 min. Seen a BRIGHT light over temperence,michigan from my front deck of my home. On the night of December 28,2009 I stepped outside my front door to smoke a cigarette @ approximately 1:00am eastern stand ard time.

At that point I saw a light so bright that I thought it to be the North Star, then I realized (remembered) that the front of my home faces west. I then seen it dim out then get very bright again, then get dimmer once more. At this point it moved in what appeared to be a straight up direction then off to the left some and the light faded the rest of he way out and was no longer in sight.

From what i could tell there was only one of them(as there was only one bright light).

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12/11/09 Dexter, Michigan 20:00 hr 4 lg brightly lit objects moved E to W across the N. horizen, NO SOUND able to turn instantaneously ~ 8pm (EST) December 11, 2009, in Dexter Michigan – (very north Washtenaw county) Weather: clear & cold 15degrees F Four large air ships, lit up with bright lights (more like lights would be on a ship than an airplane), moved across the north sky close to the horizon from east to west. There were other aircraft in the area, but they appeared much smaller and farther away.

The speed seemed moderate - steady and smooth. The first one moved across the horizon and then out of sight followed by the next one and then a third and finally a fourth. (about 10 minutes entire duration) *The last one reversed directions and returned east and then northeast, until it disappeared.

*it did not turn like an airplane, both turns were instantaneous and there was absolutely NO SOUND! The most profound thing about this incident was that none of the objects made any sound!! We live in a rural area and can hear aircraft from miles away. We will mail a diagram of the lights we saw, including in the drawing the horizon and a moon for better idea of we witnessed. We were unable to find anyone else that also witnessed these crafts.

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They look like stars, but flicker! They accelerate very fast, & brake just the same! Move weird & come in 3's arranged in a triangle The climax of my first night, and all my other sightings, was when I was watching six of them and they all moved up at the same time in a very unique way! I’ve seen these UFO’s 5 different nights now. I’ve got two other witness’s , and as of now I’ve got about 1 hour of good video tape all together . Usually when I see them its between 10:30 p.

m and 1:00 am eastern time. They usually appear in threes, and only on the very first night was there ever more than three confirmed moving in the sky in one night. These UFO’s seem to have intelligent operator’s.

I say this because I’ve went out side twice to try to see them better on the first couple nights but when I went out they became very still, and continued to remain still for 10 mins or so after I went inside my house. To be honest and upfront, They look and in a sense act like star’s. That’s the main reason why I said they had intelligent operators! In due time these ufo’s “glide “as I call it across the night sky.

But they don’t only glide! They make short, very very fast jerky movements at times. I’ve seen them do u turns, complete loops and double loops, sometimes they do pointless maneuvers like, right-----à left , right---------àLeft, right------à and I’ve seen them do 45 degree turns one right after another, They flicker but usually are the same basic colors of the stars, but the same three seem to keep appearing and one of the three is always a amberish color. But they have a flicker effect to them that always catches my eye.

I spotted the very first one only because it was flickering. They make, what look like very short, fast, and erratic movements, but If your not watching that one target you would never see it moving, But on the other hand, if your only watching the one SO CALLED STAR no human alive would doubt me when it moves !!! I’ve seen them slowly dim out, I’ve seen them flicker what seemed to be, at one another , and then start to flicker in sync. When they flickered at each other and in sync the did it very brightly, and instead of a flicker, they kind of flashed.

But the night they flickered at one another and in sync was my on first night. That night I spotted one, then I identified three, then out of no where three more showed up, and than I was watching multiple targets move at once, since at that time they all moved rather close to each other and grouped up. That’s around the time they all moved up in a weird fashion “which can be described if asked” The only time I could really count them was when they all moved weirdly up together.

They would dim down and disappear and reappear out of nowhere. But when they moved up together , they all stayed lit up, allowing me to count quickly. But the most craziest part is when a bright one, “some are brighter than others” Shot out three more of these ufo’s .

One came out straight down. Then the other two shot out at a downward 45 degree angle , one on each side. The climax lasted maybe, 4-8 mins then if they didn’t dim down and disappear, they moved slowly out of the South East sky, and continued moving to and threw the south southeast sky, until I could not see them no more threw my window.

But , the way they move makes no sense, and the way they accelerate is UNBELIVABLELY fast!! They seem to be able to stop just as fast as well! I have a lot more to say but don’t want to ramble on. There is so much to gain from what I’m seeing. I can only hope you take me serious.

I would gladly upload the video I‘ve got but my camcorder use’s 8mm tapes, but I’ve burned it to a dvd+R disc, but I cant get my computer to read it!!!! I could mail a copy????? When I video taped I opened my window ”even though it was freezing” and removed my screen and video taped while my camera sat completely still! Some of the video is really convincing!!! Now, I love outer space and stargazing! I just turned 29 this year , so for about 15 years now I’ve avidly looked at the sky. And I wouldn’t be writing this, nore would I have lost any sleep the first night, if I had stopped watching what I thought might have been a quasar ‘ which didn’t alarm me until it moved!”, just one second before it started moving. But when that star/quasar started moving, well lets just say that’s 3 seconds of movement I’ll never forget! I need more and better cameras, I need professionals to see this!!!!!! Please contact me!!!!!!!! I don’t want to be famous, I just want the truth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! P.

s I just seen that I can mail my dvd+R disc to you so, I will do so. And the disc will contain my best 15 seconds and all the footage I can stuff on one disc. If you can not get it to play, I'm going to use a different burner to copy it, and i will send it again if you have problems ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that date is approximate.

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Two stationary bright objects, there one minute, gone the next! Noticed 2 very bright objects very close together east by southeast. Thought they were planets at first, they were as bright as Jupiter which was the brightest object in the sky to the south. Watched them for a minute and they simply faded away.

They never moved and were not covered over by clouds, there wasn't a cloud in the sky. They literally disappeared before my eyes! Definitely not planets, stars, or an airplane.

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very many extraordinary lights over bostwick lake for the past week every night, definantly not from this earth ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD)) The first sighting happen in grand rapids and appeared as 5 bright orange dots, they were moving as one object but it was to dark to see any structure, they were very close to the ground floating right above a really tall building about 100 feet, the size of the object was huge the lights spread about 150-200 ft apart. we went back to see these lights about 15 minutes later and they were gone.

on nov. 7 i sat on my porch and looked into the night sky over my lake(bostwick lake) wondering what was out there cause i seen those strange lights about a week before, when all of a sudden i notice this bright flashing light in the sky, it was very big, at first i just thought it was a plane then i noticed the lights were in a straight line, there was light all different colors( green orange and red) they would flash one after another in a straight line but very fast, soon i notice another one moving into my view over the lake, it passed the other light very fast and was very very close to the other one. the lights where very strange when they would move they would kind of flicker to another position around where it was but the strangest part was that it would flicker and end up behind it its original path,i noticed more and more light as i watched the sky, dont have an exact number but there were at least 15 separate moving objects in the sky over the lake, there was another light that flashed very rapidly it almost looked electric but there was only one and it was very different than the other lights,i also seen planes flying right next to and around all of these lights.

after watching this for about an hour i see 3 lights emerging from the darkness in the sky they were very bright and orange, there was three of them and they made the shape of a triangle, the triangle was massive again you could almost see a structure but it just look a different shade of black between the lights, as i watched it i noticed the light moving away from! each other,but i as i watched i noticed the object was only c! oming cl oser it stayed in one position not moving for about an hour, i went inside for about 15 minutes and went back out and it was gone, as i was watching some of these light i seen shooting stars or what looked like them pass right by the lights and that happen about 3 times in 5 minutes, another light i was watching was moving at a very fast speed and i seen what looked like a red shooting star shoot straight downward but it was very close, u could see the flames on it.i seen many objects and i have to say it almost traumatized me, iv never seen anything like it and there were so many. i have seen these lights every night since, they do not come around during the day only night around 6 or 7 until morning, just last night i watched a light which was the exact same 3 lights in a line flashing object and it was very low to the ground, maybe only 100 foot or less it was a little in the distance but enough to see a structure,it was almost circular shape but with a tail that hung d! own behind it.

the object moved back and forth from left to right and about a 100 foot area all night. any person watching bostwick lake skies will see these objects they light up the sky with the amount of them, it is very strange and they are not planes i can promise you i have a video of one of the lights also.

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Cigar shape, bright lights, very fast, low. Cigar shaped. Bright white lights near front and rear.

No trail behind. NO SOUND! Traveling Southeast to Northwest. Low enough to have trees between us.

No leaves on trees. Still dark at this time. Appeared very large and fast.

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1 craft sighted in braod daylight, I have pics I don't see where to upload. On Oct,19 2009 at around 6:30pm, I was working on the 18th floor of my apartment building in downtown Detroit, when I noticed something floating around the two smoke stacks on the power plant near my place. It seemed to be hovering directly through the smoke of the stacks, and then around the two stacks, and then it would float a few blocks away and then back to the stacks.

At this point I had been watching this thing for about 8 minutes or so when I ran to grab my camera and returned with my girl freind and my brother in law (who was a tanker in the military). So I snapped off these pics which I can't explain. ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that date is approximate.

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Seen a 3 light formation blinking in the sky until it slowly moved off and vanished On October 14, 2009, at approx 9:00 pm my husband called me outside to witness 3 unexplainable lights in the sky. The lights were in a diagonal pattern running from left to right. They were very bright white lights that flashed one at a time from top to bottom.

They were seen in the sky west to northwest of Port Huron Michigan and traveled westward and slowly just faded away.

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i was standing on a sidewalk near salem high school where i saw a triangular shaped craft slowly gliding right over my head. my mom just pulled up in my driveway behind me and i whent to go get her. i got her to run over to where i saw it, then it was gone.

the object must have been transparent becaue i only saw the bright lights over the road. there is a video on YouTube on a craft 10 mile and taft thst looks similar to what i saw. i also got in contact with a man living in novi who also saw what i saw.

there is also a report on this website in walking distance of when i saw it. ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD)).

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Triangular shaped UFO with lights at corners hovering at cloud height over home Saw bright lights above me while sitting on couch thru skylight. Got out binoculars and saw a gray, triangular object tilted at an angle with lights at corners. Object hovered and stayed in one place for about an hour.

Checked on it periodically. It was quite high up, near clouds but could be clearly seen with binoculars. Did not appear to be a plane or anything else recognizeable.

Could not determine size but must have been fairly large to see at that distance. Was not a reflection in my skilight. Too high for blimp or helicopter.

((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that date is approximate. PD)).

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Fiery oval object makes se appearances in the Southern Michigan skies 8 people witnessed this object 2 seperate times, within 45 minutes of each other. First sighting, object was in the North Westerly sky. Very Cloudy night, so much so that you could not see thru the cloud layer to the sky above it.

This object was slowly raising straight up at a pretty constant pace. It can be described as a oval shaped, that had a fiery apprearance. The object did not make any noise, nor did it emit any smoke, or anything that would lead you to believe it was actually on fire.

The color resembled a molten lava appearance, flickering similar to a candle. It did not have a strobe light, or any flashing lights visible. This object slowly raised, almost hovered, until it raised thru the cloud line.

About 45 minutes later, we seen the object again. This time, the clouds in the sky had broken up a bit. Still mostly cloudy, but you could see patches of stars between.

The Object was coming from the direction we had previously seen it. H! owever, it was not rising up, but rather traveling in a Northwest to SouthEast direction, eventually traveling pretty close to over our heads. At no point was their any audible sound from this craft.

The object was moving much quicker this time, but still had the same, Fiery, flickering appearance. Once this object traveled over our heads, it actually picked up speed traveling to the South. It then actually made a subtle dart from left to right at one point, making all of us watching actually scream "did you see that" at the same time.

The most amazing part was still to come. As we all watched this glowing fireball pick up speed, there was a patch of clouds ahead of it. The object then appeared to "turn off" or change to a jet black appearance.

It could be described as it turned into a shadow, darker than the actual night sky. It was at this time you could really see the oval shape of the object. When the object turned black, it was only visible for about 4 or 5 sec! onds more before it was out of our viewing range.

The witness! es inclu ded mechanics, computer analyst, sales men, plumbers, Managers, Nurses, and a Doctor. Most of these people could be described as skeptical, but no one was doubting that we had just seen something very odd. We are located 15 miles SouthEast of the Detro Metro Airport.

At one point during the first sighting, i actually pointed out a couple of airplanes in the distant sky. The light was no where near as intense, nor no where near the size. Also, the strobing light on the airplane makes it a sure give away.

I pointed out the airplanes just as a frame of reference for all of us witnessing this object. Due to the proximity of the Airport, i have to imagine something was picked up on radar.

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Fast moving white light over Lansing Michigan area. The sky was hazy and only 2 bright stars were visible. I saw a light moving rapidly and silently from east to west.

It appeared at first to be a very bright satellite but they usually travel north and south so that is one reason this caught my attention. It was moving fast and was about the same size and brightness of the two stationary stars. About the time it was directly overhead and forming an obtuse triangle with the stationary stars it came to a complete and instant stop.

Now I was really interested because that seemed impossible to me. Next it started to move west again and very slowly. Then stopped and came back east and then turned north and took off so fast I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

It stopped and came back south. It reminded me of a humming bird the change in direction was so quick and effortless. It seemed very high in the sky and that is why at first I thought it was a satellite or some very fast and high airplane.

If this is something the government (ours or someone else) is doing then there are flying capabilities way beyond what the public know about. I am a pilot and have flown for many years so I am used to looking at flying aircraft and tracking them. This was not an airplane.

Maybe a small helicopter flying at a lower altitude but in that case it was silent and I don't see how it could have traveled across the sky so quickly since there is a limit to how fast a helicopter can travel (~200mph).

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Approximately 50 bright to dark orange, orb like lights, no blinking lights on them, no headlights. I am 45 years old. Me and 6 other adults ages ranging from 17 – 58 and 5 children witnessed this event.

At a house on Woodlawn Ave. in Walled Lake, at around 10:00 p.m.

on Saturday, 9/19/2009, we were all outside. We noticed a group of 3 round orange lights coming out of the southeast sky heading northwest, then turning gradually west. They appeared to be moving slowly and made no noise but they seemed to cover a lot of distance quickly; they looked like they were about 4 miles away when we saw the area they were coming from and it took them roughly 30 seconds to be over the top of us.

Though they looked like about 4 times the size of the brightest star in the sky or the size of a porch light from 50 yards, we could not tell exactly how big they actually were. They seemed to maintain the same size the entire distance. As the first group went over they disappeared overhead but not into the clouds; it was mostly clear except for some very light clouds overhead and I don’t think they were high enough to even be in the clouds.

There were many visible stars in the sky. It made no sense that we couldn’t see them after that. The glow of light was not like a flame though close to the same color.

The glow of the light didn't go outside of the object. They stayed as glowing circles and didn't vary in shape. They didn't fizzle out, they just disappeared.

Seemed to be burning off energy from the front while traveling forward. As the first group disappeared another group of 5 appeared coming from the same direction and maintaining the same course. They were grouped together at what appeared to be about half a mile from each other and maybe a half mile to a mile up in the sky.

We did see a steady flow, where there were at least 12 visible at the same time, at different distances, this continued for at least 15 to 20 minutes. We saw a total of approximately 35 bright to dark orange, round, orb like lights, no blinking lights on them, no headlights, just a sort of bright to dark orange glow. Some of the ones we saw, when they were at their greatest distance away from us, moving toward us, looked like they glowed red at first then turned bright orange, then to dark orange, almost a rust color.

Later, around 11:00 p.m., me and 4 other friends were a half mile away at another house in the same neighborhood on Fisher Ave.

and we saw the lights, same characteristics as the others, traveling the same course. We witnessed at least 15 more within about 10 minutes, some traveled individually, some in groups of 3, some were in a triangular formation, twice there would be one straight across from one other, a mile or so apart, moving the same speed and distance like they were connected in some way moving together. We did see 2 jets, one with blinking white lights and one with red and green, flying over, way, way above these lights, from west to east, the jets lights were only tiny dots.

I have never seen anything like it. The people that I was with speculated on what they could be. Some said flares; flares would glow brighter or flicker.

Some thought rockets, maybe from Williams Research; they seemed like they came from further away and if they were rockets we should have been able to see them as they went by, they disappeared almost directly overhead. Some thought maybe we had launched nukes and were at war; there was nothing about it on the news. This was not NASA’s launch from Virginia.

In all 16 people, including myself, witnessed this event, discussed the same details and agreed that it was the most bizarre thing any of us had ever seen. None of us could identify the lights. Unfortunately none of us had a good camera handy; someone tried to use a picture phone but the picture came out blurry.

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4 Orange Lights Observed In The Sky I took our dog outside to go to the bathroom, and I noticed four big round orange lights in the sky. They were bright orange and very solid. I went in the house and called my wife.

She came outside and saw the same thing. The light moved around in very deliberate motions(dialoganly, up and down, left to right). The movement was very precise as if moving into formations.

We observed the light for probably about four minutes total. Then, one at a time, the lights went out. I don't really know how to judge an approximate distance as to how far away the lights were, but they were obviously much closer than the stars appeared, but also seemed to be quite high in the sky.

I have seen many helicopters, planes, shooting stars, etc, but this was much different. This was something very strange that I have never seen before. About 15 minutes after the lights went out, I did observe what appeared to be some sort of conventional aircraft in the sky.

I can not say if this was in any way related to what saw. If there are any question or further details need, please feel free to contact me. I would also be very interested to know if there were any other similar obsevations made on this date.

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Flashing lights in the western sky; over Lansing, MI 9:30 PM and continuning at 10:06 PM Dark clear starry night. Looking due west around 9:30 PM we saw something that looked like it was a flashing star. We got our high powered binoculars it looked like the international space station.

It was flashing red, blue, green, and white.

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Craft flashing many colors near Ann Arbor, MI I awoke early, and decided to go for a walk to wake up. As I saw on my porch drinking coffee, my eye caught what I thought at the time was an airplane in the distance. I sat watching, waiting for it to disappear from my sight, but it never did.

I had observed some flashing lights, but dismissed it for airplane navigation lights. As I looked closer, I noticed that the lights were not only blue and red, but yellow, green, and white as well. Needless to say, I became quite intrigued.

It was around this time that I realized that in the 16+ minutes I had been observing the craft, it had not been moving away from me, but rather had stayed in the same spot moving in a circular motion. After every two and a half or three rotations, the craft would then abruptly move diagonally to the opposite end of the previous circle. This went on for another ten minuted until it quickly shot forward about fifty meters (rough guess), and repeated the circles.

The way the colors ke! pt changing assured me that it was not an airplane, and the way it moved was unlike anything I have ever seen before in any type of aircraft. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).

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Very bright object hovered aboved the treetops for a long time before moving extremely slowly toward the west The object was high above the treetops to the southeast, and was stationary for at least 45 minutes. When it did move, it moved extremely slowly and moved in a circular direction. It then stopped temporarily, and then began to move very slowly again, but this time in a trajectory to the right or west, but each time it did this, it would stop, and start going in a circle toward the east once again as if to stay above the treetops.

After a few minutes, it would begin the trajectory to the west again, each time climbing higher into the sky. With time, the object made its way high enough into the sky that it need not attempt to venture back toward the treetops. At the beginning, the object appeared to look like a cylinder with one part divided into two parts, with antennas coming off the top and from the middle section.

When it began the trajectory portion of its journey the object took on an oval shape resembling an eye with multi-colored lights projectin! g from underneath its shape. Another shape that the object took on resembled a ball with spikes on all sides instead of soft edges. The spikes took on multi-colored lights, green, red, white, and yellow.

At its highest elevation, the object resembled a cross between a round shape and an oval. It was bright white in color, and continued to move extremely slowly as it climbed higher and higher into the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of a star or planet?? PD)).

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It started on 9-13-09 i was driving home from work at 7:30 heading south when an orenge light of to the east caught my eye i watched it for more that 20 seconds trying to figure out what it was when it dimmed down and disappeard. I though about it that night trying to think of what it could have been it wasnt a plane i know that. then tonight 9-14-09 at 8:30 i just looked out the second floor window and there it was again so i stopped watched it for ten seconds and it dimmed down just like it had the day before and was gone.

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We seen A orange-red glowing object saturday 9-12-09 about 10:00 pm.It started out low and headed west then it just kept rising And disappeared.

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Bright white light over Escanaba, MI A steady bright white light traveling South West to North East. Traveling very fast, much faster than any plane would travel and brighter than any star in the sky. Not flashing as typical for any aircraft.

No sound what so ever. Guessing approximately same altitude as a small plane might fly. Did anyone else report this sighting tonight to you or any other Web sight? ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information.

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