NUFORC Sighting 104727

Occurred: 2013-11-23 18:22 Local
Reported: 2013-11-23 19:42 Pacific
Duration: 1 hour
No of observers: 2

Location: Sturgis, MI, USA

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Ball of light South West of Sturgis, Mi. looked like an extremely close and bright planet but vanished suddenly.

Was outside tonight looking to the south west when a friend and I noticed a giant orb of white light hovering in the sky making no noise.

We thought it was possibly Venus, but the light appeared to have some sort of tail like a comet, but was stationary and not moving across the sky. As we started to look it up online I noticed that it started to shrink in size suddenly to the size of a distant star and then faded into darkness. Why were we able to view it for so long sitting in one place, but then it vanishes in 10 seconds from the time that it started to shrink. We both have very good eye sight. I thought I'd look up what it was and I found this page. I spend a lot of time out in the country at night gazing at the stars while out hunting coyotes. I can tell the difference between a jet, helicopter, ect. I can't explain this one.

Anyhow, last week while hunting in Laporte, IN, I saw 2 balls of light just like this one over Kingsbury FWA. I wish I would have ! got pictures. Oh well. Anyone else see the light tonight SW of Sturgis, Mi?

NUFORC Note:

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

Posted 2013-12-02