NUFORC Sighting 52349

Occurred: 2006-09-02 03:00 Local
Reported: 2006-09-04 22:24 Pacific
Duration: 1 hour
No of observers: 3

Location: Shelby Township, MI, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object

A craft that appeared as a flashing cloud hiding in the clouds and created it's own to hide in.

I stepped outside onto the deck at the rear of the house to let my dog out at 3:00AM. Like I always do, I looked up to check out the sky. It was cloudy directly above me but was only 50% cloudy (cumulous) with big breaks in between clouds. In the breaks between the clouds the sky was clear and I could see the stars very well. When I looked up I saw a round dim-lighted area in the clouds resembling a searchlight hitting the clouds. Then I noticed it was flashing, at the time it was a consistant flash (one second on, one second off)but was inconsistent at times, too. I was still wondering why a searchlight would be on so late and then it got to the edge of the cloud and was in the clear. I was surprised though that it still appeared to be a round flashing cloud (pea-sized at arms length). It was now in the middle of a clear sky with no clouds coming. That's when I decided to get a better look at it. I stepped inside and grabbed my binoculars that I keep in a cupboard right inside the door. This took less then 5 seconds and when I stepped back out there were swirls of clouds covering it. These clouds had a cirrus look but had a defined outer edge (multi-curved)and washed out like a smear toward the flashing cloud. At this point I had to show someone so I went and woke two family members. They came out and at this point it had moved to the next cloud blowing by. The cloud it made was just dissapating but still visible. My family saw what I had been seeing confirming that I'm not seeing thing's. We watched it for another half hour. It never moved more than six to eight inches (at arms length)never making a sound but continuing to flash. After the half hour it went behind a cloud and we lost track of it. Twenty or so seconds passed and I heard a low whooshing sound that lasted about ten seconds. After a couple of minutes of no sign of it my family went back to bed. I stayed outside and about 20 minutes later I saw it again. This time it was not flashing and was hiding! on the edges of the clouds until the cloud moved a distance and then it would meander to the next cloud coming. I saw this with the naked eye and through the binoculars. It was still visible because a circle sticks out againt a backdrop of blurry shapes. Anyway I watched it jump clouds for about five more minutes until it disappeared again. I continued looking for it and about a minute later I heard the whooshing sound to my left (west). Looking up I saw what appeared to be typical FAA lights of a plane/jet at about the same altitude as what I was watching but a few miles away. I looked through my binoculars at the lights and could only see lights, no craft. Then it either turned off it's lights or took off because I took down the binoculars and it was nowhere to be seen.

I don't know what I saw but it was definately some sort of craft. I live about ten-fifteen miles away from Selfridge ANGB and witnessed what I believe to be four Black Manta TR3A's (another bizarre occurance)back in '94 so I do leave the possibility open to it being a black project.




NUFORC Note:

We wonder whether the witness might have been observing a star, possible Sirius. Just a guess, based on our experience. PD


Posted 2006-10-30

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