NUFORC Sighting 180069

Occurred: 2024-01-14 19:15 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2024-01-15 12:15 Pacific
Duration: 7 mins.
No of observers: 1

Location: Holly, MI, USA
Location details: In the sky above Cyclone Park in Holly, Michigan.

Shape: Disk
Color: Grey metal.
Estimated Size: Enormous, no way of knowing. I have a pic.
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: W-SW 45° from where I was laying;can get a heading
Angle of Elevation: 45
Closest Distance: Anywhere from 200 yds. to a mile into the sky.
Estimated Speed: Slow.
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

Saw large stone-pink vertical "cresent moon" out a West-facing window; it later moved right, then object became horizontal & went dark.

I was laying on my back, feet in the West, watching a movie on my cell phone & was holding the phone horizontally. Behind the phone was a West-facing window overlooking Cyclone Park - and I could see the dark night sky through the window above the phone as I watched the movie. I noticed in the sky what I perceived to be a large stone-pink vertical "crescent moon" that was largely blocked by a tall pine tree. More focused on the movie than the sky, I then noticed I could see the vertical stone-pink "crescent moon" more clearly, as it had shifted right - but was not higher than its original position. Next, I noticed the shape of the stone-pink "crescent moon" had rotated, so that it was horizontal, like a mushroom cap. I have two cell phones, and while holding one for the movie, the other was in arm's reach. I grabbed the other cell phone in order to quickly snap a photo. It was as if the object had a dimmer switch, and while I snapped one photo with "some" of its light visible, when I went to click the video button, the brightness of the stone-pink object faded to black. It was in its lit version, and then went black (no stone-pink glow, just darkness) as soon as I clicked the video button. Upon viewing the photograph, you can see it's a very massive grey metal disk, with 3 lights forming a triangle shape on the left of the disk, with at least 1 light visible on the right of the craft. The photo shows a 40°-45° angle from left to right. The grey of the craft is seen in its entirety, but it appears more light/visible near the bottom of the craft. Since I saw the large nature of the object in the sky, it's easy for me to see it standing out in grey compared to the night sky behind it in the photo. As I wanted to share the photo with others who were not there, I experimented with making the craft stand out more from the sky background by using a sepia/brown tone visual filter, and also using a contrast filter which lightens the entire photo and shows the craft in its grey metal color. The video shows only 2 lights on the craft, for example: one light at a 12 o'clock position & one light at a 6 o'clock position.. Almost like safety tailights, but spaced on either side of the disk. Please note that I am a new visitor to the area, and when I visited approximately 3-5 years ago, I "also" witnessed what I thought was a very fast, smaller triangle-shaped craft. Lastly, I took a final video about 1-3 hours after this sighting -- of a light very far overhead in the sky after having already captured the initial photo & video earlier, but "that" 2nd video could be capturing a planet versus an object (it bounces around & "dances" in a plasma-like orb).

Posted 2024-02-15