8/20/2005: Lake, MI, USA

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Occurred : 8/20/2005 23:00 (Entered as : 08/20/2005 23:00) Reported: 8/22/2005 7:14:52 PM 19:14 Posted: 10/11/2005 Location: Lake, MI Shape: Unknown Duration: 1 minute Characteristics: There were lights on the object
Four identical 3-lighted objects seen holding motionless, close to each other, then 1 object accelerates up I'm a mechanical engineer and cannot explain what I saw on this night at my parent's farm house. It was a chilly night so I was closing a window before retiring for the night when I noticed an unusually bright star (so I thought) in the sky. As I looked at it, it seemed to grow even brighter still, and then just as quickly it grew dimmer. Soon it dimmed completely out. I thought this was very odd as it was a perfectly clear night. I decided to investigate it further so I went and found some 10x binoculars. Upon examining the spot in the sky where the object had been I found nothing but stars, but looking a bit futher north I found something in my sights that took my breath away. The object was comprised of 3 lights a larger blueish/green light in the center with two smaller reddish/brown lights on either side. The larger light in the center was slightly elevated above the two smaller red lights, otherwise the 3 lights would have formed a horizontal line. Immediately, my mind connected the 3 symetrical lights into some kind of or attached to some type of aircraft. But, this craft was motionless. I soon discovered a second object beside the first, then a third above that one, and fourth, all of identical size, color, and shape and all motionless and not blinking or pulsing. As soon as I had counted the fourth object the lowest object began to move, slowly at first, but then accelerating rapidly straight up to the outside of the other 3 objects which remained still. At this point I wanted someone else to see what I was seeing, so I went to get my parents. Upon returning just seconds later all of the objects had vanished, we ran outside to search the rest of the sky and found nothing.

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 8/20/2005 23:00 (Entered as : 08/20/2005 23:00)
Reported: 8/22/2005 7:14:52 PM 19:14
Posted: 10/11/2005
Location: Lake, MI
Shape: Unknown
Duration: 1 minute
Characteristics: There were lights on the object

Four identical 3-lighted objects seen holding motionless, close to each other, then 1 object accelerates up

I'm a mechanical engineer and cannot explain what I saw on this night at my parent's farm house. It was a chilly night so I was closing a window before retiring for the night when I noticed an unusually bright star (so I thought) in the sky. As I looked at it, it seemed to grow even brighter still, and then just as quickly it grew dimmer. Soon it dimmed completely out.

I thought this was very odd as it was a perfectly clear night. I decided to investigate it further so I went and found some 10x binoculars.

Upon examining the spot in the sky where the object had been I found nothing but stars, but looking a bit futher north I found something in my sights that took my breath away. The object was comprised of 3 lights a larger blueish/green light in the center with two smaller reddish/brown lights on either side. The larger light in the center was slightly elevated above the two smaller red lights, otherwise the 3 lights would have formed a horizontal line.

Immediately, my mind connected the 3 symetrical lights into some kind of or attached to some type of aircraft. But, this craft was motionless. I soon discovered a second object beside the first, then a third above that one, and fourth, all of identical size, color, and shape and all motionless and not blinking or pulsing. As soon as I had counted the fourth object the lowest object began to move, slowly at first, but then accelerating rapidly straight up to the outside of the other 3 objects which remained still.

At this point I wanted someone else to see what I was seeing, so I went to get my parents. Upon returning just seconds later all of the objects had vanished, we ran outside to search the rest of the sky and found nothing.