Well, we here at Michigan's Otherside can honestly say we saw our first UFO as of November 28, 2008. Tom and I were standing outside when a light in the sky caught my attention through the trees. I watched it for a few seconds assuming it was an airplane. Then it took a huge dive and did a few other strange things and my eyes were glued on it from then on. I watched it for a few seconds longer and then told Tom to look. He was just as perplexed as to what it was. There were no strobe lights on it or the standard colors that identify it as an airplane.
(Tom Maat's photo of what we saw that night)
It just kept going back and forth in the sky, taking sudden turns and dives and there appeared to be a red and blue light on it.
We dragged my boyfriend off the couch and made him look at it, creating a trio of completely befuddled humans watching something in the sky we had no explanation for. The light dashed about for five minutes until it disappeared. Tom dashed in the house and grabbed his camera and it came back again for another five minutes. Tom didn’t get super great footage being very dark outside. Nevertheless, we do have a hilarious video of us and you can hear the excitement and bewilderment in our voices. After it blinked out of existence again, my boyfriend suggested we drive to the area it seemed to be flying over. I suggested that perhaps someone should stay home and watch from the deck, or keep the fort down in case of an invasion.
My suggestions went unheard and they dragged me with them.
We drove over to the Holiday Inn in Spring Lake, Michigan. I wildly texted on my cell phone to all my friends that we were chasing a UFO “for real.” I figured that wasn’t a text everyone got daily. We pulled up to the hotel, half expecting to see others looking up at the sky, but there wasn’t a single body out there. We got out of the car and looked up at the clear sky, but never saw anything again. We still can’t believe we haven’t run into others who saw that.
I can now say I have a new found appreciation for UFO people, blurry photos of light and anyone who has ever seen something they couldn’t explain in the sky. Telling people about our UFO experience wasn’t the same as telling about an encounter with a ghost. Everyone at my work loves hearing about our jaunts into the spirit world, but when I told them about the UFO sighting, they all gave me a look that said, “Lay off the paranormal Amber…..”
And the ridiculous video of us...
Michigan's Otherside readers check in with similar experiences.
--For the past 4 years or so I have seen what you described in your UFO sighting. At first I thought it was a satellite or something like that, but the more I watched it, the more unlikely that seemed. A few nights ago I used a pair of binoculars to look at it and it looks exactly like the picture you have. It also has blue, red, and green flashing lights. Last night my friend and myself where watching it to the west of my house and all of a sudden it disappeared so we started to walk away. For some reason I looked up as we were walking away and there it was. It was now northeast of my house and then slowly started moving east. I just thought I’d let you know that you’re not the only one who has seen this, and even now as I'm typing this I can see it...P.S. this is in SW Michigan in the Berrien County area.-- Reader email August 2010
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