CaseLight2018

Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Entire sky lit up like it was day time. It was definitely NOT lightening or search lights. Everything got very quiet; static on radio.

Report quality: Moderate55/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 8s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2018-01-16
Where
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
5-10 seconds
Geo
42.278, -83.741 · exact
Slug
light-over-ann-arbor-mi-2018-e150dd
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

    The Navy Encounters & the UAP Era

    U.S. training ranges (Pacific off San Diego; Atlantic off Virginia), then worldwide reporting

    The wave that renamed the subject. The USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter (November 2004: radar drops from 80,000 ft to sea level in seconds, pilot visual by Cmdr. David Fravor, FLIR video) stayed classified-adjacent until…

In context

  • This is one of 47 reports logged in Ann Arbor, MI.
  • This case is one of 62 Michigan reports filed in 2018.
  • Light craft made up 21.2% of 2010s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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