CaseLight2016

Assumption, MI, USA

Two objects standing still then circling, one disappeared then the forest lit up far in the distance no blinking ligh resembled firebal

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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: 1050s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded approximately
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2016-09-20
Where
Assumption, MI, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
15-20 minutes
Geo
39.520, -89.049 · fallback
Slug
light-over-assumption-mi-2016-63f945
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

  • Assumption, MI has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 2016 brought 136 reports from Michigan.
  • The 2010s skewed 21.2% light reports; the archive-wide figure is 20.3%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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