CaseLight1996

Saginaw, MI, USA

Commuter airliner w/ passengers turns, descends 12,500' to avoid a bizarre, extremely bright obj. directly ahead. Obj. could "jump."

Report quality: Moderate65/100

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: 480s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (132 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
When
1996-02-27
Where
Saginaw, MI, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
8 min.
Geo
43.419, -83.951 · exact
Slug
light-over-saginaw-mi-1996-493392

In context

  • This is one of 25 reports logged in Saginaw, MI.
  • This case is one of 30 Michigan reports filed in 1996.
  • Light craft made up 16.2% of 1990s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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