Michigan family spots Triangle UFO

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A Michigan family experienced a low flying triangle UFO April 5 with the typical three points of light, quick movements, and silence, according to witness testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) database.

A man and his wife, his mother, and adult son, were traveling south on U.S. 127 after leaving Soaring Eagle Casino when the encounter occurred.

The encounter began when the man and his son noticed a red light in the sky at the 11 o'clcock position. The light seemed to be growing brighter and getting bigger at the same time. Then it suddenly "flashed to a brilliant, large white light."

"I have never seen anything so bright before," the witness said. "It was a peircing white light."

As the object moved across the highway directly overhead, they could make out three distinct white lights at its three corners - forming the shape of a triangle.

The object moved away from them and hovered over a field as they moved along at 70 mph.

The following is the original and unedited witness statement. Please keep in mind that most UFO reports can be explained as something natural or manmade. If Michigan MUFON investigates and reports back on this case, I will update this page. You can read my selected cases by type of UFO report at the UFO Traffic Report index page.

MI, April 5, 2009 - moving steady red light glowed, then turned to larger brilliant white, passed over our car. We saw a triangle with 3 white lights underneath.

On Sunday morning 4/5/09, at exactly 4:30 am, My family (Son Ryan, Wife Kathie, Mother Leota) were returning from Soaring Eagle Casino. We were heading south on US127 and were somewhere between Mt. Pleasant and Shepard (where the speed limit is still 70mph)

I was driving, when my son Ryan pointed and asked what that is? I could not see it at that time. Ryan said it was a red light, then he said it zipped across the road and then back again at a very high rate of speed. Ryan said it did this 2 times.

I finally saw the red light at 11:00.

It seemed to be growing brighter and slightly larger, but it was not blinking. I would estimate, using the tree line that it was roughly 10-12 times higher in the sky. Kathie and Leota who were in the back seat could not see the light at this point as the roof of the car was blocking thier view of the light.

At this point about 3 minutes had elapsed.

Ryan and I then saw the red light all of a sudden it flashed to a brilliant large white light. I have never seen anything so bright before. It was a peircing white light. The white light was moving now on a course that took it directly across US127 and over my car while I was going 70mph.

As the light approach from 11 o'clock, we could make out 3 seperate lights in the shape of a triangle. The 3 lights were very large and as it passed overhead, we could see through the windshield that not only were there 3 white lights in a triangle shape, but that there was also the outline of a trianglular shapped craft.

The 3 lights took up the majority of the craft's outline that was visible. At this point the craft was only about 3 times the tree level over our car. We also saw a small fin on the back, but no wings and there was no sound, as I had rolled my window down. It was moving fast and crossed over the car and out over the field to our right, where it hovered.

It was at this point that my wife Kathie and my mother Leota saw the lights. Leota was sitting behind the driver's seat and could not see much, she is 90. Kathie had a better view from the backseat now, but could not tell what it was. Ryan my son is 24, Kathie is 55 and I am 60 years old.