CaseLight1970

Lansing, MI, USA

A medium-bright light at extremely high altitude was reported over Lansing, Michigan, in July 1970, emitting faint, glittery orange streaks in all directions for about thirty minutes.

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: 1800s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (183 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1970-07-11
Where
Lansing, MI, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
30 minutes
Geo
42.733, -84.556 · exact
Slug
light-over-lansing-mi-1970-bcb0c8

In context

  • Lansing, MI shows up 60 times across the archive.
  • 8 reports came from Michigan in 1970.
  • In the 1970s, 11.6% of reports described a light — the all-time rate is 20.3%.

Report

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