UFOMYST
CaseLight2006

Sturgis, MI, USA

Moving light in sky for over 2 hours. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of stars. Tails are optical effect of camera, possibly. PD))

Report quality: Low32/100

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: 7200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (37 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2006-09-09
Where
Sturgis, MI, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
2 hrs.
Geo
41.799, -85.419 · exact
Slug
light-over-sturgis-mi-2006-491211
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

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In context

  • Sturgis, MI shows up 5 times across the archive.
  • 109 reports came from Michigan in 2006.
  • In the 2000s, 21.4% of reports described a light — the all-time rate is 20.3%.

Report

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