SIGHTING: SALINE, MICHIGAN (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"I saw something extremely weird on 4/22/09 between the> hour of 9:10-9:15 P.M., I know 9:15 is the end time because> I looked at my watch right after. I was standing on my back> deck looking up at the stars (which I usually do whenever I> go out to smoke after dark) and noticed what I first thought> was a satellite. I see them on occasion as I'm> looking up at the sky. As I'm watching it, it went from> the dim glow of what satellites look like to a very bright> point of light that kept moving, at which point I started> thinking maybe it's space junk re-entering the> atmosphere... even though it was moving slower than any> shooting star I've ever seen. It then dimmed again to> what a satellite looks like, but I noticed at this point> that it wasn't moving in exactly a straight line like a> satellite would... I don't know how to explain the> movement, generally forward, other than to say it almost> looked like it was vibrating very tightly within a somewhat> forward motion. It then turned into a very bright point of> light again (still moving), dimmed, became bright again and> did a 90 degree turn before dimming and moving behind some> clouds. At this point I started backing toward the sliding door to the living room> to call my 5 almost 6yr old son to come see it... I figured it was a once in a> lifetime opportunity, and I wanted to have someone to back> up my sighting... even if he is only about 6 years old. By> the time I got him out, which was maybe 5-6 seconds after I> lost sight of it's last position, a huge cloud had> formed right over the area. I kept looking at the edges of> the cloud at the parts of the sky I could see, but it never> came out of the cloud bank, that I know of. It was> originally moving from S to N and drifting slightly> Eastward, when it made the right angle turn it was moving E.> I know it wasn't a plane as it didn't have any of> the other lights a plane would have, and the> brightening/dimming wasn't regular time wise. The> brightness is something hard to describe... when it got> bright it kind of looked like a star but without some of the> colors you might get from the light interacting> with the atmosphere. The best way I can describe it was that> it looked like a fluid like point of light. It definitely> looked like it was outside the atmosphere around the level> of where satellites travel, which is why I at first thought> that's what it was. I also noticed that it seemed to> increase in size very slightly whenever the brightness> increased. > > I have NEVER seenanything like this before, and since I spend a fair amount> of time looking at the sky whenever I'm outside at night> I know what planes, shooting stars, satellites, helicopters,> blimps, para sailors, planets,etc. look like, because I've> seen them all in the night sky before. I also know it> wasn't a high flying jet, or the international space> station because those things don't make right angle> turns.> > I'm really still kind of in shock from> what I saw... "