NUFORC Sighting 180283

Occurred: 2024-02-04 18:47 Local
Reported: 2024-02-04 17:23 Pacific
Duration: 60 minutes~
No of observers: 2 - Pilot - Aviation Expert

Location: Caledonia, MI, USA
Location details: Approx 3-4000 AGL.

Shape: Orb
Color: Rainbow
Estimated Size: Unknown; brighter than other aircraft in the sky
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: South
Angle of Elevation: 35
Closest Distance: 3 miles~
Estimated Speed: Fast..
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby

Hovered in one general area for almost an hour; quickly changed directions and made figure 8 patterns

The brightest light I have ever seen in the sky. This was a clear night, very minimal cloud coverage. I could see almost all the stars in the sky. It had almost like an omni directional white light coming from it but it wasn't quite white. I've never seen a white like this. Almost blue/white that seemed to move but it had a rainbow like luminescent glow coming from around it. I could make out blue, green and red. I put my binoculars on it and it looked like an orb. I couldn't make out anymore details. I watched it for almost an hour. It moved up and down, left to right, it made figure 8's, hovered in the same general area. I thought it might have been a drone, but even professional done batteries only last 30 minutes or so. We also live near an International Airport, and being a pilot myself, I know what planes look like and sound like. I've never seen anything like this. I watched other commercial and general aviation aircraft move around it almost the whole time.

Posted 2024-02-15