Fast moving white light over Lansing Michigan area.
The sky was hazy and only 2 bright stars were visible. I saw a light moving rapidly and silently from east to west. It appeared at first to be a very bright satellite but they usually travel north and south so that is one reason this caught my attention. It was moving fast and was about the same size and brightness of the two stationary stars. About the time it was directly overhead and forming an obtuse triangle with the stationary stars it came to a complete and instant stop. Now I was really interested because that seemed impossible to me. Next it started to move west again and very slowly. Then stopped and came back east and then turned north and took off so fast I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It stopped and came back south. It reminded me of a humming bird the change in direction was so quick and effortless. It seemed very high in the sky and that is why at first I thought it was a satellite or some very fast and high airplane.
If this is something the government (ours or someone else) is doing then there are flying capabilities way beyond what the public know about. I am a pilot and have flown for many years so I am used to looking at flying aircraft and tracking them. This was not an airplane. Maybe a small helicopter flying at a lower altitude but in that case it was silent and I don't see how it could have traveled across the sky so quickly since there is a limit to how fast a helicopter can travel (~200mph).
The sky was hazy and only 2 bright stars were visible. I saw a light moving rapidly and silently from east to west. It appeared at first to be a very bright satellite but they usually travel north and south so that is one reason this caught my attention. It was moving fast and was about the same size and brightness of the two stationary stars. About the time it was directly overhead and forming an obtuse triangle with the stationary stars it came to a complete and instant stop. Now I was really interested because that seemed impossible to me. Next it started to move west again and very slowly. Then stopped and came back east and then turned north and took off so fast I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It stopped and came back south. It reminded me of a humming bird the change in direction was so quick and effortless. It seemed very high in the sky and that is why at first I thought it was a satellite or some very fast and high airplane.
If this is something the government (ours or someone else) is doing then there are flying capabilities way beyond what the public know about. I am a pilot and have flown for many years so I am used to looking at flying aircraft and tracking them. This was not an airplane. Maybe a small helicopter flying at a lower altitude but in that case it was silent and I don't see how it could have traveled across the sky so quickly since there is a limit to how fast a helicopter can travel (~200mph).
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Off
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Eaton Rapids
USA
7 min
7 min
42.52
-84.66
light
MI
Occurred : 9/24/2009 21:30 (Entered as : 09/24/09 21:30) Reported: 9/25/2009 4:55:45 AM 04:55 Posted: 12/12/2009 Location: Eaton Rapids, MI Shape: Light Duration: 7 min
Fast moving white light over Lansing Michigan area.