Photo of Red Light Sent by Witness.

Chesterfield Township is About 35 Miles Northeast of Detroit.

Date of Sighting: July 4 and 5, 2011
Time of Sighting: 11:30 PM to 1:30 AM EDT
Location of Sighting: Chesterfield Township, Michigan (See Map)

Description: At 11:30 PM EDT on the 4th of July I noticed a bright red “fireball” for lack of a better description coming from the south slowly towards a local fireworks display. I called for my girlfriend to come outside to see. She brought out her camera and shot a trio of photos. By then, it was due West of us. It then went straight away from us at a high rate of speed; the light minimized until it was gone. It took 5-10 seconds for it to fade from view. I checked outside for the next 2 hours, on and off. I went back out again at about 1:30 AM and didn't see anything until I turned and saw it directly overhead and CLOSE. I yelled for my girlfriend to run back out because it was right HERE! I am a pilot and it wasn't any aircraft I ever seen. The object had no position lights etc. It was only 600 to 1000 feet above us and moving slowly towards the West. It looked like a “fireball” and above it I could make out well a DISC shaped structure that looked like a quilted flat parachute. This was about 30 to 40 feet in diameter and noiseless (the fireworks were all done) no engine, jet or rotor sound was heard. It was completely SILENT. The Disc varied in color from bright red to blood red to deep crimson purple. Then my girl friend came out and all you could see was the fireball. She saw it and suddenly yelled “Holy S#*^!!! Moments later it turned north and Sped away upward at INCREDIBLE speed.

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