Over approximately six weeks from September through October 2025, a couple in northern Michigan — living on 40 wooded acres far from roads, lights, and neighbours — experienced repeated close-range encounters with anomalous illuminated objects. The primary witness is a 76-year-old professional artist. Her husband is an 87-year-old PhD psychologist. A NUFORC investigator who owns a cabin near the property conducted on-site visits. His conclusion: “compact, silent, structured technological system of unknown origin.”
The Encounters
Three documented events: September 1 (11:38pm) — primary witness observed a compact object with three shifting multicoloured illuminated sections that changed shape while remaining a single structure; 1 minute 24 seconds of video captured. September 28 (9:00pm) — multiple lights of varying shapes and colours appearing and disappearing at eye level; a dark circular form with three central lights in a “V” pattern that rapidly separated in three directions; numerous videos captured, a localised portion of the yard became illuminated. October 2 (12:32am) — a bright silent white light approximately 10 feet above the ground beside the stable; filmed for approximately 35 minutes; did not react to a strong flashlight beam; review of video showed it shifted position without the motion being consciously observed.
The Investigation
NUFORC investigator John Budrys owns a cabin near the property, enabling multiple witness interviews and an on-site visit. He assessed the witnesses as highly credible and precise. Video analysis of the primary September 1 footage revealed approximately six rectangular multicoloured luminous components, suggesting a structured mechanical device rather than a diffuse energy form. Drone hypothesis was evaluated and rejected: no sound, unsafe low-altitude flight path through dense woodland, structural features inconsistent with commercial drone technology. Astronomical objects ruled out by position, proximity, and movement. The son’s observations, not initially reported, corroborated the main accounts.
Camp Grayling Correlation
The investigation notes that the encounter period coincided with “unusual and largely unlogged military air activity near Camp Grayling” — a Michigan National Guard training facility approximately 25 miles south of the sighting location. The military activity was described as unusual and not formally logged in publicly accessible records. Whether this represents coincidence, testing of an experimental system, or monitoring of the UAP encounters by military assets is not resolved in the investigation report.
Source: nuforc.org/michigan-ufo-investigation. NUFORC Case #193270. Published November 28, 2025. Investigator: John Budrys.