In Ortonville, Michigan, on July 18, 2012 two travelers were returning home. The driver thought that she saw a shooting star, but on closer scrutiny, something seemed strange about it.
“It got really low and it stopped as I drove, […] it stayed parallel to my car” says the driver.
She tried to get away from the strange object by putting “the car in reverse and then forward 3 times, each time it stayed parallel to my car”.
“I got scared I’m not gonna lie”, confesses the driver after the failed getaway attempt.
After the driver arrived at her house, things took a turn for the strange once again. “When I got home it was still parallel to me”. “I had company at home they all came outside […] as I was explaining it to them […] it looked like a shooting light went right into it. Then I noticed there was another one on the other side of the house”. “It had bright lights on it. It eventually went west and the other went the opposite way”.
The strange encounter was submitted by email, directly to us. The submission did not contain a video or photographs.
The event was witnessed by multiple people present at the submitter’s house: “I was not the only witness. Five other people witnessed it too and one person strongly does not believe in UFOs[sic] but now she seen[sic] herself nothing could explain what was happening around my house”.
Ortonville is a village in north Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The village is within Brandon Township, although some development near the village lies within adjacent Groveland Township.
Here is the full, unedited report, as was submitted to UFO Spottings:
I live in Ortonville Michigan. Last night I had spotted 2 unidentified objects in the sky.
I was driving last night, I got to the 4 way of Mill Street and Church Street I thought I seen a shooting star drop. My friend was with me. Strangely it got really low and it stopped as I drove down Church Street it stayed parallel to my car. I put the car in reverse and then forward 3 times each time it stayed parallel to my car. I got scared I’m not gonna lie. When I got home it was still parallel to me.
I had company at home they all came outside as I was explaining it to them and then it looked like a shooting light went right into it. Then I noticed there was another 1 on the other side of the house. It was not an orb or a glow. It had bright lights on it. It eventually went more west and the other went the opposite way. It was not a satellite or a plane.
I was not the only witness. 5 other people witnessed it too and 1 person strongly does not believe in UFOs but now she seen herself nothing could explain what was happening around my house.