It was Dec 14th - a typical, cold Michigan night. I came outside to meet a family member who was dropping off a down payment for a t-shirt order. (I do costume designs.)
While I stood outside waiting for them to pull up I noticed a really fast object to my right darting by in the sky. I thought it was odd - something like a shooting star, etc. Not sure because it shoot by so fast. So it caught my attention and made me extremely alert, and I immediately began to comb the night sky in search for anything strange, or sudden movements, etc.
[There weren't] a lot of stars visible that night, but a few none-the-less. So as I was doing my observation another object caught my eye. It appeared to be a bright star; much more brighter then anything else in the night sky, besides the moon. [It was] much smaller than the moon.
So as I paid closer attention to that particular object - which I assumed was a star - I noticed it starting to flicker and make some slight movements and change colors from bright white to a darker blue, and then a reddish color. So I was shocked and excited by my discovery, and I waited and watched this object about another 2 mins before for my family member pulled up.
I proceeded to observe this object as I walked from my front yard to the driveway, about 10-15 feet away. I got in his car got the down payment and instructions for his t-shirt order; all while keeping a close eye on this object.
I was in the car talking and watching the night sky for about 3-5 mins, then I departed from his vehicle ... and to my surprise the object which appeared to be a bright star, changing colors, and making slight movements up and down, was still visible from my yard. So I rushed into the house, grabbed my video recorder, and came back outside.
This time I approached the driveway to get a better angle and clear shot with my camera; and proceeded to start shooting as much as I could. Now at this point I'm outside standing in the freezing Michigan weather, filming what I thought was a strange star. It wasnt 'till after I zoomed in closer on the object I was able to witness something I never seen before in my life.
Now this bright star had morphed from one bright light into two distinct points of light two different colors; they started to make movements like two orbs colliding and dividing separating and joining again, changing patterns and growing in size.
I observed the erratic activity for several minutes, and then something stranger began to happen. The one star or orb multiplexed and grew from two points of light to 3 ... and then 4 ... and then ultimately 8 to 12 different orbs were seen at one time or another. They increased in colors as the patterns and movements became more rapid, and more complex in direction.
They all seemed to move as one unit flashing and changing colors and and going from one to several, at speeds of light. They would move so fast, and jump out of frame, and then come back into my frame. Even when I tried to zoom out I could only see one object that appeared to be flickering. Then when I zoomed in again it would start to build up and make more balls of light or multiply in size and grow bigger and became more evasive in these movements.
It seemed precise and deliberate, although I couldn't determine what I was actually filming. It was definitely rare and unique to me.
I stayed and observed it for around 15 mins or-so before the freezing cold forced me inside to retreat. I went inside to warm up and charge my battery, and then decided to go back outside after around 20 mins or-so. I captured similar activity in segments of 13 15 mins, for a total of 40 mins to a hour.
The object was visible around the 4th segment of me coming back out to capture more footage. It moved out the reach of my camera, and I wasn't able to record anymore. I'm attaching a few still shoots from the actual video footage, and a link to some of the video footage I'm up loading to YouTube. I also have more footage if you're interested.
Let me know - I'm curious to have a expert analyze my recording and get some answers. Here is the link of some of the footage I captured that night: ...
If it was a star, others would be evident in the video, wobbling gently in the background.