{"id":1820,"date":"2025-03-10T09:41:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T09:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/help-id-a-sighting-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T09:41:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T09:41:38","slug":"help-id-a-sighting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/help-id-a-sighting-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Help ID a Sighting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Seeking Help to Identify a Sighting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date and Time:<\/strong> Late February, around the 22nd, during the late night or early morning hours. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Southwestern Michigan, near Grand Rapids.<\/p>\n<p>A family member reported observing an unusual aircraft, depicted in the drawing above. Here are the key details they provided:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The object appeared relatively short compared to its wing width.<\/li>\n<li>It emitted a bright white light not directed along its flight path.<\/li>\n<li>The color of the aircraft was olive green.<\/li>\n<li>It featured red and green lights at the front.<\/li>\n<li>The leading edges of the wings had faint white lights.<\/li>\n<li>The aircraft seemed to be flying at a low altitude.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I believe this could be a terrestrial aircraft, possibly of military origin. However, after 20 years of active service, I can&#8217;t think of a specific aircraft that matches this description. <\/p>\n<p>For context, Michigan is home to a couple of Air National Guard bases, and sightings of fighter jets are somewhat common, particularly in the northern regions. While transport aircraft are frequent in the southern parts of the state, I can&#8217;t think of one that fits this description.<\/p>\n<p>I apologize for the vague date and time. Any information or insights would be greatly appreciated!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nSeeking Help to Identify a Sighting Date and Time: Late February, around the 22nd, during the late night or early morning hours. Location: Southwestern Michigan, near Grand Rapids. A family member reported observing an unusual aircraft, depicted in the drawing above. Here are the key details they provided: The object appeared relatively short compared to&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/help-id-a-sighting-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Help ID a Sighting?&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufos","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}