SIGHTING: RIPLEY, MICHIGAN (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"On saturday february 22, 2020 from approximately 16:00-18:00, i used my iphone11 to take pictures & videos of my friend snowboarding mont ripley ski hill in hancock michigan. that same night around 22:00, i stepped out for a smoke and was particularly drawn to and aware of the night sky, clear visibility, and exceptionally 'big bright star'. i stepped out again for another smoke between 02:30-02:45 and noticed it was gone. i went outside one more time around 04:55 to go to the airport and couldn't find it. i had not looked at any pictures or videos until some time around 08:30 sunday morning february 23, 2020 while sitting at chicago o'hair airpark waiting to return to colorado. i was raised in houghton michigan from 1972-1985. i lived in lower michigan from 1985-2003. i moved to colorado springs fall 2003 to present where i currently reside. from october 2004-2012 i lived approximately 1.5-2 miles from cheyenne mountain complex (norad) while working at fort carson as a dod employee providing pre-post, periodic, & annual deployment health assessments. in 2007 i transferred to the va to develop, manage, & implement their military sexual trauma program. i medically from the va in 2012, after an incredible 3 year eeoc battle as a whistleblower. pic 1 shows a little ski shack with what looks like a 'large moon' above it. you can barely see my friend at the top on his snowboard. pics 2 & 3 shows my friend coming down the run without it. pic 4 (shot on wednesday february 19, 2020) shows 2 different shape ufo's splitting into 2 identical shapes. i never saw any of these pictures or anomaly's until the morning of sunday february 23 while waiting for a connecting flight from chicago to colorado springs. all pics have been presented in the order in which they were taken. the night of february 23, i felt particularly moved to research any activity or possible siting reports and found a report had been submitted from mn around the time and day i shot my photos."