Sighting record / 1966
A forest road in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. At its end, people stand in the dark and look north across a valley toward a distant hill. Then the light comes. It starts dim. It brightens. It flickers, swells and fades. And then, sometimes, it comes back. The first dated report comes from 1966. A group of teenagers told a local sheriff. People have reported it almost every night since. Locals say it is the swaying lantern of a dead railroad brakeman. Others have wondered about UFOs. Telescopes tell a plainer story, but on summer nights the crowds still gather.
The Paulding Light lives at the end of Robbins Pond Road, also called Old US 45, off US-45 between Watersmeet and Paulding. This is the Ottawa National Forest, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Viewers look north across a valley toward a distant hill. The first dated report comes from 1966. A group of teenagers reported the light to a local sheriff. It has been reported almost every night since.