App shows unexplained objects travel Michigan skies (Axios Detroit)

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📝 Description

The Axios Detroit piece (Nov 12, 2024) introduced Enigma Labs' app, which lets users upload videos of unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP) and uses an AI scoring system to help determine whether footage shows something genuinely unidentified or a known object (plane, satellite, etc.). By 2024, Michigan contributed 526 of 7,375 total sightings, with California leading at 29,000 sightings (2,220 of which were submitted via the app). The report also noted a late-October submission from Ypsilanti showing six lights flying together, and a February submission on Michigan’s west side. In 2025, Enigma expanded access with an Android app launch on Google Play (March 3, 2025), increasing the platform’s reach beyond iOS and reporting ongoing growth (the company later noted over 30,000 sightings submitted). Enigma emphasizes crowdsourced data to complement government data on UAPs, and it introduced real-time alerts in 2024 to surface nearby sightings. UFO researcher Alejandro Rojas commented that the West and Southwest are typically the biggest hotbeds of activity, while NASA and Congress have begun addressing UAP more seriously. The ongoing trend is a rise in misidentifications due to increasing satellite activity, notably SpaceX satellites.

🔍 Circumstances

The information derives from Axios reporting on Enigma Labs' app and its use in Michigan, including specific sightings such as a late-October Ypsilanti video of six lights and a February 2025 west-side Michigan submission. The article describes how the app crowdsources UAP data and applies AI scoring to distinguish unidentified objects from known ones, and notes a broader context of rising satellite activity contributing to misidentifications. In early 2025, Enigma released an Android version to broaden adoption, while continuing to aggregate and map sightings nationwide/day-to-day via the app.

👤 Physical Description

In the highlighted Ypsilanti submission, six lights flying together were reported; overall Michigan reports frequently reference lights, triangles, circles, and other shapes.

ℹ️ Additional Details

Enigma Labs has reported over 30,000 sightings as of early 2025, with Michigan contributing hundreds of reports and California the leading state. The app’s AI scoring helps categorize footage as potentially unidentifiable or explainable (aircraft, satellite). Enigma also offers real-time alerts for nearby sightings and expanded Android availability in March 2025, broadening participation in UAP crowdsourcing. The data are crowd-sourced and not independently verified by Enigma; government bodies (NASA, Congress) have started to engage more with UAP discussions.

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