UFO Sightings in Michigan
3,415 UFO sightings reported in Michigan since 1936, peaking in 2012 (236 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 3,415
- Span
- 1936–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (236 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1936–2022 · peak 2012 (236 reports)
Top cities in Michigan
Grand Rapids
1955–2021 · peak 2014 (13 reports)
Detroit
1952–2021 · peak 2014 (11 reports)
Lansing
1970–2020 · peak 2016 (5 reports)
Flint
1966–2021 · peak 2013 (7 reports)
Warren
1970–2022 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Ann Arbor
1962–2020 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Kalamazoo
1977–2021 · peak 1995 (4 reports)
Farmington Hills
2000–2021 · peak 2020 (19 reports)
Holland
1994–2022 · peak 2016 (5 reports)
Canton
1994–2020 · peak 2015 (5 reports)
Jackson
1965–2022 · peak 2008 (3 reports)
Ypsilanti
1966–2020 · peak 2012 (9 reports)
Muskegon
1987–2022 · peak 2015 (6 reports)
Clinton Township
1980–2020 · peak 2010 (6 reports)
Sterling Heights
1999–2020 · peak 2007 (4 reports)
Traverse City
1984–2020 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Monroe
1959–2022 · peak 2012 (9 reports)
Livonia
1978–2020 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Waterford
1965–2021 · peak 2005 (3 reports)
Dearborn
1966–2021 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Chippewa Lake · MI, USA
Hunter observes unidentified flying object.
Okemos · MI, USA
6:00 am in Okemos Michigan
Macomb · MI, USA
bright triangular object flying slowly across low evening sky
Riverview · MI, USA
A large triangular shaped object that made a very loud noise
Brownstown · MI, USA
Yellow /orange fireball with a yellow to white tail about 3 second duration whitnessed by two, high in the north sky
Cadillac · MI, USA
softball size fire ball in sky
Brown City · MI, USA
It was a lighted flying object that flew at a high rate of speed and was able to manuever unlike anything I have ever seen!
Mt. Pleasant · MI, USA
Bright amber light gently zig-zags downward and ball of light outside of my home.
Bad Axe · MI, USA
was sitting on front porch saw a triangular shaped craft pass from north to south,had three lights that were dim like a satalite flew v
Essecville · MI, USA
3 star like objects in equalateral form floating slowly through the sky
LaSalle · MI, USA
I saw what looked like a twinkling star with lights on it that were green, red and white - flashing.
Lake City · MI, USA
Three white lights forming triangle moving through nightime sky
Norton Shores · MI, USA
A brightly lighted round aircraft, traveling at a fairly slow speed and a low altitude toward Lake Michigan, clearly seen.
Flint · MI, USA
a star seemed to move across the sky
St. Clair Shores · MI, USA
A white light that went from dim to birght and then disappeared.
Macomb · MI, USA
Large white object observed......
Lansing · MI, USA
Seen with the naked eye this object looks like a star. We see this "star" almost every night about the same time but it leaves at diff
Watersmeet · MI, USA
Bright light zig-zagging through sky.
Saline · MI, USA
FAST moving BIG object with smaller one tailgating.
Grand Rapids · MI, USA
Michigan Fireball 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Battle Creek · MI, USA
Bright Green Fire Ball with long tail falling from the sky
East Jordan · MI, USA
Small Strobes that Flare to many times their size & brightness
Belleville · MI, USA
hovering craftI was at a friends house in Belleville. I went outside to watch the metor shower. My friend was inside sleeping. I
Jackson · MI, USA
Moves fast, zzig-zages and different shapes. And bright colors and a small glow tint around it.
Macomb · MI, USA
floating object that made no sound and was gone in an instant.