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)
Holly · MI, USA
group of lihtts two circled real fast then they all shot strait up.gone
Traverse City · MI, USA
translucent football seen over city airport
Allendale · MI, USA
Appeared to be a bright star with multicolored lights surrounding it, that moved in rapid 45 degree angle directions.
River Rouge · MI, USA
ufo scans goodyear blimp in 1984 over River Rouge Michigan
Gaylord · MI, USA
Pinwheel with star like center.
Brighton · MI, USA
While walking at night, I saw an object with rod-like extensions and colored lights move directly across my path in front of me.
Ravenna · MI, USA
I would never have thought I would have so amazed by an object in small town USA in the middle of the night.
Marlette · MI, USA
Plane like object with windows ,completely silent and travels so fast like the blinkof aneye.
Cassopolis · MI, USA
Spherical Orb GlidingThrough the Sky.
Hastings · MI, USA
Rural South West Michigan
Vanderbilt · MI, USA
Swirling inverted black-hole cloud with a brightly lit center and whisps of clouds and lightening coming from the center of the mass.
Detroit · MI, USA
(Mid-1983) In my backyard on clear, warm afternoon day on East-side of Detroit with 2 friends, looking up we spotted an oval shaped UFO
Dearborn · MI, USA
Saucer with multi-colored lights near Fairlane Mall in Dearborn
Garden City · MI, USA
Please dont think I'm crazy. The year was approx. 1983 or 1984.I was about 8 years old. I was living in Garden City Michigan with m
Garden City · MI, USA
Update: UFO over Garden City (5829 Harrison Rd) in 1983 (Approx)
Waterford · MI, USA
Oval UFO with lights, same as Garden City, Michigan, about same time?
Commerce Township · MI, USA
Circular upside down bowl shape with lights
North Port · MI, USA
No summary available.
Jackson · MI, USA
This happened around MAY Of 1983. It was around 9:30 PM. Me my sister and two neighbor kids were out in the yard playing when one of us
Muskegon County (Northern part) · MI, USA
We observed a large, round object "hovering" over the highway in late may of 1983.
Mt. Pleasant · MI, USA
Grid/cage like light event in the evening sky
Clinton Township · MI, USA
disk about 40 feet in dia. a ring of round lights about the egdes. moved slowly, no sound, 75 feet of the ground
Swartz Creek · MI, USA
blazing sphere across the southern sky from 1982
Fowlerville · MI, USA
Silent Object over Fowlerville with Revolving Lights
Flint · MI, USA
A metalic object flying at a high rate of speed