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)
Westland · MI, USA
Approx 50-75 feet above us, 30-40 ft diameter, metal, saucer shaped UFO, colored lights all around, 2 bright white lights.
Saint Clair Shores · MI, USA
Oval object, center portion having windows, internally lit with tall figures glaring out, seen in MI, spring eveng1978.
Detroit (metro area) · MI, USA
Detroit UFO Flap of February 1978
Brighton · MI, USA
Southeast Michigan UFO flap February 1978
Grand Rapids · MI, USA
I submitted this report back in 2005. I have been reviewing my report from that time. There are a couple of things that are incorrect.
Grand Rapids · MI, USA
Saw a craft decend over some power lines and hover. Saucer shaped with bright lights around the middle
Kalamazoo · MI, USA
Close encounter near Kalamazoo
Hope · MI, USA
Slow moving object changing colors then in a matter of seconds was back where it started and descended slowly behind the tree line.
Grand Rapids · MI, USA
I know what I saw....I don't care if you don't believe me....
Fenton · MI, USA
At dusk a large round craft with green lights appeared instantly over a hill hovered over my car and then backed up and disappeared.
Wixom · MI, USA
4th of July UFO in 1977, my husband and friend watched a large UFO go over our townhouse complex.
Greenville · MI, USA
An aircraft hovered over a car coming in our direction & then reversed, hovering over our car.
Ann Arbor · MI, USA
Ufo in long cloud moving through sky
Grand Rapids · MI, USA
1977 my siblings and I saw a huge disc shaped UFO with revolving lights and lots of windows hovering in front of us.
St. Joseph · MI, USA
Detailed Observation of Hovering UFO in St. Joseph, Michigan on July 30, 1977
Freeland · MI, USA
stelth looking object. No sound & it hovered just 100-150 feet above us. Lights in a sequence on bottom.
Southgate · MI, USA
Round aircraft, high in sky, had depth or height to it, square windows that spun fast with lights round and round - 100's witnesses
Dearborn · MI, USA
Slow, low flying triangle with no sound
Orchard Lake · MI, USA
rectangular light dull white
Oscoda · MI, USA
No sound, Two search lights spotting the ground, moved slowly 10 ft. above the ground.
Lincoln Park · MI, USA
3 round lights in the sky
Hudson · MI, USA
Cigar shaped craft spotted just before dark- observed also by police officer
St. Clair Shores · MI, USA
As I was walking across my yard,I heard a deep low humming sound which prompted me to scan the ground around the yard,I saw nothing,unt
Warren · MI, USA
It shot up and out of sight
Howell · MI, USA
Saw unexplained objects and beings