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)
Wayland · MI, USA
Two very bright unmoving objects just faded away mysteriously like nothing i have ever seen before in the sky
Taylor · MI, USA
Orb or craft high in night sky. Oct 7, 2018. ((anonymous report))
Fenton Township · MI, USA
White light appearing as plane traffic vanishes in midair at dusk.
Farmington Hills · MI, USA
Color shifting possibly shape morphing object with multiple search jets out.
Erie · MI, USA
Unknown lights in tandem disapeared and reapeared
Oxford · MI, USA
Solid red ball of light flying across the sky. Thought it looked different so I continued to watch for about 45 seconds. Then a second
Detroit · MI, USA
As a security officer on the rooftop of a party club Exodus downtown Detroit we witnessed a strange light after the storm has passed we
Ada · MI, USA
Big rectangle drone looking object sat in midair about 100 yards away for about 10 minutes then flew up and away into the clouds.
Dansville · MI, USA
I was sitting in the parking lot of the high school football field when suddenly, we noticed something in the sky. It had three lights
Detroit · MI, USA
About 7 strange red lights seen over Detroit.
Romulus · MI, USA
Last night 9/18/18 1:00 am Wife awoke last night because our dog Sugar was crying and making noise as though she had to go outside! She
Detroit · MI, USA
A silver elongated metal-looking oval way up in the sky.
Lansing · MI, USA
The white light raced across the horizon streaking in a straight line directly towards the moon, heading W.
Detroit · MI, USA
Huge “V” shape of approximately 30-40 lights.
Ortonville · MI, USA
Ortonville/ Oakland County lights. ((anonymous report))((NUFORC Note: We would like to communicate with witness. PD))
Hazel park · MI, USA
A flying red light I the sky and it had other rights flashing also like a disco ball; silent. ((anonymous report))
East Tawas · MI, USA
Orange fireball seen in cloud covered sky
Milan · MI, USA
Dark craft, triangle with slow blinking red and green lights that were out of sync. Flying low, maybe 200-400 meters in width flying m
Saline · MI, USA
3 lights lined up as a shallow triangle. Left light blinked first, then a moment later the right one blinked. The middle light immediat
Clarkston · MI, USA
circle of light 200+ diameter. ((anonymous report))
Grayling · MI, USA
Over Marrow Lake in Houghton Lake, fishing at 1 am when we looked up at the stars and witnessed an orange bright light in the sky at tr
Bear Lake · MI, USA
At about 45 degrees South, a small point of light appeared, looking like a bright star, it flashed even brighter. Moving Southwest very
Grand Rapids · MI, USA
Large manta-ray shaped UFO frozen on a 45 degree angle with 7 large white pyramid patterned circles on the bottom of the aircraft
West Branch · MI, USA
unidentified objects in the Michigan skys.
Sterling Heights · MI, USA
Bright Orange Light. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Mars. PD))