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)
St. Charles · MI, USA
Silver. ((NUFORC Note: Source of report provides flawed contact information. PD))
Macomb · MI, USA
3 Circle Earlville Shape object about 4,000 feet look to be about possibly 50 miles away. The craft Harvard in mid air and would change
Brighton · MI, USA
Bright light triangle hovering then swiftly changing directions the other way.
Riverdale · MI, USA
Two round lights one small, one big. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus in SW sky? PD))
Grand Rapids · MI, USA
Two lights, three lights, four lights, gone!
Warren · MI, USA
Stayed in proximity 5 degrees north of moon.
Sturgis · MI, USA
Ball of light SW of Sturgis, Mi. looked like an extremely close and bright planet but vanished suddenly. ((NUFORC Note: Venus? PD))
Brownstown · MI, USA
White sphere over SE Michigan seen from Brownstown.
Temperance · MI, USA
7-8 bright lights in formation, no sound, low in sky headed east towards lake Eire. Seen by 8 of us. Whole sky glowed.
Clawson · MI, USA
4 bright diamonds and aircraft.
White Lake · MI, USA
Two seperate objects far off, with a white light that turned off an on every four or five minutes then disappeared.
Martin · MI, USA
Saucer shaped disk with lights made no noise and simply vanished after a minute or two.
Troy · MI, USA
5 invisible crafts.
Grand Blanc · MI, USA
3 bright lights holding a vertical position over central Michigan, USA.
Warren · MI, USA
Three glowing reddish-orange spheres changing to white lights
Canton · MI, USA
Black triangle aircraft with white lights on each point, completely silent, seen flying low SW to NE.
Saginaw · MI, USA
10 or so dimly lit white lights in a large arrow shape formation moving at high rate of speed.
Kalamazoo · MI, USA
Massive caravan of a hundred red/orange fireballs moving from west to east at a steady rate in formation for at least ten minutes.
Saginaw · MI, USA
4 orange bright lights close together that can speed up and slow down quickly, our aircraft cannot.
Shelby Township · MI, USA
Strange lights, Michigan night sky 10:53 PM.
Pinckney · MI, USA
Large orange fireball observed over Hell, Michigan, traveling from due south to due north directly overhead.
Clarkston · MI, USA
Triangular object with 2 small round objects in clouds in daylight,1 of the objects took off at increadable speed.
Gobles · MI, USA
Bright light that stayed put then streaked away suddenly
Livonia · MI, USA
On 10/13/2013 at approximately 9:15 pm I saw a black V-Shaped flying object with four rectangle white lights on each side. The size of
Warren · MI, USA
Very fast moving bright star-like light moving from @ 25-30 degrees to the western horizon then abruptly disappearing. Not meteor.