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)
Traverse City · MI, USA
Silent Glowing Orange Sphere Moving in a Straight Line Witnesed Over Traverse City, Michigan.
Saugatuck · MI, USA
Orange lights moving very quickly over Lake Michigan during meteor shower.
Macomb · MI, USA
6 orange lights in formation 2 traveling bright orange lights Macomb, MI
Union · MI, USA
Multiple craft forward red-orange light, slowly flying low east-southeast across Union MI, disappeared as they passed over. silent.
Houghton Lake · MI, USA
UFO SIGHTING OVER HOUGHTON LAKE MICHIGAN
Gobles · MI, USA
Orange Plasma Halo And Made A 45 Degree Turn
Clawson · MI, USA
Intense star like light traveling west to east at night
Frankfort · MI, USA
Bright orange lights over Crystal Lake, Michigan, briefly hovering before shooting out of sight within a fraction of a second.
Warren · MI, USA
15-20 bight lights maneuvering in the night sky, quiet and fast!
Rochester Hills · MI, USA
Numerous red/orange floating balls in night sky
Gladwin · MI, USA
Around 11'30 at night i had my dad pick me up from work. He said he had seen some bright blinking red things in the sky. When we got h
Capac · MI, USA
While letting my dog outside at roughly 4am I noticed a very bright light in the sky. It's much much to bright for a star and I know wh
Macomb Township · MI, USA
6 red lights in the sky moving south to north-no sound-maintaining constant speed then vanishing
Macomb · MI, USA
On 8-18-12 at approximately 10pm in Macomb, MI me and another person witnessed 3-4 groups of 6-8 circular amber lights travelling in a
Lapeer · MI, USA
Bright orange objects drifting mid sky, some in formation, others isolated, then they faded away
Montague · MI, USA
Bizzare orangle lights in night sky.
Pentwater · MI, USA
Amber- red flashing sphere in Pentwater, Michigan.
Jerome · MI, USA
One very bright orange/red color light. That seemed to hover then move as if it disappeared, only to reappear.
Ypsilanti · MI, USA
6 bright yellowish orange objects sighted, 4 disks, 1 rectangular box, and 1 line increasing in size downward,then vanished.
Grand Rapids · MI, USA
Not sure what i seen but it wasnt man made 1
Farmington Hills/Livonia · MI, USA
I was driving down 275 southbound when i noticed in the sky at least 8 fireballs moving at a moderate speed, spaced about evenly apart.
Superior Township · MI, USA
Ten to fifteen points of light hovering just over the horizon.
Troy · MI, USA
Two orange lights one after the other, about same speed as airplanes, looked like it was on fire or Aura exactly, very weird I usually
Green Oak Twp · MI, USA
We saw a round dark/black ball with red lights, traveling west . Silently, slowly and not very high above ground it moved west, when th
Mancelona · MI, USA
Strange objects blinking red and white and moveing in weird directions. ((NUFORC Note: Possible twinkling stars, we suspect. PD))