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)
Shelby Twp · MI, USA
Orange & Reddish fireball , 22:05
Kingsford · MI, USA
Fast moving light, showed 4 sharp perfectly spaced points of light through binoculars,
Livonia · MI, USA
Three were just bright lights floating in the sky. I knew what they were right away because I saw one back in the late '80's. these ju
Monroe · MI, USA
Orange ufo sighted in Monroe near I-75
Saint Joseph · MI, USA
I just got home from a friends and now stood on the porch in the dark while I let the dogs out. I was facing South and I was looking up
Hastings · MI, USA
Unexpained red lights
Lansing · MI, USA
Saw even through window facing west. The sighting lasted only a few seconds before it was out of sight. Blue light quickly came into f
Livonia · MI, USA
Between the months of April to June, not sure exactly when, while walking home from work around 9 or 10pm alone, I see something in the
Harper Woods · MI, USA
Bright orange light over lake St.Clair seem to dim then drop straight into the water.
Washington · MI, USA
Orange ball traverses Southeast Michigan sky on May 18, 2012.
Goodrich · MI, USA
Glowing, orange ball of light in the eastern sky 5-18-12.
West Bloomfield · MI, USA
Point of light travelling faster than any aircraft I've observed
Detroit · MI, USA
3 craft hover over metro detroit from 9:45 pm 11:45pm and longer. ((NUFORC Note: Possible star? PD))
Bark River · MI, USA
Red white light low in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Vega in the northwest sky?? PD))
Ypsilanti · MI, USA
Diamond/trapezoid craft flying north over Ypsilanti, Mi
Detroit · MI, USA
Ufo's over Detroit, Dearborn western area.
Ypsilanti · MI, USA
One large craft flying from west to northeast over Ypsilanti MI; large, with blinking/flashing lights (red and white)
Flint · MI, USA
I observed a large unidentifiable object with a long tail of fire traveling across the sky.
Holly · MI, USA
There was one orange ball shaped object flying very low and vary fast from the Northwest to the Southeast over Holly Michigan. There w
National City (Indian Lake) · MI, USA
Orange Sphere moving slowly and low in the sky
Sterling Heights · MI, USA
2 orange objects over sterling hts, mi
Mayfield · MI, USA
It was about 9 at night and i was almost asleep; when my dog started tol bark wildly. Then out of nowhere there was a load rumble that
Detroit · MI, USA
Response to SHGbo+14a. Logansport, IN
Mount Pleasant · MI, USA
8 Bright Orange lights seen just north of mount pleasant, mi
Franklin · MI, USA
I saw a shooting star that was something else.