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)
Grand Valley · MI, USA
Bright neon green pickle shaped UFO flung across sky, seen on Lake MI Drive in Allendale
Wyoming · MI, USA
Orange sphere or orb
Grand Rapids · MI, USA
2 sets of 8-10 yellow/orange orbs in triangle shape appeared in south and headed west
Monroe · MI, USA
Flashing light ufos around River Raisin area
Ironwood · MI, USA
Bright orange lights fly across sky
Ironwood · MI, USA
Orange lights in a line
Paris · MI, USA
A white light in the sky that would stop in the air and change directions like a ball in a pinball machine.
Monroe · MI, USA
Upright triangular type craft with something flying into it, over river and fields in Monroe.
Holly · MI, USA
White flashing lights in a triagular shape (not an airplane)
Troy · MI, USA
Orange orbs - Troy MI
Troy · MI, USA
Orange orb - Troy MI
Mount Pleasant · MI, USA
2 hovering lights. ((NUFORC Note: Probable sighting of Jupiter and Venus, which currently are prominent in western sky. PD))
Sterling · MI, USA
Triangular glow races across Michigan sky on 3-14-2012 at around 11 pm
Detroit · MI, USA
I saw a hollow, cylinder shapped object the color of a bubble, or rainbow, hovering and spinning above a bush.
Lansing · MI, USA
Two flashing lights moving in sky over Lansing, MI
Gastings · MI, USA
"V" shaped light grey large object moving at a high rate of speed with NO illumination or sound.
Monroe · MI, USA
Light flying in from above, descending, hovering
Jackson · MI, USA
Strange fast moving light in southern Michigan
Monroe · MI, USA
Orange lights flying low over the river in Monroe Michigan
Monroe · MI, USA
Two strange crafts seen above the river, both had three lights in triangle formation
Macomb · MI, USA
It was a red fireball hovering hologram type ball if that makes sense.
Mount Pleasant · MI, USA
Not one, but TWO, UFO's spotted in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan on Feb. 4, 2012
Oxford · MI, USA
Rectangular Orange object low in sky
Dexter · MI, USA
Followed by a bright light
Rochester Hills · MI, USA
Triangular object with bright white lights on each corner and faint light and blinking light in middle