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)
Saginaw · MI, USA
I woke up and saw a bright orange light hovering outside my window.
Clinton Township · MI, USA
Fireball lifted into the sky and dissipated into a cloud.
Hillsdale · MI, USA
Hovering/moving white or metallic ball in the sky
Warren · MI, USA
Man reports sighting of four green objects in a formation; streaks across the night sky.
Warren · MI, USA
i was under my car port at the front of my house . a clear night,8:00pm. i looked up due west i saw four very bright green lights the s
Charlivox · MI, USA
We where setting on the edge of a corn field looking east north east over a meadow calling coyotes. clear night half moon, no clouds.
Southfield · MI, USA
Two ufos in the sky initially, then they separated and one appeared out of nothing next to one of them.
Omer · MI, USA
Orange light in the sky viewed form omer michigan
Jonesville · MI, USA
looked like sattelite or star, extreme acceleration
Lansing · MI, USA
white/green fireball falling from the sky in northern michigan
Westland · MI, USA
Possible Metro Detroit U.F.O.
Fort Gratiot · MI, USA
orange light, possible fireball, against night sky, minimal clouds, no stars
Lake City · MI, USA
((HOAX??)) Tessellated ufo with shifting rhomboidal panes. Very large and within hundreds of feet from the ground.
Brighton · MI, USA
Glittery random lights near each other, really strange stuff
Caro · MI, USA
Low flying object with two lights (front & back) absent any engine noise acept for the increased sound of wind passing over the object.
Portage · MI, USA
Low speed diamond object metallica or white, that seemed to change shape in the way a floating plastic bag does.
Warren · MI, USA
Bright 'stars' turn into UFOs and then disappear.
Pontiac · MI, USA
..it seemed the show was over-then 20 seconds later another orb slowly fades in.
Algonac · MI, USA
"V" formation of orange spheres
Grand Haven · MI, USA
Bright light moving from one horizon to the other in less than 40 seconds
Woodhaven · MI, USA
We were having a bonfire in the country and saw them
Rochester Hills · MI, USA
I spotted a floating object in the sky with 3 yellow lights in the shape of a trianagle, that disappeared into the clear night sky.
St. Clair Shores · MI, USA
Orange-yellow light at high altitude in Detroit area. Apprx. one minute to traverse the sky.
Freeland · MI, USA
First colorful light far in sky then 3 lights in a row, Saginaw County, MI
Berlin Township · MI, USA
A glowing yellow ball from the distance that was a "single headlight" for a triangular shaped craft.