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)
Petoskey · MI, USA
Strange lights in the sky that look like stars but we’re moving too quick to be satellites are airplanes ((Starlink satellites?))
Hopkins · MI, USA
Lights kept coming in same intervals and speed following same line. ((Starlink satellites?))
Lansing · MI, USA
Disk-shaped UFO with blinking red and white lights in the sky over Lansing, MI.
Oscoda · MI, USA
Out with dog..looked up and around clear sky.looked southwest, say light and continue to watch it go northeast no sound, no blinking li
Pontiac · MI, USA
seen 7 what looked like stars but lit up brightly into triangle & dim out , also 1 big circle & sm circle that lit up when strobed
Mancelona · MI, USA
My oldest daughter (17) noticed some "planes flying" really fast. ((Starlink satellites?))
Roscommon · MI, USA
Multiple clear solid lights moving steady and fast mainly west to East. ((Starlink satellites?))
Baldwin · MI, USA
Lights moving northeast in the sky. ((Starlink satellites?))
Kentwood · MI, USA
Abt 30 objects with one white light evenly spaced, traveling slowly at high altitude in a line. ((Starlink satellites))
Grand rapids · MI, USA
I saw what looked like a star moving then I seen more. ((Starlink satellites?))
Niles · MI, USA
there was about 30 lights about mle apart. ((Starlink satellites?))
Eastport · MI, USA
12 to 14 white lights seen traveling east to west over a 20 minute period. ((Starlink satellites))
Bangor · MI, USA
Large bright ball not registering on any app as a planet or bright star. Got closer and went back was triangle shape and brighter than
Cassopolis · MI, USA
Bright object with two lights hovering above tree line
Waterford · MI, USA
UFO’s over Michigan. ((Starlink satellites?))
Charlotte · MI, USA
string of 22+ lights flying no noise towards north east. ((Starlink satellites))
Detroit · MI, USA
appearing in the sky in front of our eyes and just drifting across the sky looked like stars ((Starlink satellites?))
Lake Orion · MI, USA
15-20 Star looking Objects that we’re NOT stars. ((Starlink satellites?))
Clinton · MI, USA
White/yellow light appeared in the sky...shot off insanely fast and then disappeared.
Newberry · MI, USA
Six friends see a strange fireball flying in a unique pattern.
Grand Rapids · MI, USA
Looking to the NW from Grand Rapids Michigan about half way above the horizon line are stationary lights. Appearing to close and to bri
Traverse City · MI, USA
There were 2 one after another of about 20 lights in a row traveling east. ((Spacelink satellites?))
Haslett · MI, USA
Lights in a string that then went off. ((Starlink satellites?))
Essexville · MI, USA
Approximately a mile long then started to move and disappeared. ((Starlink satellites?))
Flint · MI, USA
20 unidentified bright lights in single form going at a high speed in the sky. ((Starlink satellites?))