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)
Auburn · MI, USA
Triangle shaped with 3 bright white lights and one red on I-75 through Auburn
Grand Haven · MI, USA
Giant UFO and an unidentified creature all within ten minutes. ((NUFORC Note: Perhaps not a serious-minded report??? PD))
Detroit · MI, USA
I’m 29 years old, Caucasian male, and currently work as head of maintenance for an apartment building in downtown Detroit. I don’t make
Mount Pleasant · MI, USA
5 parallelogram shaped lights in tight formation at high speed observed over Mid-Michigan
Stanton · MI, USA
Cirkle one light, bright and no Sound.
Canton Township · MI, USA
Multiple Silver Orbs over Canton Township, Michigan
Detroit · MI, USA
US Air Force commercial clearly shows UFO, how many times have you watched this on TV and never seen the UFO.... WOW!!!
Ann Arbor · MI, USA
UFO siting in Ann Arbor MI,
Boyne Falls · MI, USA
Triangle; no lights or sound
Waterford · MI, USA
I will first state that I am a Christian man, and I attempt to live by the word of God through his words in the bible. I have another s
Clinton Township · MI, USA
Silver Saucer Seen, Also Heard "Alien" Type Noises
Grand Rapids · MI, USA
We saw what looked like a bright star with 6 beams of light coming from it , then changed red and was gone
Haslett · MI, USA
Objects traveling the magnetic north at extreme speed silently with ability to stop suddenly and change direction instantly
Rochester Hills · MI, USA
Bright star like object right outside my door picks up other objects. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus, we suspect. PD))
Stoney Creek Metropark ? · MI, USA
Three objects were sighted in the sky that were not airplanes or jets or aircraft that were identifiable as normal.
Battle Creek · MI, USA
Triangle UFO spotted with multiple helicpoters and balls of light, all at night!
Sterling Heights · MI, USA
Triangle shape with red and green lights and a very bright red slowly pulsating light and no sound.
Charlotte · MI, USA
Bright orange flame, low in sky moving in a NE direction over Charlotte, MI
Roseville · MI, USA
We noticed a firey orange object with a white light that rotated around it moving slowly in the sky.
Lansing · MI, USA
Red orbs over Lansing Michigan
Centreville (Bib Gish Lake) · MI, USA
The red sphere, which did not blink, about four times the size of the brighest star or planet in the sky, rose over the southern side o
South Haven · MI, USA
Three mettallic type objects observed over Lake Michigan at sunset south of South Haven
Holland · MI, USA
I saw pink connected circle/lights crossing the sky.
Gwinn · MI, USA
cigar like objects going at high rates of speed
Dexter · MI, USA
Sighting on September 6th 2007 Dexter MI I was coming home from work at 1:00am traveling east on I-94 toward Ann Arbor when I noticed