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)
Fenton · MI, USA
couldn't have been spotlights because there was no beams from below! ((NUFORC Note: Advertising light. PD))
Iron River · MI, USA
It's all in the attached news article
Lake Wasahetchie · MI, USA
The glowing balls were at least thirty feet across or so
Jones · MI, USA
small Smooth moving orange glowing oval
Grand Rapids · MI, USA
Standing in the front yard, 4 of us watched a silver cigar shaped craft move slowly across the sky and suddenly pick up speed andvanish
Grosse Pointe Woods · MI, USA
3 lights seen over Lake St. Claire in Michigan.
Pontiac · MI, USA
massive intense lights over Detroit Michigan Thursday night, 2 objects.
St. Joseph · MI, USA
Two bright gold light tails moving west toward Lake Michigan in early morning hours. Moved in formation, very quickly and low in sky.
Waterford · MI, USA
Waterford MI sighting of triangle shaped craft
Fowlerville · MI, USA
The objects were doing some fancy manuvering as if to show off. This included very quick 90 Deg. turns.
Vanderbilt · MI, USA
i'm not sure if this is the right place to report this or not my husband and i was walking around our property we found circular indent
Shelby Township · MI, USA
Craft that appeared as a flashing cloud hiding in the clouds and created it's own to hide in. ((NUFORC Note: Possible star?? PD))
Traverse City · MI, USA
september 2, 2006 sighting traverse city
Traverse City · MI, USA
Five nearly circular "fire colored" objects drifting across the sky
Shelby Township · MI, USA
Light formation and trails in Metro Detroit
Frankfort · MI, USA
Lights seen above Lake Michigan September 3, 2006. ((NUFORC Note: Sightings of satellites?? PD))
Hudsonville · MI, USA
3 diamond shaped metallic diamond shaped crafts high above hudsonville, Michigan
Sturgis · MI, USA
Moving light in sky for over 2 hours. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of stars. Tails are optical effect of camera, possibly. PD))
Sanford/Midland · MI, USA
triangle shape,hovered over trees,bright lights at two corners and small ones at other that did not flash
Detroit · MI, USA
Spherical type craft seen over Detroit river between the cities of Detroit and Windsor, disappears into small black rain cloud.
Jackson (near; I-94) · MI, USA
I saw an object/light in the sky unlike any others I have ever heard of.
Warren · MI, USA
Large fireball, 4:45 a.m. , 8/5/06
Canton · MI, USA
Extremely bright flash of light, faint crackling sound with electrical discharge as craft stopped in midair.
Tapiola · MI, USA
was driving & square craft hovered over me! I sped up to 80ph..but my speed kept slowing down. I slowed for a SHARP turn, craft was
Holland · MI, USA
weird moving lights in North east part of Holland's Sky