UFO Sightings in Wisconsin
2,297 UFO sightings reported in Wisconsin since 1947, peaking in 2013 (179 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 2,297
- Span
- 1947–2022
- Peak year
- 2013 (179 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1947–2022 · peak 2013 (179 reports)
Top cities in Wisconsin
Milwaukee
1958–2021 · peak 2015 (12 reports)
Madison
1947–2022 · peak 2013 (11 reports)
Green Bay
1975–2020 · peak 2014 (6 reports)
Kenosha
1973–2020 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Racine
1977–2020 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Appleton
1973–2022 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Janesville
1974–2021 · peak 2011 (4 reports)
Oshkosh
1983–2020 · peak 2008 (3 reports)
Waukesha
1972–2021 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
La Crosse
1982–2020 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Eau Claire
1985–2021 · peak 2009 (3 reports)
Fond du Lac
2007–2021 · peak 2010 (5 reports)
Stevens Point
1968–2021 · peak 2016 (5 reports)
West Bend
1967–2020 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Mukwonago
2003–2020 · peak 2014 (7 reports)
Beloit
1975–2021 · peak 2019 (4 reports)
Sheboygan
2000–2020 · peak 2020 (4 reports)
Manitowoc
1987–2021 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Brookfield
1993–2018 · peak 2010 (4 reports)
Superior
1998–2021 · peak 2020 (3 reports)
Butler · WI, USA
A circle and the lights were going in all directions then came to the middle as 1, & started over. ((NUFORC Note: Adv. Lights? PD))
Madison · WI, USA
Glowing fire ball very bright and fast just disappeared after a few minutes.
Kenosha · WI, USA
Was outside looked in sky over Carthage college saw 3-4 red lights in sky just sitting in one spot. ((anonymous report))
Jackson · WI, USA
06/20/16, 3:30 Wisc. Crescent shape Watched for 30 sec. or so Amer / orange lights.
Pell Lake · WI, USA
Orange fireball ball seen with weird smoke behind it moving at a pretty quick pace then slowing down.
Walworth · WI, USA
Four very bright white lights in a row alternating with a red and a green when the white lights went out.
Janesville · WI, USA
((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no information. PD))
Waupun · WI, USA
((HOAX??)) They were a red orange color they were flying in several different ways first I saw them in kind of a square formation.
Racine · WI, USA
21:00 hours and total of five fast moving red objects going WSW to East at low altitude, no engine noise, no aircraft lights
New Berlin · WI, USA
Large, red-orange, disc moving at steady speed on 5/20. ((anonymous report))
Monroe County (Road "V") · WI, USA
Saucer shapped UFO sighting in Monroe County.
Black River Falls · WI, USA
Several reddish-orange lights in a near figure 8 formation appeared in the SE sky for approximately 2-3 minutes before going
Kenosha · WI, USA
We were outside having a fire an saw the reddish orange glowing balls in the sky. They were coming from the north heading siuth.
Rosholt · WI, USA
Fast moving blinking red light that just disappeared after a couple minutes.
Mineral Point · WI, USA
Red glowing object.
Greenville · WI, USA
Observed a high altitude flashing light, initially thought it was a aircraft, however the flight path was irradic and the flash was als
Cedarburg · WI, USA
Round object, turned from solid metal to red light before disappearing. ((anonymous report)).
Madison · WI, USA
Single bright white light defies thunderstorm, lands.
Madison · WI, USA
I saw 5 lights floating in a formation.. They "burned out" or "turned off" one by one... I tok a video and tried to
Oconomowoc · WI, USA
The object(s) flew in a formation pattern that undulated much like silver moonfish in the ocean. One side was white, the other silver.
Sullivan · WI, USA
Four white and translucent oval objects in the sky in V pattern over Sullivan, Wisconsin. ((anonymous))
Richfield · WI, USA
Looked like white tube moving effortlessly from south to north in morning sky...
Milwaukee · WI, USA
Walked outside looking northwest, noticed 4 orange lights almost in a row hovering for a few seconds and slowly moving west and dissapp
Westport · WI, USA
Glowing orange ball over lake Mendota in Wisconsin. ((anonymous report))
Oshkosh · WI, USA
Strobe lights surrounding orange craft.