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)
Greenfield · WI, USA
Strange bronze/copper object slowing flying in the sky, changing shapes, disappears instantly.
Racine · WI, USA
Triangle object, with company in sky.
Elkhorn · WI, USA
Orange and red orbiting light, soundless, not fireworks. Stood still high in the sky. The "craft" lights spun around
Manitowoc · WI, USA
3 white and red lights.
Green Bay · WI, USA
Bright orange-yellow light flying fast in one dir., hovered for a few mins, then sped off into the distance and disappeared.
Tomahawk · WI, USA
On July 4, 2015, after observing the fireworks display in Tomahawk, WI, we observed 6 teardrop shaped objects moving through the sky.
Jackson · WI, USA
8 UFO, triangular pattern (orange in color, oval in shape).
Minocqua (town of) · WI, USA
About 10 pm while sitting around campfire watching local lake fireworks with many others this fairly slow moving object cam over us. I
Wisconsin Dells · WI, USA
Spherical Orange Lights arranged in a Triangle
Hudson · WI, USA
Orange glowing object, with orange light in a triangular shape on top, flying Northeast over North Hudson, WI.
Milwaukee · WI, USA
Observed 13 different orange/red spheres moving quietly in small groups, east to west, in a dark night sky.
Baileys Harbor · WI, USA
Low flying orange red sphere seen between Cana Island and Baileys Harbor in Wisconsin
Kenosha · WI, USA
Spherical object sighted at night. Very fast. Changed trajectory in flight. Appeared to accelerate.
Green Bay · WI, USA
Green Bay, Bay Shore County P;ark ufo orb basically.
Milwaukee · WI, USA
Saw bright light complete circle around aircraft and then vanish.
Alden Township · WI, USA
Three lights that made a triangle.
Milwaukee · WI, USA
6 or 7 objects disappear and reappearing down to earth.
Appleton · WI, USA
Light flashed downward in the sky turning to a bright green, way too fast for a shooting star.
Milwaukee · WI, USA
Bright white light opened like hand-fan, violently collapsed on itself
Green Bay · WI, USA
12 or so orange orbs appearing and fading away, all going the same speed, in the same direction.
Milwaukee · WI, USA
Flaming object split into 5 blue orbs, formed a trapeziod then disappeared.
Milwaukee · WI, USA
Object moving downward with orange glow then suddenly disappeared.
Lake Mills · WI, USA
A triangle with 4 lights; 3 white lights on outside, 1 red light in the middle, and the object was low, and big.
Deforest · WI, USA
Object was moving very fast across sky above our house. Flying faster then any airplane that I have ever seen. It then stopped and hove
Delavan · WI, USA
Reddish Amber lights over the city of Delavan, WI.