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)
Elkhorn · WI, USA
West to East. Slow moving. Humming sound. Bright red light.
Milwaukee · WI, USA
There were like 6-8 orange fireball looking objects forming circles, wavy lines and triangles.
Auburndale · WI, USA
Bright light above the tree tops. Almost as if something landed.
Union Grove · WI, USA
Orange ball in sky floating but moving slow.
Madison · WI, USA
2 fireball like spheres from the West head east over Madison, same as 08/18/12
Monroe · WI, USA
3 large red lights in souther Wisconsin
Sister Bay · WI, USA
5 individual white lights, first two lights one after another, last three lights in a triangle formation
Tomahawk · WI, USA
3 bright redish orange lights moving east to west fade high into sky and stop in a triangular formation then turn all white
Somerset · WI, USA
Lights in the Sky
Rice Lake · WI, USA
Small fast moving "star" UFO, disappeared and then reapeared in different part of the sky,
West Allis · WI, USA
Strangest Encounter Yet!
New Richmond · WI, USA
Dark sphere seen in twilight sky with amber light on the bottom.
Shawano · WI, USA
Two huge bright pulsating lights traveling slowly at low altitude from East to West silently in a low ambiant noise area.
Kenosha · WI, USA
Flaming mass or UFO? I think I know the difference, regardless there was something in the sky.
Appleton · WI, USA
Reddish-orange shimmering lights in the sky, moving eastward in a symmetrical pattern
Stoughton · WI, USA
Strange lights over southern Wisconsin
Sussex · WI, USA
I was biking with my dog west bound on Ivy Ave. behind Sussex on the main store complex. As I was proceeding I noticed an orange light
Beloit · WI, USA
UFO changing before my eye's absolutely no sound.
Fond du Lac · WI, USA
A orange ball Norht east
Janesville · WI, USA
Extremely fast star like object vertically descending night sky turns red.
Wauwatosa · WI, USA
Orange-Red spheres absent of sound flying through the night sky.
Friendship · WI, USA
A reddish glow starting then orange ball floating moving south to north several every 2 min for 20min
Menomonie · WI, USA
Orange Fireball Flies Over Menomonie Wisconsin
Milwaukee · WI, USA
2 Orange/Amber Fireballs fly by Milwaukee, above Lake Michigan.
Hartland · WI, USA
Brief, briliant, orange light to the NE.