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)
Wautoma · WI, USA
12/18/08 I reside in central Wisconsin. It is very rural about 70 miles east of Fort McCoy, a military training base. Last e
Hancock · WI, USA
Yellow and Blue flashing lights that made the shape of a huge triangle
Campbellsport · WI, USA
Circular orb hangs in sky and while the naked eye sees only a bright light, the video camera revealed some amazing details.
Manitowoc · WI, USA
Horizontal line of bright white lights accompanied by very small, red lights zig zaging around the object.
HWY 21 (Monroe County) · WI, USA
Light was there then off like a switch
West Bend · WI, USA
i was driving down hwy 33 east and i was just on the outside of west bend when i saw this unknown light above trees and marsh. i have b
Manitowoc · WI, USA
a white egg shaped light with a trail of blue-aqua colored streak behind it moving in a downward motion towards the ground.
Oshkosh area · WI, USA
Strange lights along Hwy 10 West, near Oshkosh.
Oshkosh · WI, USA
7 lights in a shraight line over Oshkosh. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD))
Wausau · WI, USA
Twice I saw a light zoom from my tree, once to a series of branches, the ground, and it disappeared both times.
South Milwaukee · WI, USA
star like orb in northern sky
Green Lake · WI, USA
Bright orange lights falling straight down from white lights
Milwaukee · WI, USA
light moved faster than any jet i've seen and turned 90 degrees in a millisecond toward chicago
Madison · WI, USA
Tanslucent orange/yellow UFO in Madison WI
Green Bay · WI, USA
Long, egg-shaped, reflective, silent craft overflies west Green Bay.
Larsen · WI, USA
Vast moving bright light traveling west to east at approximately 4 + mach with no sound.
Appleton · WI, USA
small blue and white bright circular figure
Plover · WI, USA
Small metallic spherical object seen hovering on more than one occasion over Hwy 54 in Plover
Oshkosh · WI, USA
Flame over Oshkosh
Hudson · WI, USA
My wife and I saw a light very high in the sky that was not a plane. ((NUFORC Note: Daylight sighting of ISS?? PD))
Plymouth · WI, USA
UFO to the North - bright starlike object just above the horizon that flashes colors from red to green.... ((NUFORC Note: Star?? PD))
La Crosse · WI, USA
((HOAX??)) I saw a saucer shaped object moving at high speeds that had lights blinking along the edges of it.
Madison · WI, USA
Gold ring shaped UFO, silent.
Eagle River · WI, USA
Two bright, quickly moving stars
La Crosse · WI, USA
daylight sighting disk was metal and moved away in a different direction very fast