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)
Marion · WI, USA
On a camping trip 3 triangle shaped objects were seen by myself and 7 other campers slowly drifting over, almost surveying the landscap
Milwaukee · WI, USA
A large triangular ship with a large white light in the center and 3 smaller red lights that made a triangle outside the white light.
Wabeno · WI, USA
orange ball seen following a secret aircrat, at 450 mphin the northwoods of wisconsin.
Stoughton · WI, USA
I was spending a lazy day on the shore of Lake Kegonsa when I noticed a bright light in the Eastern sky. It stood out to me because it
Kenosha · WI, USA
It was a warm July evening. I was down by Southport Beach, on the shorelines of Lake Michigan. It's a city beach in Kenosha, so i was
Eau Claire · WI, USA
Aircraft of unknown shape with four orange non-blinking lights silently flew towards the west around 600 or 700 ft. above my neighbor a
Waunakee · WI, USA
This was not a strange light but s a very large easily defined object
Oconomowoc · WI, USA
Not a joke. Legit siting. Numerous people involved. Just never wanted to talk about it. Seems weird and I never wanted to be looked at
Beloit · WI, USA
Oddly shaped black object hovering high in the daytime sky for about 20 minutes and then dissappearing.
Eau Claire · WI, USA
2 boys see rectangle shaped object w/4 orange/yelow lights fly silently over head. no blinking beacon lights, no sound, only a few hund
Luck · WI, USA
Woman, husband see "huge" cluster of 5x BRIGHT lights pass from SW to NE beneath broken clouds. Beautiful "tail of light!!"
Polk County · WI, USA
Sheriff's Dept. repts. call from citizen of large, bizarre obj. passing overhead below clouds. Bright amber lights.
La Crosse · WI, USA
Five of us were on the top of a building downtown near dusk flying a kite. I looked up and saw the triangular shape above us with roun
Princeton · WI, USA
Man witnesses a large, orange-colored ball of light. Minutes later, he sees a bizarre cluster of sequentially blinking balls of light.
Platteville · WI, USA
circle of lights passed over head
La Crosse · WI, USA
I was in a building downtown on the third floor, I looked out the back door towards my home (about 7 blocks away) to the east and I saw
Madison · WI, USA
Anonymous caller reports seeing a cigar-shaped craft, with "8 dim blue and red lights" along its length. (No other details provided.)
Waukesha · WI, USA
Woman in car witnesses "shooting star" descend vertically, suddenly stop, suddenly shoot of horizontally. Multiple lights on it.
Milwaukee · WI, USA
Fireball in Milwaukee
Milwaukee · WI, USA
Man on Hwy 43 SW of Milwaukee sees large, bright blue light streak by his car, descend, turn, cross road ahead, strobe. Bizarre!
Madison · WI, USA
Co. emerg. dispatch relays sighting of "pointed, oval obj." by family of 4. When bright light dimmed, "spikes sticking out" visible.
Green Bay · WI, USA
CLEARLY VIEWED A LARGE, TRIANGULAR SHAPED OBJECT.BEST ESTIMATE ON SIZE WOULD BE 150 TO 200 FEET IN LENGTH.
Phillips · WI, USA
Field and woods light up by a red light that has no source. Light seems to scan area for about a minute. Object turns lights on and lan
Coon Valley · WI, USA
Couple see a "bright blue, flickering light" through clouds. Assert "it definitely is moving." (Possible celestial body?)
La Crosse · WI, USA
Trucker witnesses "big, orange ball" flying directly toward him from the south. Obj. suddenly "split into 5 pieces," disappeared!