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)
Whitewater (near) · WI, USA
On a date on a dark night a white sphere rises and moves toward a group of other lights then goes at amazing speed.
Mosinee · WI, USA
this was clear looking and had lights in a band all the way around made no sound and felt like electricity
Conrath · WI, USA
Saucer Shaped Vehicle Looked Like Saturn But I could see Windows in it. and it looker like some small people looking back at us.
Janesville · WI, USA
Mostly sunny afternoon. I was hanging upside down on playground equipment at a parochial school. I saw twinkling objects in the Northwe
Appleton · WI, USA
Object seen: circular orange glow at back of laboring hum like deisel or electric motor sound. 3-4 lighted globes ejected object w/ora
Kenosha · WI, USA
Silver disk.
Green Bay/Minomonee · WI, USA
Star wathing with telescope,and noticed star not moving with earth rotation,looked at and it looked like a dusty star with high peeks o
Kenosha · WI, USA
Moving lights high in the sky
St. Croix Falls · WI, USA
A report from St. Croix Falls, WI in July 1973 described diamond-shaped objects seen in the sky over a residential neighborhood in the early morning, lasting Ten Minutes.
Milwaukee · WI, USA
A report from Milwaukee, WI in July 1973 described an object that flew directly over a car at night without making any sound, seen by four witnesses, lasting 1 hour.
West Allis · WI, USA
A report from West Allis, WI in June 1973 described a bright light that hovered before making a fast, right-angle turn upward, lasting 2-3 hours.
Waukesha · WI, USA
A witness in Waukesha, Wisconsin reported a sun-like, oval-shaped object during a sighting lasting about fifteen to twenty minutes, dated to around August 1972.
Goshen · WI, USA
A witness in Goshen, Wisconsin reported a blue, oval-shaped object along with a possible Bigfoot-like or humanoid figure nearby, during a fifteen-minute sighting in July 1972.
Stratford · WI, USA
Cigar shaped, moved slowly.
Wauwatosa · WI, USA
Witnesses in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin reported a disk-shaped object that hovered silently except for a humming noise, during a ten-minute sighting in July 1971.
Portage · WI, USA
Gray cigar-shaped object hovering
Bancroft (Rural area near) · WI, USA
A witness in a rural area near Bancroft, Wisconsin reported two steady, non-blinking white lights performing a high-speed 75-degree ascent in October 1968, lasting about one and a half to two minutes.
Stevens Point · WI, USA
Witnesses in Stevens Point, Wisconsin reported a stationary metallic sphere with a dark central spot high in the northern sky in May 1968, visible for about ten minutes.
Lone Rock · WI, USA
I had just had my car tuned-up that day and my mother and I were on our way to work at an ammunition plant, 2nd shift. When the car qu
Marathon County · WI, USA
A family in Marathon County, Wisconsin, reported a close, extended encounter with a disk-shaped object at their rural farm, in a sighting reported for August 1967.
Sturgeon Bay · WI, USA
This has happened so long ago but the event is very clear yet. It was an evening, on the way home from watching a movie, I approached
Marshfield · WI, USA
When I was a kid, not unlike most… I enjoyed sleeping outdoors with my friends to watch shooting stars and satellites while gazing at t
West Bend · WI, USA
Orange neon brilliance round.
Stoughton · WI, USA
Near Stoughton, Wisconsin in the summer of 1966, a family reported an alleged abduction experience associated with a sphere-shaped object, lasting about one hour.
Hayward · WI, USA
In Hayward, Wisconsin on May 24, 1966, a witness reported a disk-shaped object in the sky, observed for about twenty minutes.