UFO Sightings in Michigan
3,415 UFO sightings reported in Michigan since 1936, peaking in 2012 (236 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 3,415
- Span
- 1936–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (236 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1936–2022 · peak 2012 (236 reports)
Top cities in Michigan
Grand Rapids
1955–2021 · peak 2014 (13 reports)
Detroit
1952–2021 · peak 2014 (11 reports)
Lansing
1970–2020 · peak 2016 (5 reports)
Flint
1966–2021 · peak 2013 (7 reports)
Warren
1970–2022 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Ann Arbor
1962–2020 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Kalamazoo
1977–2021 · peak 1995 (4 reports)
Farmington Hills
2000–2021 · peak 2020 (19 reports)
Holland
1994–2022 · peak 2016 (5 reports)
Canton
1994–2020 · peak 2015 (5 reports)
Jackson
1965–2022 · peak 2008 (3 reports)
Ypsilanti
1966–2020 · peak 2012 (9 reports)
Muskegon
1987–2022 · peak 2015 (6 reports)
Clinton Township
1980–2020 · peak 2010 (6 reports)
Sterling Heights
1999–2020 · peak 2007 (4 reports)
Traverse City
1984–2020 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Monroe
1959–2022 · peak 2012 (9 reports)
Livonia
1978–2020 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Waterford
1965–2021 · peak 2005 (3 reports)
Dearborn
1966–2021 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Grand Rapids · MI, USA
grey oval in the sky in the daytime in Michigan
West Bloomfield · MI, USA
I also saw a fireball on the Night of the 11/08/03 Lunar Eclipse!
Battle Creek · MI, USA
Silent UFO over Battle Creek MI on night of Eclipse.
South Lyon · MI, USA
3 bright lights flying in formation around each other. then, vanished into the sky
Hawks · MI, USA
One night my friends and I were coming home when we saw a very bright light that disappeared.
Canton · MI, USA
Oval shaped, Gray colored, and flying low and fast
Munising · MI, USA
TORNADO LIKE SOUND FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN SKY LIT UP WITH BRIGHT BLUE TO PULSING LITE
Warren · MI, USA
4 lights close to horizon
Union City · MI, USA
Orange/red meshed object Union City, Michigan
Watersmeet · MI, USA
Mystery Light in Northern Michigan
Lansing · MI, USA
Flaring star: star got brighter 4x that of mars) and then faded gradually to nothing 2 times
Delton · MI, USA
A sherical craft that manuverd around then it flashed green, red, and blue then it vanished
Afton · MI, USA
bright white ball of light ,color shifting,stationary?,disapeared in 3 to4 sec. total time seen 20 to 25 sec.
Tower · MI, USA
It had very bright light and blinking green and red lights . It moved downward in a straight perfect and quiet manner.
Stockbridge and Whitmore Lake · MI, USA
Craft seen hovering over field and then same craft seen over my house 25 miles away along with crafts hovering in distance
Hartland · MI, USA
saucer positioned between line of sight and sun.
Marlette · MI, USA
strange light seen by 2 private pilots from light aircraft at night at appx 3500 feet agl to the NE over thumb of Michigan
Holland · MI, USA
To sum it up,hmmm....what was it?
Livonia · MI, USA
"star" darting from one place to another and stoping abruptly, chnged colors and went in loops
Ferndale · MI, USA
Rectangular object hovering over I-696 in Ferndale, Michigan
New Buffulo · MI, USA
Craft that suddenly vanishes and another one that shows up and does strange things at high speeds
Temperance · MI, USA
pulsating green white and red object in the northwest sky at 45degrees
Newaygo · MI, USA
Two fuzzy disks chaseing each other.
Ironwood · MI, USA
UFO hovers above Lake Superior.
Watersmeet · MI, USA
Daylight Cigar Shaped Craft