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)
Fenton · MI, USA
Man repts. moving obj. w/ strange lights moving E to W. Hovered below overcast (?).
Rodney · MI, USA
Mother & daughter witness approx. 10 triangular obj. hovering in sky, beaming lights to ground. Calls 911.
Evart · MI, USA
Mother & son witness very bright light while driving. Stop car. Obj. splits into two "headlights," approaches car.
Horton · MI, USA
Young boy and friend witness red light in sky near home. Went to get parents, light extinguished.
Napoleon · MI, USA
what thats not a star I'm seeing.
Flint · MI, USA
Not quite sure what I saw!
Mason · MI, USA
Airport manager calls to rept. receipt of bizarre UFO rept. from woman in nearby town.
Eaton Rapids · MI, USA
A mother, her children, neighbors, and an aunt witness a huge "X-shaped" object fly E to W overhead.
Lakeview · MI, USA
Man stopped on highway to watch bizarre lights moving in night sky. Other cars stopped to watch them, too.
Ypsilanti (Pittsfield Township) · MI, USA
AT NIGHT ,WIND 20-25 FROM WEST MED TO HIGH CLOUDS SCATTERED OBERSEVED FUZZY LITE OBJECT MOVING TO S/W 5-10 MPH NO SHAPE WAS NOTED CLOU
Alston · MI, USA
Triangular shaped UFO over house in Alston, Michigan
Petoskey · MI, USA
Object changed shape, color and path.
Colon · MI, USA
We were waiting for the school bus, when I looked up and saw three circular aircraft flying in a triangular form.
Marlette · MI, USA
was comming north out of the sky. was a bright object, shot out of the sky come down in frot of the car and shot back up in the sky tow
Fish Point · MI, USA
2 round balls of fire hovering over Saginaw Bay
Ypsilanti · MI, USA
3 objects, amber in color, bell shaped, flew V or tri-angular formation, no sounds emitted, flew very lo and slow.
Ypsilanti · MI, USA
3 bell shaped objects seen flying in perfect V formation over Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Michigan
Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti · MI, USA
Observed 3 objects flying in a tri-angular (or V) shaped pattern... I pulled my car over and got out of car to watch them pass...appear
Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti · MI, USA
Three objects..bright white lights on front, alt. red/white on rear..no sounds..travelling from west to east in tri-angular or v format
Rockford · MI, USA
Large, black triangle w/ large white light at each corner, flying low and slow.
Ida · MI, USA
Low Flying Triangle over southeast MI in 1994.
Flint · MI, USA
Object moved VERY slowly then accelerated incredibly fast from a stop, completely silent.
St. Clair Shores · MI, USA
my friend and i were laying in her back yard listening to a tape pylayer on blankets in the grass just relaxing looking at the sky. I l
Scottville · MI, USA
A shape changing from round to disc which paced us for several minutes before speeding away. No sound.
Berrien Center · MI, USA
I saw a huge, silent ,black, triangular shaped object float over the treetops of my home