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)
Lansing (few miles northwest of · in the country), MI, USA
A witness a few miles northwest of Lansing, Michigan reported a star-like object that moved, before space travel was common, observed for a few seconds around June 1952.
Grosse Pointe Park · MI, USA
A witness in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan reported three saucer-shaped objects entering a larger, oval-shaped object, observed for about 10 minutes in 1950.
Whitmore Lake · MI, USA
A witness near Whitmore Lake, Michigan reported a cigar-shaped, lighted object above the trees close to Ann Arbor, observed for about 20 minutes on December 24, 1947.
Ludington (Hamlin Lake) · MI, USA
A witness in Ludington, Michigan recalled seeing a round, silver, disk-shaped object in the sky as a boy near Hamlin Lake, observed for about 30 seconds in 1941.
Alma · MI, USA
A witness in Alma, Michigan recalled a childhood experience that felt more like an encounter than a dream, involving a disk-shaped object in 1936.
Warren · MI, USA
I was laying a hgame on my phone and I looked up out the window and saw 2 disks with flashing lights an I took a picture
Minden City · MI, USA
((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no information about sighting. PD))
Holland · MI, USA
((NUFORC Note: No information provided by witness. PD))
Jonesville · MI, USA
Several Abductions
Detroit (down town) · MI, USA
Seven UFO's Sighted in Detroit in the 70's
New Troy · MI, USA
Large (at least 500 yards long) cigar shaped object with two rows of approx 100 windows. Light metallic brown color. Issued blue light.
Wayne · MI, USA
Craft followed us down the road then dissappeared almost as if it were watching us..
Hudsonville · MI, USA
it was triangle with 3 lights
Morrice · MI, USA
Summer 1962 - Large and small identical craft hovered at tree top level for several minutes 2- yards from 2 observers
Cohoctah · MI, USA
I Know this was 20 years ago. It still bothers me that I never reported it, so here it is, you can throw it away if you want, but what