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)
Stoughton · WI, USA
A very bright white light, the size of a small house. It "shot" 3 bursts of light at our car, hitting it with loud booms but no feelin
Pell Lake · WI, USA
Four egg-shaped aerial objects were reported in the evening sky over Pell Lake, Wisconsin on July 31, 1965, observed by witnesses for about five to six minutes.
Marathon · WI, USA
In Marathon, Wisconsin in 1965, witnesses described a silver, silent disk about twenty feet across that zigzagged through the sky and hovered before departing.
Appelton · WI, USA
Three children near Appleton, Wisconsin reported a circular, disk-shaped object at close range in broad daylight, an account reported to local authorities, lasting about five minutes, May 1965.
Wautoma · WI, USA
A witness in Wautoma, Wisconsin reported a close encounter with a light near the back window of their car, in a sighting lasting about 20 minutes in July 1964.
Menasha · WI, USA
Children in Menasha, Wisconsin reported a bell-shaped object that appeared to hover and watch them playing kickball, in a sighting lasting about one hour in June 1963.
Wisconsin (rural) · WI, USA
we were walking home after a day of hunting and an orange light came from nowere and shined down on us. it followed us and we shot at i
Crystal (N. Wisconsin Lake) · WI, USA
It was dark and then lit up. A huge white round object (flat?) moved at great speed and disappeared.This was the time when the ufo star
New Berlin · WI, USA
In 1960, a witness in New Berlin, Wisconsin, reported a large, slow-moving circular craft above the clouds that blinked out like a light bulb before reaching the horizon.
Duluth · WI, USA
In 1959, a witness reported a single disk-shaped craft over Duluth, near Lake Superior, first stationary in the sky, then moving northwest over 15 to 20 minutes.
Duluth · WI, USA
Bright light observed over Lake Superior near Duluth MN. in 1958 or 59. Stationary but then moved and changed colors. Then disappeared.
Campbellsport · WI, USA
I was a radar operator at Fallon NAS, we were a parasite unit of the air force. We got a call from the Navy control tower to check out
Milwaukee · WI, USA
In 1958, a witness in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, reported three disk-shaped lights swerving among each other before shooting north into the sky within about ten seconds.
Madison · WI, USA
A witness in Madison, Wisconsin reported a large, fuchsia-pink cigar-shaped object slowly flying over a building, observed for about an hour in December 1957.
Camp McCoy (enroute to) · WI, USA
1951-2 winter sighting
Dousman · WI, USA
A witness in Dousman, Wisconsin reported unusual creatures described as silver monkeys about three to four feet tall, observed for about 10 seconds in June 1952.
Lac Du Flambeau · WI, USA
A witness in Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin reported a saucer-like disk submerging into water and vanishing, with the water said to boil beforehand, observed for about 30 seconds in June 1950.
Green Valley · WI, USA
A witness in Green Valley, Wisconsin reported five to seven white lights about a quarter mile away that made no sound before disappearing, observed for three to five minutes in August 1947.
Madison · WI, USA
Witnesses in Madison, Wisconsin reported three disk-shaped objects appearing in the west, stopping overhead, then proceeding east at high speed, observed for two to three minutes in June 1947.
South Milwaukee · WI, USA
Saw two faceless aliens in the woods.Was witnessed by my father and his brother
Racine · WI, USA
((HOAX??)) Flew in sky fast and made sky hazy and wiped away.
New London · WI, USA
It was a disembodied blinking light. At first I thought it was lightning. ((NUFORC Note: Report from student. PD))