UFO sightings in Michigan
There are 114 civilian UFO sighting reports from Michigan in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1954 to 2013. The busiest year was 2013, with 16 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were orb (27), sphere (21) and disc (20).
Most reports come from Lansing (5), Clinton Township (3) and Detroit (3), out of 93 places in the state with at least one report.
UFO sightings by city in Michigan
Places with at least three reports. 88 other places in Michigan have one or two.
Recent sighting reports from Michigan
The 100 most recent of 114 reports, newest first. The full set is on the map and in the list view.
- 25 Oct 2013 · 19:30FlushingDisc· 10 min
3 small white circling very fast in oval formation for 10 minutes.
Show on map Multiple orange lights making no sound heading east over Flint Mi.
Show on map- 14 Oct 2013 · 20:30KalamazooSphere· 5 min
Red circle over Kalamazoo.
Show on map - 14 Oct 2013 · 20:00LelandDisc· 2 min
9 sphere shaped objects ; orange red in color
Show on map Very fast moving bright star-like light moving from @ 25-30 degrees to the western horizon then abruptly disappearing. Not meteor.
Show on map- 13 Oct 2013 · 21:15LivoniaTriangle· 55 s
On 10/13/2013 at approximately 9:15 pm I saw a black V-Shaped flying object with four rectangle white lights on each side. The size of
Show on map - 13 Oct 2013 · 20:45GoblesOther· 3 min
Bright light that stayed put then streaked away suddenly
Show on map - 12 Oct 2013 · 18:30ClarkstonTriangle· 30 min
Triangular object with 2 small round objects in clouds in daylightƹ of the objects took off at increadable speed.
Show on map - 11 Oct 2013 · 23:15PinckneyOrb· 2 s
Large orange fireball observed over Hell, Michigan, traveling from due south to due north directly overhead.
Show on map - 11 Oct 2013 · 16:35KalamazooOrb· 10 min
Massive caravan of a hundred red/orange fireballs moving from west to east at a steady rate in formation for at least ten minutes.
Show on map - 11 Oct 2013 · 01:00SaginawBoomerang· 4 s
10 or so dimly lit white lights in a large arrow shape formation moving at high rate of speed.
Show on map - 10 Oct 2013 · 20:35CantonTriangle· 3 min
Black triangle aircraft with white lights on each point, completely silent, seen flying low SW to NE.
Show on map Three glowing reddish-orange spheres changing to white lights
Show on map- 10 Oct 2013 · 20:30Grand BlancOrb· 20 min
3 bright lights holding a vertical position over central Michigan, USA.
Show on map - 2 Oct 2013 · 21:00MartinDisc· 15 s
Saucer shaped disk with lights made no noise and simply vanished after a minute or two.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2013 · 22:10White LakeOther· 15 min
Two seperate objects far off, with a white light that turned off an on every four or five minutes then disappeared.
Show on map - 21 Oct 2012 · 15:15StantonCigar· 3 min
The wife and I had a beautiful daytime siting of a cigar shaped craft flying alongside an airliner. The siting lasted about 3 minutes.
Show on map - 21 Oct 2012 · 07:25WyomingTriangle· 3 min
Changing colored object seen by manyhovering over suburban neighborhood
Show on map - 21 Oct 2012 · 01:00TroyOther· 1 h
Two Objects Flashing Lights and Not Moving for Over an Hour
Show on map - 12 Oct 2012 · 20:45GraylingOrb· 10 min
Intense bright white light, turns bright orange and vanishes near Grayling Michigan
Show on map - 10 Oct 2012 · 19:09Sterling HeightsDisc· 2 min
A black unknown craft is seen in the sky over Sterling Hts. Michigan
Show on map - 1 Oct 2012 · 24:00NoviTriangle· 5 min
V shaped and 8 big and very brite lights,moving very slow
Show on map - 1 Oct 2012 · 20:00SunfieldOther· 5 min
Flying object coming out of field. Hovering for 5 mins. Then leaving.
Show on map - 27 Oct 2011 · 21:00Upper PeninsulaOrb· 5 min
Two brilliant red lights, side-by-side, moved together, then apart continuing west.
Show on map Seven or eight red orange lights moving slowly making no sound. ((NUFORC Note: Other reports of this event are pending. PD))
Show on map- 19 Oct 2011 · 21:00Brown CitySphere· 45 min
Orange Orbs Nightly In MI
Show on map - 17 Oct 2011 · 21:20WashingtonTriangle· 2 s
Saw three lights in triangle shape on Van Dyke Expressway that shot straight down in a fast time.
Show on map Multple oval amber orange solid translucent objects appearing to be leaving Earth in the same pattern.
Show on map- 2 Oct 2011 · 18:00Battle CreekSphere· 5 min
Bright white circular craft flying fast above the clouds until it disappeared.
Show on map white/green fireball falling from the sky in northern michigan
Show on map- 27 Oct 2010 · 08:00JonesvilleOther· 1 h 30 min
looked like sattelite or star, extreme acceleration
Show on map - 25 Oct 2010 · 19:25OmerOther· 10 s
Orange light in the sky viewed form omer michigan
Show on map - 20 Oct 2010 · 04:20SouthfieldOrb· 13 min
Two ufos in the sky initially, then they separated and one appeared out of nothing next to one of them.
Show on map - 16 Oct 2010 · 22:30CharlivoxCigar· 30 s
We where setting on the edge of a corn field looking east north east over a meadow calling coyotes. clear night half moon, no clouds.
Show on map i was under my car port at the front of my house . a clear nightǀ:00pm. i looked up due west i saw four very bright green lights the s
Show on map- 12 Oct 2010 · 16:00HillsdaleSphere· 2 min
Hovering/moving white or metallic ball in the sky
Show on map Fireball lifted into the sky and dissipated into a cloud.
Show on map- 1 Oct 2010 · 10:20Sterling Heights/Utica BorderSphere· 5 min
5 glowing orange orbs/no sound/ rising in sky and heading south west then dissapearing within 5 min
Show on map 1 craft sighted in braod daylight, I have pics I don't see where to upload.
Show on map- 14 Oct 2009 · 19:00AvocaFormation· 4 min
Seen a 3 light formation blinking in the sky until it slowly moved off and vanished
Show on map - 11 Oct 2009 · 09:45PlymouthTriangle· 20 s
I was standing on a sidewalk near salem high school where i saw a triangular shaped craft slowly gliding right over my head. my mom jus
Show on map - 1 Oct 2009 · 09:00CantonTriangle· 1 h
Triangular shaped UFO with lights at corners hovering at cloud height over home
Show on map - 16 Oct 2008 · 20:00HartOrb· 15 min
VERY bright red-orangish light seen over silver lake---Lake Michigan Area
Show on map - 12 Oct 2008 · 23:00WayneSphere· 45 s
2 orange colored objects flying and stopping over WAYNE, MICHIGAN
Show on map - 25 Oct 2007 · 20:30Battle CreekTriangle· 7 min
Triangle UFO spotted with multiple helicpoters and balls of light, all at night!
Show on map - 21 Oct 2007 · 18:00Stoney Creek Metropark ?Other· 1 h
Three objects were sighted in the sky that were not airplanes or jets or aircraft that were identifiable as normal.
Show on map - 21 Oct 2007 · 02:00Rochester HillsOrb· 3 h
Bright star like object right outside my door picks up other objects. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus, we suspect. PD))
Show on map - 20 Oct 2007 · 23:00HaslettOrb· 20 min
Objects traveling the magnetic north at extreme speed silently with ability to stop suddenly and change direction instantly
Show on map - 20 Oct 2007 · 21:00Grand RapidsSphere· 1 min
We saw what looked like a bright star with 6 beams of light coming from it , then changed red and was gone
Show on map Silver Saucer Seen, Also Heard "Alien" Type Noises
Show on map- 15 Oct 2007 · 10:30WaterfordOther· 8 s
I will first state that I am a Christian man, and I attempt to live by the word of God through his words in the bible. I have another s
Show on map - 19 Oct 2006 · 22:15FowlervilleOther· 1 h 10 min
The objects were doing some fancy manuvering as if to show off. This included very quick 90 Deg. turns.
Show on map - 18 Oct 2006 · 23:00WaterfordTriangle· 3 min
Waterford MI sighting of triangle shaped craft
Show on map - 16 Oct 2006 · 04:30St. JosephOrb· 30 s
Two bright gold light tails moving west toward Lake Michigan in early morning hours. Moved in formation, very quickly and low in sky.
Show on map - 12 Oct 2006 · 20:00PontiacOrb· 2 min
massive intense lights over Detroit Michigan Thursday night, 2 objects.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2006 · 01:00JonesDisc· 5 s
small Smooth moving orange glowing oval
Show on map - 20 Oct 2005 · 01:00WellstonSphere· 2 s
Glowning green ball in Michigan
Show on map - 20 Oct 2005 · 00:15PinckneyOrb· 5 min
Seen from a distance, Traveling Northwest. Pulsating white lights, left to right pattern. Approximate speed of 90-100mph. Thought it wa
Show on map - 17 Oct 2005 · 22:00WixomDisc· 3 min
((NUFORC Note: Witness is anonymous. Possible hoax? PD)) Poval-shaped object seemed to float above several farm buildings,
Show on map - 16 Oct 2005 · 21:20WestlandFormation· 2 min
there were intersecting lights with nothing holding them together and no sound
Show on map - 16 Oct 2005 · 19:30Saint Clair ShoresOther· 40 min
((NUFORC Note: Possible twinkling star? PD)) thought it could have been a star low in the horizon or satellite or space junk.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2005 · 22:00Central LakeOther· 25 min
Lights over Traverse Bay 35min moving than fixed position
Show on map ____________ \__________ it looked like this formation with about 9 lights... it went very fast was pretty close down to the earth. My
Show on map- 24 Oct 2004 · 23:15HollandOrb· 2 s
Bright white flash and strange whirring sound on clear night.
Show on map white sphere in planes contrail.
Show on map- 20 Oct 2004 · 01:00Mount MorrisDisc· 2 s
strange change of direction
Show on map white sphere flies out of contrail.
Show on map- 1 Oct 2004 · 23:00SidneySphere· 4 h
stars that fly
Show on map - 21 Oct 2003 · 20:30Grand BlancTriangle· 3 min
I was driving south on Saginaw St. in Grand Blanc at about 8:30pm and I noticed a triangular thing hoovering just above the trees above
Show on map - 18 Oct 2003 · 15:45WatersmeetCigar· 2 min
Daylight Cigar Shaped Craft
Show on map - 15 Oct 2003 · 15:00IronwoodDisc· 5 min
UFO hovers above Lake Superior.
Show on map - 11 Oct 2003 · 11:32NewaygoSphere· 40 s
Two fuzzy disks chaseing each other.
Show on map - 10 Oct 2003 · 20:25TemperanceDisc· 5 h
pulsating green white and red object in the northwest sky at 45degrees
Show on map - 10 Oct 2003 · 09:00New BuffuloOrb· 2 min
Craft that suddenly vanishes and another one that shows up and does strange things at high speeds
Show on map - 2 Oct 2003 · 21:45MarletteOrb· 3 s
strange light seen by 2 private pilots from light aircraft at night at appx 3500 feet agl to the NE over thumb of Michigan
Show on map - 1 Oct 2003 · 16:00HartlandOther· 2 min
saucer positioned between line of sight and sun.
Show on map - 15 Oct 2002 · 04:30CadillacOrb· 2 min
softball size fire ball in sky
Show on map - 20 Oct 2001 · 23:59ChelseaDiamond· 10 min
Diamond like, greenish craft flew overhead into distance.
Show on map - 2 Oct 2001 · 19:45St.JohnsOther· 3 s
Green lights,burning flame, plane like object!
Show on map - 2 Oct 2001 · 19:39HowellOrb· 3 s
At 7:39 pm Tuesday, October 2, I was driving east on Clyde Rd., which is a dirt road 4 miles north of Howell, MI. I was 1 mile west of
Show on map - 1 Oct 2001 · 20:30Houghton LakeTriangle· 5 min
Spotted Triangular object while exiting highway, almost crashed into cop, was not even pulled over.
Show on map - 21 Oct 2000 · 19:00SaginawOther· 7 s
Bright white cone-shaped object seen over Saginaw, Michigan
Show on map Something burning up in the morning sky?
Show on map- 20 Oct 2000 · 01:30AlleganTriangle· 3 min
While driving, we saw an unsual craft fly past us, with unusually flashing lights.
Show on map - 15 Oct 2000 · 01:35SouthgateOrb· 8 s
Green-blue fireball appears over Detroit Metro Area
Show on map - 2 Oct 2000 · 09:54Sterling Heights/Troy /ClintontwpDisc· 8 s
Southeast Michigan, orange light, grew held still and then vanished with little trace.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2000 · 01:30SturgisDisc· 10 min
THE OBJECT WAS UP TO HIGH FOR DETAIL BUT WAS CIRCLE IN SHAPE AND WAS BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT
Show on map - 15 Oct 1999 · 18:30TaylorSphere· 20 s
I was walking towards what used to be Marshall's at the back entrance of the Southland Mall in Taylor, Mi. As I walked toward the buil
Show on map Seen something that was not a helicopter or a plane , too low, too silent, no sound, the damn thing hovered. Planes don't do that.
Show on map- 11 Oct 1999 · 07:40Three RiversDisc· 10 min
While dirving to work this monday morning the 11th of October I spotted two jets flying toward the horizion. Becouse of the rising sun
Show on map - 10 Oct 1999 · 23:45LewistonDisc· 45 min
Oval shaped with lights all around it in a haze with several smaller lights flying all around it.
Show on map - 28 Oct 1998 · 21:30Big RapidsOrb· 10 s
greenish fire ball coming down from sky with long tail on it.
Show on map white bright circle hung in the sky for approx. 3 seconds before gliding silently in a arc away(northernly) from it's position
Show on map- 20 Oct 1998 · 11:30CorunnaAmorphous· 1 min
large, flat black with grid lines and port holes soundless craft
Show on map - 16 Oct 1997 · 08:00RoosevilleOrb· 1 min
I was coming down the I94West ramp onto the freeway, when I was eye level with the sky, I looked at the clouds and there was a light as
Show on map - 18 Oct 1995 · 18:45Grass LakeOther· 1 min
Man & wife witness "large white luminous ball w/ bright blue tail" descend from W to E in N sky. Moved very rapidly. Good rpt.
Show on map - 14 Oct 1995 · 20:05BelmontTriangle· 30 min
One large triangle craft, 20 small red, clear, and green lighted craft
Show on map - 13 Oct 1995 · 22:30MeridithOrb· 3 min
4 rectagler lights 50 foot apart in a streight horizonal line, low huming noise
Show on map - 25 Oct 1994 · 21:00Fish PointOrb· 10 min
2 round balls of fire hovering over Saginaw Bay
Show on map - 20 Oct 1990 · 18:30AlmontDisc· 30 min
UFO, Almont Michigan, Tree Top Lelel, Humming Sound
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Where these reports come from
Reports are from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) public database: what members of the public said they saw, in their own words. Nobody has checked them, and most sightings have ordinary explanations.