UFO sightings in Wisconsin
There are 88 civilian UFO sighting reports from Wisconsin in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1968 to 2013. The busiest year was 2013, with 14 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were orb (28), sphere (19) and triangle (11).
Most reports come from Milwaukee (10), Gleason (5) and Kenosha (4), out of 53 places in the state with at least one report.
UFO sightings by city in Wisconsin
Places with at least three reports. 45 other places in Wisconsin have one or two.
Recent sighting reports from Wisconsin
All 88 reports, newest first.
- 26 Oct 2013 · 19:55EdgertonRectangle· 5 min
Twin vertical, bluish light that pulsed to red then glowed to yellow.
Show on map two glowing white lights moving back and forth in sky
Show on mapReddish orange lights floating in the sky from west to east
Show on map- 21 Oct 2013 · 23:00Twin LakesOrb· 15 min
UFO glowing circle of light perfectly still then vanishes.
Show on map - 21 Oct 2013 · 19:45Two RiversDisc· 15 min
Unexplained lights over Lake Michigan and lake shore.
Show on map I was pulling into work at 6:36am and a bright blue light lit up the sky. There were many clouds and this light was behind them. It f
Show on map- 19 Oct 2013 · 20:53Fond Du LacOrb· 5 min
3 seperate orange spheres flew from the southwest to the northeast, flickered and then disappeared into the sky.
Show on map 2 objects over Oshkosh.
Show on mapFour oval orange lights seen near Eau Claire Wi
Show on map- 14 Oct 2013 · 19:30Green BayOrb· 3 min
Silent light UFO spotted and rose into the clouds.
Show on map - 13 Oct 2013 · 20:00Jefferson/Johnson CreekOrb· 20 min
Saw abnormal lights over jefferson county
Show on map - 11 Oct 2013 · 22:08DresserSphere· 1 min
Large Orange Sphere over Polk county Wisconsin.
Show on map - 2 Oct 2013 · 18:00JanesvilleCigar· 1 h
Noticed Odd Shape Stationary Bright Light In Sky.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2013 · 23:30ArlingtonOther· 10 min
Strange Green/Purple and Orange Dancing Lights Above Farm Field.
Show on map - 26 Oct 2012 · 20:00HartlandDisc· 1 h
UFO Sighting In Hartland Wisconsin October 26, 2012.
Show on map Two Unidentified Objects observed over Washington County (Wisconsin)
Show on mapThree groups , each between 5 and 10 objects moved across the sky and disappeared low in sky-Another group appearing shortly after.
Show on mapStrange bright yellow lights moving across the sky.
Show on map- 17 Oct 2012 · 02:15MertonAmorphous· 4 min
UFO sightings almost every night now days
Show on map - 15 Oct 2012 · 18:50Menomonee FallsFormation· 5 min
Three orange, oddly moving lights in the shape of a giant triangle seen over Waukesha Co.
Show on map - 15 Oct 2012 · 00:30HartlandAmorphous· 10 min
UFO sightings every day in Hartland WI
Show on map - 12 Oct 2012 · 20:00WaukeshaSphere· 15 min
25 orange lights in the sky
Show on map - 1 Oct 2012 · 20:00RacineOther· 15 min
Odd lights in formation appering and disappering.
Show on map Triangular craft over Madison, WI
Show on map- 27 Oct 2011 · 22:00MarshfieldTriangle· 1 min
Wisconsin, Triangular, 3 red lights, no sound
Show on map My 13 year-old son spotted three bright orange lights in the sky while I was driving in a distance. We were trying to make sense of wh
Show on map- 22 Oct 2011 · 03:15WausauDisc· 45 min
3 "headlights" and 1 red light on the "back". It was a metallic chrome with hardly any sound, very slow and low to the ground
Show on map - 21 Oct 2011 · 07:35GrantonOrb· 3 min
Two different lights pass over Granton, WI, meeting and passing very close with jet following?
Show on map - 2 Oct 2010 · 22:55Twin LakesCigar· 15 s
Navy blue lighted wide object appeared over Twin Lakes Wisconsin and disappeared behind trees.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2010 · 08:30MiddletonOther· 3 min
Glowing orange barrel-shaped objects in sky over town of Middleton, WI
Show on map - 25 Oct 2009 · 18:15Sturgeon BayDisc· 6 min
Low Flying oval craft with flashing colored lights moving slowly across the sky.
Show on map yellow circle that materialized with a small circular craft and then vanished afterwards
Show on mapAmber orange light moving very slowly, dimming out, shooting away.
Show on map- 26 Oct 2008 · 06:00LarsenOrb· 4 min
Vast moving bright light traveling west to east at approximately 4 + mach with no sound.
Show on map Tanslucent orange/yellow UFO in Madison WI
Show on map- 26 Oct 2007 · 20:15WaukeshaOrb· 30 s
Dancing, circulating lights observed in Waukesha neighborhood.
Show on map they did not burn up as normal and were a much more greenish color of light then a meteor
Show on mapArrow shape flying fast
Show on map- 20 Oct 2007 · 20:00Rock FallsOrb· 15 min
Arcing green lights viewed at night in rural Wisconsin. ((NUFORC Note: Report is suggestive to us of advertising lights. PD))
Show on map - 19 Oct 2007 · 02:00BruleSphere· 1 h
3 objects 1 white 1 red and 1 blue. red and blue pictures show it best zoom in and go hmm whats that!
Show on map - 13 Oct 2007 · 24:00HudsonSphere· 3 min
6 Balls of Light Swooping Behind Chem-Clouds 9:30 p.m. CST
Show on map - 12 Oct 2007 · 21:30AppletonSphere· 5 min
Blue circluar ufo
Show on map - 22 Oct 2006 · 16:00PaoliSphere· 30 s
Metalic aerial object seen from vehicle to the west of Paoli, WI.
Show on map I have never seen anything like this before in my life.
Show on mapTilted Strobing Lights in the Sky... Circular or Triangular Object
Show on mapGlowing object on Milwaukee's lakefront
Show on mapOne sphere craft (viewed by two different groups) similar characteristics of the craft.
Show on maporange spherical-shaped ufo flies over lake; amazing speed
Show on maporange glowing sphere, very low to the ground
Show on map- 15 Oct 2005 · 01:30La CrosseFormation· 5 s
5 lights in V formation, racing across night sky before abruptly disappearing
Show on map - 23 Oct 2004 · 14:05GreendaleSphere· 5 s
"UFO Files" Observation
Show on map It was about 9:30PM my friend and I were going to go out deer shining with my step dads truck and my friends spotlight. We left his hou
Show on map- 26 Oct 2003 · 18:30Stevens PointSphere· 5 min
I observed a circular yellow-orange-red flashing light go above the tree line straight east of Wal-mart at Hwy 10 and Brilowski Road
Show on map - 21 Oct 2003 · 21:00RacineSphere· 30 min
Circular craft over Lake Michigan
Show on map Fireball flew over our heads on a clear night.
Show on mapOrange Ball in the West Sky.
Show on map- 14 Oct 2003 · 23:50TregoOther· 1 min
Oct 14th뺓 - about midnight, huge ufo in eastern sky in Trego, Wisconsin
Show on map UFO Contact, Amazing close sighting
Show on map- 10 Oct 2002 · 00:01HaywardOrb· 43 s
we saw pure a light that occasionaly split into 3 to 4 different lights.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2002 · 06:30MonroeOrb· 20 min
Very intense orange-yellow light moves from south to north in early A.M. and late P.M.
Show on map - 22 Oct 2001 · 23:00Sturgeon BayOrb· 30 min
strange light
Show on map - 22 Oct 2001 · 00:35VeronaTriangle· 7 s
Transparent object of unknown origin, exhibiting previously unknown capabilities, appears overhead.
Show on map - 16 Oct 2001 · 20:30PlymouthTriangle· 5 min
A large quiet moving object that has dim star like lights that formed a triangle like shape.
Show on map - 16 Oct 2001 · 20:30PlymouthTriangle· 5 min
A very large, quiet, moving, object with dim lit star like lights that formed a triangle like shape.
Show on map - 11 Oct 2001 · 01:00Somerset?Orb· 3 h
My brother and I went outside to have a smoke and then noticed a moving, multicolored light in the sky....
Show on map Flashing lights around planet or star.
Show on map- 21 Oct 2000 · 09:30AlmaDisc· 15 s
white/silver, oval, high altitude high rate of speed
Show on map Stars that move erradically and make trails like meteors.
Show on mapBright object seen moving across the sky shortly before sunset.
Show on map- 10 Oct 2000 · 16:00JueanuTriangle· 45 s
5 bight light V shaped
Show on map On my way to work I was traveling south on highway 41 between Oshkosh and Fond Du Lac, Wi. I was watching a plane high in the air spray
Show on map- 24 Oct 1999 · 11:30BaldwinOrb· 2 h
I am a former pilot and current skydiving student. I was near a small private airport in Baldwin WI watching several loads of jumpers
Show on map Bluish Orb Seen Above Milwaukee, WI on Wednesday 10/20/99
Show on map- 13 Oct 1999 · 19:45BoscobelOrb· 5 min
A red light making smoke and stopped making smoke going east.
Show on map - 11 Oct 1999 · 06:10Somerset?Other· 2 min
Huge pulsating red light over I-94. High overhead, moving east
Show on map - 26 Oct 1998 · 04:50PewaukeeOrb· 30 s
three blue green firebals falling.
Show on map observation of an orange object in the night sky
Show on map- 23 Oct 1998 · 17:00New BerlinDisc· 7 min
Three disc shaped objects with 2 C Shaped formations extending from each side. Objects were hovering motionless & in an instant vanishe
Show on map - 15 Oct 1998 · 22:35Port WashingtonTriangle· 2 min
Craft a cross between Triangle/Chevron/Arrowhead/Diamond; clear, starry night; witnessed what I believe to be: quiet, low humming craft
Show on map - 1 Oct 1998 · 23:10MosineeOther· 5 min
I was driving south on U.S. Hwy 51 and I saw a craft that didn't move for 5 or more minutes. The craft also made no noise.
Show on map - 15 Oct 1997 · 20:00WestfeildOrb· 4 min
We were driving down the road. We saw it out of the window. we lost track of it and then saw it again whan we reached our destination.
Show on map - 1 Oct 1997 · 19:00Green BayOrb· 20 min
Three red lights
Show on map Co. emerg. dispatch relays sighting of "pointed, oval obj." by family of 4. When bright light dimmed, "spikes sticking out" visible.
Show on mapMan on Hwy 43 SW of Milwaukee sees large, bright blue light streak by his car, descend, turn, cross road ahead, strobe. Bizarre!
Show on mapA silent black triangular object with no lights moved over us as we walked our dog across a school playground.
Show on map3 reddish orange objects spotted in formation.
Show on map- 15 Oct 1976 · 23:00AlmenaOther· 4 h
Electrical failure of my reliable vehicle and some missing time.
Show on map - 15 Oct 1968 · 20:00BancroftOrb· 2 min
Two, non-blinking white lights perform a high speed, 75-degree ascent.
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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.