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Madison, WI
Wisconsin · Dane County · Madison Metro
Madison is a large city in Wisconsin with a population of 275,568. Residents earn $76,983 per year, which is 2% above the national average.
3.7
/5.0
B+
Good
275,568
Population
3,295/sq mi density
$76,983
Median Income
$48,557 per capita
$346,900
Home Value
$415,530 Zillow
$1,364
Median Rent
29.5% income on rent
50°F
Avg Temperature
265 sunny days/yr
231
Violent Crime/100K
2,062 property/100K
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Overall
3.7 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
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Economy
4.5 / 5.0
$76,983 median income, 1.9% unemployment
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Affordability
4.1 / 5.0
$346,900 home value, $1,364/mo rent
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Safety
1.0 / 5.0
231 violent crimes/100K (39% below avg)
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Education
5.0 / 5.0
59.2% bachelor's degree or higher
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Historic Markers
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UFO Sightings
69
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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UFO Sightings Near Madison, WI
69 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Madison, WI.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Madison, WI | 2014 | 3 orange glowing lights hovering moving slowly to the Northeast near Madison/ Deforest WI |
| Madison, WI | 2013 | Three orange/red fireballs over Madison's West Side. |
| Madison, WI | 2013 | Red light hovering in sky over Lake Mendota, too high and could not be tower as it was over the lake, constant red light (no blinking) |
| Madison, WI | 2013 | White saucer seen near Madison. |
| Madison, WI | 2013 | Madison, WI - Lasers illuminate me on 2 different occasions. Deafening wooshing sound. |
| Madison, WI | 2013 | Ball of flames moving quickly across the sky |
| Madison, WI | 2013 | Saw a light like a star moving south non blinking disappeared. 5 min later saw 2 more one moving south and one moving east. |
| Madison, WI | 2013 | 3 transparent gray diamond apperitions with red lights hovering high in the night sky |
| Madison, WI | 2013 | Five fireball looking objects appeared moving at high speeds from the northwest moving south, southeast. One after another they moved a |
| Madison, WI | 2013 | Bright orangy-red and white light in SW sky over Madison, WI, travelling slowly and then disappearing. |
| Madison (town of westport), WI | 2012 | Five neon-orange fire-like orbs floating in a steady northeast to south direction in the sky over residential houses in Madison (Town o |
| Madison, WI | 2012 | Extremely bright red light in NW night sky. No defined shape. Slowly traveled eastward. Light dimmed and disappeared. |
| Madison, WI | 2012 | Two air crafts both with huge red circular lights. |
| Madison, WI | 2012 | 2 fireball like spheres from the West head east over Madison, same as 08/18/12 |
| Madison, WI | 2011 | Disk shaped object came from bright blue and white light in the sky |
| Madison, WI | 2011 | hovering object with bright lights in sky- suddenly disappears |
| Madison, WI | 2011 | Large L-shaped object with 9 red lights, not blinking, moving slowly and silent from North to South very low in sky |
| Madison, WI | 2011 | Triangular craft over Madison, WI |
| Madison, WI | 2010 | 3 high altitude redish purple lights that moved oddly across the nights sky. |
| Madison, WI | 2009 | We thought the object was star, it was a white light which moved across the north north-eastern sky heading south and then faded away. |
| Madison, WI | 2009 | Unexplainable movements attached to light unidentifed object in night sky. |
| Madison, WI | 2009 | Amber orange light moving very slowly, dimming out, shooting away. |
| Madison, WI | 2009 | Rolling ball of light/fire/gas fell to earth and then took off. |
| Madison, WI | 2008 | White oval floating over treetops near Madison, Wisconsin airport |
| Madison, WI | 2008 | Tanslucent orange/yellow UFO in Madison WI |
| Madison, WI | 2008 | White oval above treetops in Madison, WI - changed direction and color |
| Madison, WI | 2008 | A black, parallelogram shaped object was seen on May 30, 2008. |
| Madison, WI | 2008 | Gold ring shaped UFO, silent. |
| Madison, WI | 2008 | i was driving north on hwy 12 towards middleton. i saw at least 6 to 8 red lights off in the distant sky in a V shape that seemed to be |
| Madison, WI | 2008 | Roundish light traveling in a horizontal loop |
| Madison (north of), WI | 2007 | Madison Sighting 8/25/07 |
| Madison (northwest of), WI | 2007 | Two separate observations of the same UFO object/behavior with blind verification. Close proximity. |
| Madison, WI | 2007 | i have pictures of brilliant streaks of light, by the fastest moving object i ve ever seen. |
| Madison, WI | 2007 | Four orange objects in formation followed by another. |
| Madison, WI | 2007 | brilliant white, red, blue, green light hovering for 20 minutes, then droping in elevation w3/ out the light ever geting dimmer |
| Madison, WI | 2005 | madison wi, west side |
| Madison, WI | 2005 | 3 "head lights" with 2 rear flashing lights, hovering in place 4000ft above the ground. |
| Madison, WI | 2005 | It was an all black, cigar shaped object floating then moving away slowly. |
| Madison, WI | 2004 | greenish-bluish fireball like object streaking across NW sky. |
| Madison, WI | 2004 | Four bright white lights in a row, descended sharply and diminished to a flashlight size and winked out and hit ground. |
| Madison, WI | 2003 | Bright light flying at a low level and high rate of speed - much faster than any aircraft and too low to be a conventional space craft. |
| Madison, WI | 2003 | We got up at 0300. My wife leaves for work at 0430. AT 0400 I went out to have a smoke. I was looking out over Dane County regional air |
| Madison, WI | 2003 | Shape -changing brown "tarp" |
| Madison, WI | 2003 | I drive a cement truck. While on site job, I an a few othe people sited an object in the skiy. It was between 11:00 and 12;OO A. M. It |
| Madison, WI | 2002 | delta wing object flew silently overhead |
| Madison, WI | 2002 | Tubular Shape and Glinting Object |
| Madison, WI | 2002 | very small pulsing lite over madison not moving in a line and moving slower than jets |
| Madison, WI | 2002 | Triangular formation of what looked like stars in shape and bightness |
| Toma to madison (interstate 90-94), WI | 2002 | Object appeared as a contrail,did not dissapate,cast a shadow as tho solid,travelled intact to the south |
| Madison, WI | 2001 | V-shaped, 3-D, glowing fast moving silent craft. |
| Madison, WI | 2001 | Spherical greenish-white glowing light in the sky moving very fast to the North/Northeast |
| Madison, WI | 2001 | I am a member of an organization that helps people stay sober. (Just so you realize the context of this story, and the fact that NONE o |
| Madison, WI | 2001 | Hovering lights above Madison, Wisconsin seen by many |
| Madison (20 miles south of), WI | 1999 | Sides of cone were flickering white light. Object was about 3/4 of a mile away, just below clouds. My view was breifly blocked, then |
| Madison, WI | 1999 | saw red light over lake. dived into two one changed color revoled around each other. merged togeter shot stight up. |
| Madison, WI | 1999 | bright white light, moving fast, got brighter towards the horizon, and then disappeared. |
| Madison, WI | 1999 | Very large fireball with trail arched silently from SE to E/NE. Thought it was a plane crashing. When it went over the horizon, I wai |
| Madison, WI | 1999 | We saw 3 lights, as bright as stars in the city, move due south. They seemed to be 1000's of feet above us and moving quite fast. The v |
| Madison, WI | 1999 | My friend Rick and I were getting out of my car when I noticed a silver ball in the sky. I pointed it out and said"What the hell is tha |
| Madison, WI | 1998 | late nov. ྞ, wife observed x3 nights lrg ball extreme bright light w/ radiating green& red light emanating from & around the main whi |
| Madison, WI | 1998 | 2 events separated by about 3-5 minutes |
| Madison, WI | 1997 | Strange light inside Lake Monona |
| Madison, WI | 1996 | Anonymous caller reports seeing a cigar-shaped craft, with "8 dim blue and red lights" along its length. (No other details provided.) |
| Madison, WI | 1995 | Co. emerg. dispatch relays sighting of "pointed, oval obj." by family of 4. When bright light dimmed, "spikes sticking out" visible. |
| Madison, WI | 1990 | Beings in room; one on bed, one materializing |
| Madison, WI | 1983 | Object moving slowly down a row of homes. Crossed boulevard and disappeared over warehouse. drove under it thinking it a police helicop |
| Madison, WI | 1957 | My mother and i worked as telephone swithcboard operators.Dec. 28?񫹥 YOUR BOX DATE WONT TAKE THE DATE I PUT IN.I was in College. We |
| Madison, WI | 1957 | My mother and i worked as telephone swithcboard operators. I was in College. We worked from 4pm-12 midnight. I went and got the car and |
| Madison, WI | 1947 | Three disks appear in the West, stop at zenith, and proceed Eastward a rapid rate of speed. |