UFO Sightings in Massachusetts
2,492 UFO sightings reported in Massachusetts since 1939, peaking in 2014 (201 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 2,492
- Span
- 1939–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (201 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1939–2022 · peak 2014 (201 reports)
Top cities in Massachusetts
Boston
1959–2022 · peak 2012 (10 reports)
Worcester
1959–2021 · peak 2014 (10 reports)
Springfield
1966–2021 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Lowell
1978–2020 · peak 2015 (5 reports)
Plymouth
1998–2021 · peak 2017 (5 reports)
New Bedford
1978–2020 · peak 2011 (8 reports)
Methuen
1954–2021 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Bridgewater
1981–2022 · peak 2013 (8 reports)
Gloucester
1956–2021 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Framingham
1960–2022 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Taunton
1976–2019 · peak 1994 (3 reports)
Fall River
1995–2022 · peak 1995 (2 reports)
Attleboro
1986–2020 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Quincy
1997–2020 · peak 2019 (4 reports)
Brockton
1971–2017 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Revere
1987–2020 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Lynn
1963–2020 · peak 2010 (4 reports)
Pittsfield
1970–2021 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Woburn
1988–2020 · peak 2002 (3 reports)
Haverhill
1953–2020 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Great Barrington · MA, USA
UFO on Simon's Rock campus.
Centerville · MA, USA
Small orange shooting metior travelling Northeast direction direction. ((anonymous report))((NUFORC Note: Meteor?? PD))
Leicester · MA, USA
Flash of light, then object moving fast across the night sky.
Shrewsbury · MA, USA
2 objects, orange glow, sphere-shape, no lights on either object. one made u-turn , increased speed ,vanished in sky
Waltham (west of) · MA, USA
Large Circle with what looked like fast moving lights orbiting
Swampscott · MA, USA
Oval object with three lights hovered and literally became transparnet, then disappeared!
Gloucester · MA, USA
Circular, bright craft seen.
Billerica · MA, USA
Unidentified object in the sky above Billerica, hovering before moving left and right and hovering again. Light was red but changed mes
Charlton · MA, USA
Bright red/orange perfectly round object slowly moving object moved east to west. No trail.
Northampton · MA, USA
Triangular-shaped ufo following Connecticut River up stream.
Bolton · MA, USA
Black Triangle spotted above highway 495. Nearly identical to the Belgian UFO photo from the 90's.
Bridgewater · MA, USA
((HOAX??)) Ufo hovering on side of road, picking something up. ((anonymous report))
Revere · MA, USA
At 3:30am my mother and I were driving to work at Boston Logan Airport. I couldn't believe it so I asked my mom and she saw it too.
Springfield · MA, USA
Hovering flashing red and blue lights remaining in the sky over 1 hr now. extreemly slow moving. ((NUFORC Note: Sirius?? PD))
Boston · MA, USA
Bright light heading east at a rapid rate of speed originally thought it was a crashing aircraft but there were no reports of such even
Lowell · MA, USA
Several lights seen in semi-circle formation
Millis · MA, USA
Looked through my window and the sky lit up becoming orange, then turning red, then turning green, then a bright blue. After a buzzing
Wilmington · MA, USA
Stationary round metallic object in the sky, WIlmington, MA, 1/14/18.
Northbridge · MA, USA
Red/orange glowing orb. It came out of a cloud, stayed staitionary for about 20 seconds then went back behind a cloud. No sound.
Florence · MA, USA
Triangular shaped craft, lights on bottom, moved very slowly at distance above trees, its shape visible in the night sky, then vanished
Somerville · MA, USA
light, non-blinking, solid, fast, trajectory towards the ground
Three Rivers · MA, USA
Glowing group going west of ufo,s
Worcester · MA, USA
Copied report: An adult female reports that she and an adult friend witnessed a "jelly fish"-shaped object pass overhead.
Bridgewater · MA, USA
In Bridgewater, MA, we saw a object in the sky, was round & square like that flashed red & white lights then when down & disappeared
Boston · MA, USA
((HOAX??)) I was driving home and saw 2-3 aircrafts. Might have been jets, but I am just not sure. ((anonymous report))