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)
Wilmington · MA, USA
((HOAX??)) Round craft bright red light with what looked like fire coming from it.
Methuen · MA, USA
Flashing bright light slowly moving about 200 ft in air then stopped mid air hovered then disappeared.
Lowell/Tyngsboro/Nashua · MA, USA
I was driving down MA-13 by Pawtucket Blvd. Heading toward Tyngsboro. I was just coming up on the big company on the right with the hug
Holyoke · MA, USA
Two lights, one far below and to the left of the other, seen on Route 91 getting off the exit to Holyoke Mall. Both objects were small,
Hampton Beach · MA, USA
I looked at the pictures on my phone of a sundog and noticed there was something else in my photos.
Lowell · MA, USA
Strange orange object with trail appearing and disappearing quickly at civil twilight.
West Roxbury · MA, USA
4 lights meeting at a point, rotating 45 degrees, then meeting again.
Worcester · MA, USA
White ball moving at extreme speed.
Framingham · MA, USA
Bright Blue Orb descending in night sky
Burlington · MA, USA
Bright greenish light rose up,stopped then shot across sky
Chestnut Hill · MA, USA
Reddish bright object traveling southeast from brookline towards south of Boston.
Gardner · MA, USA
Three orange lights moving slow across clear cold sky.. in a triangle formation.
Newton · MA, USA
Slow moving object, SE direction, definitely not a star, aircraft, or satellite.
Ashburnham · MA, USA
1 turned into 3 pulsating orbs of light, red, blue, green and whitish in color disappeared after use of flashlight in sky
Pelham · MA, USA
Diamond shaped object near the Quabbin in Pelham.
Woburn · MA, USA
Bright light over tree with very loud electrical hum.
Marlborough · MA, USA
Round orange objects floating across sky and disappearing one by one.
Duxbury · MA, USA
3 Individual bright orange orbs of light, moving across the sky, slightly faster than a plane, one by one, no sound, steady, about a mi
Norton · MA, USA
White round light / object appeared suddenly on I-495 southbound near Norton Ma
Somerset · MA, USA
Red light making unusual moves.
Attleboro · MA, USA
Went to my car round 5:45 pm look up before getting in the car and saw this cone like shape blue colored. They was a plane also in view
Bellingham · MA, USA
Many yellow-orange objects crossing sky all in one direction.
North Attleboro · MA, USA
3 bright lights and one red blinking light in the center.
Attleboro · MA, USA
Triangle black, no light in any side. 3-4x speed of an airplane, sky was fully clear and 30 or 20 deg.
Hanover · MA, USA
Driving home from dinner, my wife and I noticed three lights in the sky, one was clearly a helicopter, the other a plane but third seem