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)
Newton · MA, USA
Star like object travels a course then disappears in day light.
Hanover/Weymouth · MA, USA
Crazy lights.
Bellingham · MA, USA
They were very fast and the with the bright flash surprised me.
Hamilton-Wenham · MA, USA
10 orange and grey teardrop shaped lights flew silently and swiftly over head and then disappeared
Bridgewater · MA, USA
Sighting of a number of craft with white and red lights.
Millis · MA, USA
Red light moves an impossible patterns stops and vanishes moments later.
Billerica · MA, USA
Stationary bright white object observed in daytime sky in Billerica, MA
Taunton · MA, USA
Fireball over Taunton.
Natick · MA, USA
Very bright white light with constant intensity and location in the WSW sky. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a sighting of Venus. PD))
New Bedford · MA, USA
Bright light seen all day into the night. Solid light and flashing it would would/is moving around the sky.
Swansea · MA, USA
I saw reports from a friend in New Bedford. He saw this. I decided to look out my window and there it was.
Bridgewater · MA, USA
Orange balls in sky.
Bridgewater · MA, USA
Circle changed shape white lights suspended over house changed formation and up they went.
Bridgewater · MA, USA
6 orange lights seen rising into sky and moved into a circle formation.
Worcester · MA, USA
Bright stationary object in s/sw night sky. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of the planet, Venus. PD))
Ware · MA, USA
Bright white light in circle shape over ware mass.
Dennisport · MA, USA
We heard a sound, then a colorfful object shot out the sky. The object was a disk with green, red, yellow, blue and purple.
Dennisport · MA, USA
A sideways disk made up of green blue yellow and red shot down making a big sound.
Newbury · MA, USA
Tear-dropped object over marsh area with tail and aura and haze. Then vanished after 10 seconds.
Boston · MA, USA
White circular UFO outside Boston disappears--then reappears atop neon orange vertical-ellipse-shaped cloud & witnessed to Hartford CT.
Bridgewater · MA, USA
Light over Bridgewater.
Pittsfield · MA, USA
Orange glowing line in sky.
Westford · MA, USA
Was driving and saw two circular unidentifies objects zooming past my field of vision. Then a few seconds later they passed by again at
Concord · MA, USA
Unexplained light beams radiating high in the sky above west concord for at least an hour.
Maynard · MA, USA
Flying lightbulb the size of a basketball over Maynard, MA.