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)
Fall River · MA, USA
Shooting star object, much brighter that a star.
Ashland · MA, USA
15-20 Bright Orange objects Seen just outside of Boston, MA (Ashland-Hopkinton Area).
Salem · MA, USA
Three orbiting lights visualized in western sky over Salem, MA.
Hubbardston · MA, USA
4 orange orbs zig zgging across the sky. Quick movements forward and aft and side to side.
West Newbury · MA, USA
Witness one saw sphere shape with multiple lights, stationary for a while. green to red. Witness 2 saw zig zagging pattern, like a
New Bedford · MA, USA
Multiple orange lights traveling in formation quietly at low speed & seemed to all disappear at the same spot.
West Yarmouth · MA, USA
Orange flickering light (like flame) moved across sky for about forty five seconds over Cape Cod, then vanished.
Revere · MA, USA
grey object flew back in forth for 3 seconds then left
Lowell · MA, USA
single bright light in west sky above Lowell looped, dived , soared amd hovered, fading thwn shining
Framingham · MA, USA
Two objects seen north of Mass Pike (Framingham-Southboro-Westboro.
Watertown · MA, USA
Fast-moving, illuminated object similar to fireball silently crosses evening sky and in an instant plunges about 100 feet
North Andover · MA, USA
Largest object in the sky i have ever seen
Wlimington · MA, USA
Chevron shaped craft.
Natick · MA, USA
Orange triangular pattern aircraft?
Methuen · MA, USA
Orange light in Methuen Ma gone like it was fake and it was a vision. This mess peoples head. postreros tiempos end times people.
Fitchburg/Ashby · MA, USA
((HOAX??)) stayed stationary in the air for 10 minutes, changed colors from blue to white to yellow and back again.
Marstons mills · MA, USA
At 7:05 my 28 yr old son and I were walking our dog. We have been keeping our eyes to the sky ever since our last sighting this past su
Amherst · MA, USA
Huge silent flying object moving North East in the sky.
Longmeadow · MA, USA
triangle shaped craft hovering in Massachusetts.
Rowley · MA, USA
Multiple UFO craft and direct encounter with Orb dispatched from larger ship.
Provincetown · MA, USA
4 rocket fires seen in succession traveling northeast over Cape Cod Massachusetts.
Dennisport · MA, USA
At 10:30 PM we saw 4 bright orange orbs float slowly & silently over our house, spaced about 20 minutes apart, all in a straight line.
Holyoke · MA, USA
5 unidentified lights travel through the night sky.
Bellingham · MA, USA
Large Red dot traveling north to south 3x plane beacon size.
Springfield · MA, USA
It wasn't a plane, planes don't hover.it wasn't a helicopter either it was silent.