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)
Newbury · MA, USA
Strange all white object(with wings and a head that didnt move)close to the ground mid day, I have a photo. Looks like an alien object.
Windsor · MA, USA
My companion and I witnessed a very bright, large, green ball which shot quickly behind the tree line.
Lowell · MA, USA
Bright white spherical light surrounded by flashing lights in pattern of red, blue, green. ((NUFORC Note: Planet/star in E sky? PD))
Dedham · MA, USA
Many orange lights,4 formed a square, top 2 separated horizontally while bottom2 moved closer together
Medford · MA, USA
White and blue lighted object rised and hovered over medford, eventually dropping slowly straight down
Harwich · MA, USA
Three orange lights moving across the sky over Harwich, MA
Worcester · MA, USA
2 bright orange fireballs glowing in sky in Worcester, MA.
Brewster · MA, USA
Orange lights over cape cod bay and the Brewster flats.
Hyannis · MA, USA
A very fast moving orange object with a black shadow around it at a high altitude and then disappeared.
Revere · MA, USA
Bright light in sky zoomed by at an incredible speed.
West Barnstable · MA, USA
One solid light with to faint blinking lights with a blueish white tint.
Dennis · MA, USA
A co-worker and I saw 2 Red and orange objects come up from over the tree line out in the distance. They were going up and twards us bu
Worcester · MA, USA
25+ GLOWING DOTTS IN WORCESTER MA
Boston · MA, USA
Reddish/orange light moving really fast across the sky.
Boston · MA, USA
Two pin point lights trailing each other very quickly in a very non linear path
South Yarmouth · MA, USA
Irregular shaped gold outline with red light inside, with white hazy halo,silently traveling west to east, we said to each other "
Revere · MA, USA
Steady orange orb travelling north then straight up and disappeared.
Tisbury · MA, USA
Eleven orange lights that looked like fire balls flying over then disappearing
North Attleboro · MA, USA
Two orange fireballs in the sky.
Ludlow · MA, USA
A strange big oval shaped bright light hovering in the sky for about ten minutes before slowly moving away and then disappearing
Longmeadow · MA, USA
White ball, moves, navigates in sky , then leaves ..
Boston · MA, USA
23AUG2012, 2030Hrs., Boston City Hall Plaza, Triangular Craft...
Boston · MA, USA
Triangular Craft Over Boston City Hall Plaza, August 23, 2012, at Approx. 2030hrs…
Foxborough · MA, USA
3 red lights move from straight line to triangle formation and back again quickly and silently
Taunton · MA, USA
I was walking back from downtown taunton to my house when i heard people calling my name i looked towards the direction the voices wher