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)
Boston · MA, USA
Changes shape and flashing lights- one dark window- blue beam came down- picked up something 5
Peabody · MA, USA
Silver disk flew over my backyard, directly overhead, low and slow.
Sharon · MA, USA
A year back me and my daughter were dropping my mother off at her elderly home. There is a round driveway and we dropped off my grandmo
Northampton · MA, USA
08/10/10. Approximately 10 PM, two white lights in formation seen moving very quickly across sky in direct northerly direction.
Topsfield · MA, USA
The lights were not sharp and pronounced, but instead were hazy and burned like fire, scattered about the bottom and sides of the UFO.
Randolph · MA, USA
orange light comes down, changes, turns, takes off
Seekonk · MA, USA
Light blue rectangle craft
Hudson · MA, USA
A very bright oval appeared from nowhere in Hudson, MA 01749 for a duration of 5 to 6 sconds- and disappeared.
West Springfield · MA, USA
I reside on a small hillside location that opens up the view at night…So my view other than a few trees is unobstructed.On the nigh
Westford · MA, USA
3 Orange Fireballs in triangle formation
Plymouth · MA, USA
3 lights, flying just above treetops headed east on Rt. 44 just past the highway.
Plymouth · MA, USA
Red and white lights, Seen on Rt. 44 east shortly before Esta Rd
Westminster · MA, USA
A silent moving object with very bright yellow-white lights.
Berkley · MA, USA
one thing is for sure it was a bright white light no sound got bigger as it got next to me and a buzzing feeling
Lowell · MA, USA
6 fireball lights seen overhead
Holyoke · MA, USA
3 orange lights in triad formation, Holyoke, Mass, July 2, 2010
Gloucester · MA, USA
UFO with white-ish strobe light hovered above us then took off.
Wakefield · MA, USA
5 Red/Orange lights, turn to 3, then disappear on July 4th, Wakefield, MA
Springfield · MA, USA
Lots of details about three orange lights springfield, mass. Heard you on coast to coast, freaked out.
Paxton · MA, USA
A real July 4th show
Springfield · MA, USA
Reddish/orange light observed moving low in night sky West to East; no flashing or sounds.
Lowell · MA, USA
Many of us saw what I think might be a UFO or UFOs when I got home from dinner with my family.
Reading · MA, USA
5 fireballs in triangular prismatic formation.
Plymouth · MA, USA
Star like, but strange movement (stop, reverse, triangle).
Dorchester · MA, USA
Drifting, wobbly light moving quickly across the night sky and disappearing