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)
Southbridge · MA, USA
Wedge shaped, Unusual lights, severe ozone smell
Mendon · MA, USA
Red, Blue , Green , and White Lights Moving Slowly and Quietly on Horizon then quickly changed direction.
Norton · MA, USA
December 2009 UFO Crash in Norton/Attleboro, MA area During Snow Storm.
Norton/Attleboro · MA, USA
December 2009 UFO Crash/Landing in Norton/Attleboro, MA Area night of Snowstorm.
Boston · MA, USA
large V shape ufo responded to my calls. ((NUFORC Note: We cannot be certain that this is a serious report. PD))
Grafton · MA, USA
Orange ball shoots across the sky.
Weymouth · MA, USA
Dozens of little red lights seen on christmas eve in the skys of weymouth Ma.
Boston · MA, USA
Smooth moving orb with four rotating lights !
Georgetown · MA, USA
Triangular object, slow moving with red central light and white v-shaped lights on corners of triangle.
Boston · MA, USA
hovering lights over Boston pre-dawn
West Dennis · MA, USA
orange shere passed by in an interval of 4-5 seconds
Milton · MA, USA
I saw a rotational light above a treeline in the woods of my town after work.
Centerville · MA, USA
Bright round object
Chicopee · MA, USA
UFO sigting in the skies of chicopee
Haverhill · MA, USA
On 09/09/2009 at 20:00 ET I notice what appeared to be a shooting star but, it was not travelling as fast as the ones I ovserved in the
Burlington · MA, USA
Multicolored object moving vertically and horizontally without sound. ((NUFORC Note: Possible twinkling star?? PD))
Auburn · MA, USA
a white cone shape light in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Bellingham · MA, USA
Strange light progressivly brighter, cone of light from below in Massachusetts, ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Great Barrington · MA, USA
Bright pure white cone of light, not moving, over northwestern Connecticut, for about 20 sec.. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Wareham · MA, USA
We called 911 and reported this to the Bourne State police barracks. No way we were the only ones who saw this.
Whitinsville · MA, USA
Bright white light for 10 seconds with a fading shower. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Arlington · MA, USA
Cone Shaped light from bright dot. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Greenfield · MA, USA
White light with no known source fading into a mist without sound on cloudless night. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Dartmouth · MA, USA
I notice a bright eye shaped light with a skirt or almost comet like. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Auburn · MA, USA
lights in the skies of Aubunr, Mass.