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)
Deerfield · MA, USA
Diemond shape flying lights, took two minutes to pass over head, low and quiet.
South Yarmouth · MA, USA
I hope someone else can report on this!
Springfield · MA, USA
Bright green light above the mass pike. Fell to ground then disappeared.
Lakeville · MA, USA
white light with green haze around it
Boston · MA, USA
Two cigar shaped craft spotted lowering object into the boston side of the charles river. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Pittsfield · MA, USA
Triangular shaped craft with numerous colored lights seemed to float overhead.
Oxford · MA, USA
viewed 6 bright lights in a huged triangle formation
Revere · MA, USA
Spearmint colored object flys extremely fast in the sky then dissappears completely leaving only green trail
Carver · MA, USA
2 fast moving objects 15 seconds apart travelling low and on the same flight path. Extremely fast!
Randolph · MA, USA
Possible Tomahawk Missile
Worcester · MA, USA
Large green streak viewed across sky.
Brockton · MA, USA
Suspected UFO, hovering in an unpopulated area over the tree line.
Hadley · MA, USA
Flat circular cloud formation falling from the sky as if heavy then hovering
Newburyport · MA, USA
WS OUT FOR RUN AT 6 SAW SMALL BRIGHT LIGHTS HIGH UP OVER CONSTRUCTION SITE THOUGHT THEY MUST HAVE BEEN ON TOP OF CRANE. NO CRANE THERE
North Adams · MA, USA
Star like object flashing colors and hovering for over an hour in one stop. ((NUFORC Note: Possible star?? PD))
Franklin · MA, USA
Spherical object hovered then moved away at an extremely high rate of speed.
Fitchburg · MA, USA
Last night around 3am i was smoking a cig. i look up to the sky and see this really bright star but it starting moving and flickering.
Cambridge · MA, USA
Maybe nothing, maybe something?
Willbraham · MA, USA
We live in a rural part of Western Mass and it my husband first noticed a light in our bedroom which woke him up. After looking around
Holbrook · MA, USA
9/18/08, 8:10 p.m., Looming cirle of four large very bright lights (white, tinged with blue and red)
East Bridgewater · MA, USA
1 large bright, white, round object and 2 smaller ones on either side of the larger one moving West to East in about 3 minutes.
Nantucket · MA, USA
saw object that I thought was a plane, no noise moved too slow
Southborough · MA, USA
Spotted traveling along main road about 5 feet off of pavement, passed by my car and then disappeared
Canton · MA, USA
Unidentified Flying object spotted in the sky in massachussetts
Sudbury · MA, USA
Unidentified Bright cylindrical object in the sky