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)
Springfield · MA, USA
May 28,2007 Springfield,Ma. around l:00 a.m. in the morning
West Bridgewater · MA, USA
6 PEOPLE SIGHTING IN WEST BRIDGEWATER. ((NUFORC Note: May not be serious report?? PD))
Lynn · MA, USA
Red light over Lynn, MA.
Brewster · MA, USA
Bright flashing oval shaped light hovering in Brewster, Cape Cod, MA. Changing colors Also red lights around it. ((Sirius?? PD))
Northampton · MA, USA
Pure white, opaque, slightly elliptical, non-luminous thing moving at a very high rate of speed, with no apparent effect on atmosphere.
florence · MA, USA
perfect triangle , silent , pale red with a pale red light on each point
Foxboro · MA, USA
I was driving on Route 95 and there appeared a large light in the sky. I was scared and terrified as I initially thought that the obje
Worcester · MA, USA
LED Nav Lights and an Ultra bright Strobe
Worcester · MA, USA
Diamond shape object slowly flying over Worcester skies and then disappearing
Andover · MA, USA
Green circle stayed in clouds moving in a circular formation for 6 minutes at least 250 feet above us
Dennis · MA, USA
three objects hover in the sky for two hours above cape cod.
Framingham · MA, USA
Dark shape in nighttime sky.
Westborough · MA, USA
Disc Above the Mass Pike
Malden · MA, USA
Around 12:30am- 1:00am EST I heard a loud explosion will a smaller blast behind it. I ran to the window looking into the sky expecting
Pittsfield · MA, USA
Amber light blinking suddenly stops mid-air and object carrying dissapears
Leicester · MA, USA
Oval craft glowing green
Marlboro · MA, USA
Tetrahedron inter-dimensional craft or construct composed of smaller particles to create it as a hole.
Worcester · MA, USA
a green fireball that moved quickly down and up and then across the sky before it disappeared.
Pittsfield · MA, USA
Two fast-moving, silent, amber lights subdued with haze moving southeast over Pittsfield, MA at 19:15.
Sturbridge · MA, USA
It shot up into the sky and was gone in seconds. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD))
Boston · MA, USA
green light streaks over the middle of the Charles River in the area of the Hatch Shell
Wellesley · MA, USA
Green fireball seen close to horizon
Cohasset · MA, USA
Bright lights, worm shaped light
Upton · MA, USA
Low object in nightsky, with what seemed to be three BRIGHT lights, that while watching just Disappeared.
Cataumet · MA, USA
NOAA Doppler sees streak across US.