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)
Somerset · MA, USA
I was sitting on my patio last night with a friend of mine when I suddenly noticed a light in the sky. It slowly appeared; maybe 2 or
Scituate · MA, USA
far away small blinking light moving around quickly but shortly
Cambridge · MA, USA
spinning colors--red, green around immobile object
Coutit · MA, USA
Travelling "star" crosses Cape Cod toward D.C.
Marstons Mills · MA, USA
Unexplained object darting and pinwheeling about in the night sky of Cape Cod.
Dover · MA, USA
Very bright, very low, and lasted for hours
Brockton · MA, USA
Firey shooting star..?
Taunton · MA, USA
Any explanations?
Boston · MA, USA
Floating balloons or UFO
Newburyport · MA, USA
I witnessed a silent white teardrop shaped object.
Danvers · MA, USA
Unusual object with 3 red/orange lights on it in a triangular formation witnessed by 3 people in clear daylight
I-84 Westbound · MA, USA
Low flying craft which began as a ball of white light, then looked like a triangle which hung low in the air over I-84
Hingham/Rockland · MA, USA
Extra large meteorite or something more local seen 'burning' and breaking up as it covered the entire southern sky.
Marblehead · MA, USA
GREEN LIGHT DARTS ACROSS SKY THEN FALLS.
Woburn · MA, USA
An object shaped like a 'V' , flew across the face of the moon.
Plymouth · MA, USA
Cylinder shape and falling from the stratosphere and landing approximately in 40 seconds. It seemed to be the size of an airplane. The
Springfield · MA, USA
Fireball seen by dozens of eyewitnesses
Woburn · MA, USA
I was in the middle of doing pilates with my wife when we saw something through our window that looked like a trianglular shape. At fir
Boston · MA, USA
Bright orb shaped light over Boson
Boston · MA, USA
A bright light travelled high in the sky, stopped, and moved in the opposite direction.
Southwick · MA, USA
Octagon shaped object with bright red and white lights
Whitman · MA, USA
Gaseous masses in the sky
Northampton · MA, USA
Bright flying light in sky at night, Northampton Massachussetts - Jan 27th 2002
East Falmouth · MA, USA
I saw a cigar shaped UFO ovre a cranberry bog.
Boxford · MA, USA
Large slow V shaped object making no noise flew overhead in Boxford, Mass