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)
Ware · MA, USA
Two rings composed of bulb-like objects were spotted before speeding away.
Great Barrington · MA, USA
I was lying in bed at 1am when I saw what looked like a reflection of two street lights on my window. I kept looking closer because I h
Whately · MA, USA
MADAR Node 67
Boston · MA, USA
One was a solid object that hummered very slowley shaped like a cirle With a grenn orb close by it ~ The object changed diffrent colors
Whately · MA, USA
MADAR Node 67
Hull · MA, USA
Multiple UFO’s shooting up into the sky one after another. (("Starlink" satellites??))
Haverhill · MA, USA
Cluster of 12 to 16 lights flying like bees around a hive headig west to east followed by three jets in formation.
East Falmouth · MA, USA
A circle glowing saucer with a nucleus that pulsed in and out while sometimes changing to red. ((NUFORC Note: Venus? PD))
Bridgewater · MA, USA
Was driving into bridgewater by route 24 seen something flashing in the sky but in was not visible in between the flashes I got it on v
Framingham · MA, USA
Light hovered then appeared to make small circles before disappearing down horizon. ((Venus??))
Carver · MA, USA
The incident went on for well over, I first noticed its lights and it was suspended over the cranberry Boggs. ((anonymous))
Mashpee · MA, USA
I saw 12 to 16 lights not blinking gliding across the sky pretty rapidly not in a consistent formation but intermittent and not equally
Holden · MA, USA
MADAR Node 71
Groveland · MA, USA
An orange glowing discus shaped object over Groveland
West Yarmouth · MA, USA
Strange searching lights in woods that changed colors
NORTON · MA, USA
Two clusters of white lights, with red lights very nearby
Oak bluffs · MA, USA
15+ UFOs seen flying slowly East to west in a straight line. 15 were counted .
Sutton · MA, USA
Saw many oval lights in the night sky and then disappear.
Edgartown · MA, USA
3 fast moving erratic lights over Edgartown, MA
Berkley · MA, USA
Object was observed with numerous white rapidly flashing lights. Object moved great distances in a split second. It was observed in one
Hanson · MA, USA
3 bright lights seen in the sky - forming a triangular shape and not moving
North Brookfield · MA, USA
Just driving down the road and saw it hovering and moving slowly as well.
Lincoln · MA, USA
I had never seen anything move that fast
Dracut · MA, USA
Two lights (from ground 6-7 inches apart), making me assume object was large and low. Could only see the lights not the object.
Berlin · MA, USA
Blue flashes/ radiating orbs of light traveled at least 10 miles northwest