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)
Brockton · MA, USA
Large Craft Hovers Over Highway in Mass
Brockton · MA, USA
An object stops dead in it's track!
Pittsfield · MA, USA
It was about 100-200 yards away above some houses, it had blue lights circling...
North Reading · MA, USA
Huge Orb soft warm orange 50 ft high 100 feet wide hovering over home
Brockton · MA, USA
bright baloon like ufo with light circulating under it in brockton Mass. in 1989 .
Harvard · MA, USA
Bright silver craft witnessed by many people. Sorry no police that I know of,but one correction officer.That would by me.
Methuen · MA, USA
The siting is old, but worth reporting. Much evidence of all types.
Wilmington · MA, USA
My sister and me was around 11 year old.we were playing in the yard.We heard a loud noise.a large round object appeared above the t
Woburn · MA, USA
-Working the night shift,and always watching the stars and shapes and distance of stars, starting like this looking up to the east from
Cambridge · MA, USA
8 gliding craft in formation with a 9th "quantum jump" scout craft
Marlborough · MA, USA
15 deg. above the horizon W sky, viewed from Framingham, MA. 3 times brighter than Venus. Stationary, slowly turned off in 2 sec..
Brookline · MA, USA
Black triangular object flying low over Brookline MA in August 1987. Made no noise, had no lights.
Southbridge · MA, USA
Hovering light that was stationary for minutes then moved away
Auburn · MA, USA
Fireball went down into the woods. Moments later we heard rustling through the leaves, twigs breaking
Natick · MA, USA
The object was saucer shaped since the bottom part of it was covered by the trees and there were hundreds of bright lights.
Agawam · MA, USA
Newtown Lights 1987
Revere · MA, USA
Dancing Lights in sky as a child.
Norwell · MA, USA
My friends and I believed we were being observed or monitored by someone and ran home, then we witnessed a very bright light
Attleboro · MA, USA
large disc, no more than 80ft above our car, 4 witnesses, 2 full minute sighting
East Longmeadow · MA, USA
Lighted cigar shaped object East Longmeadow.
South Yarmouth · MA, USA
white,luminous, circular object encircled with colored lights hovering above neighbors house for over 2 hours.
West Yarmouth · MA, USA
Unmoving object, diamond shaped with lights on top, bottom and around center.
Amherst · MA, USA
Drum like Object with Vertical Rectangle Light Panels.
Bridgewater · MA, USA
UFO, 1985 Bridgewater Mass, two eye witnesses hoovering in sky, silent and massive
Edgartown · MA, USA
My fiance and I, both artist, were getting married August 12, 1984 and spending our honeymoon on Martha's Vineyard. About 11:00 the ni