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)
Taunton · MA, USA
disk witnessed by parents over taunton mass main street 1980
Hudson · MA, USA
Back in the summer of 1980 I was dating a girl in Hudson MA. She was taking a long time getting ready to go out for the evening so I w
Wayland · MA, USA
Bright yellow light accelerates above road in Wayland, MA to a high speed noiselessly.
Chicopee · MA, USA
I heard a noise like thunder, went to the kitchen window and saw a black diamond-shaped craft hovering over the porch.
Springfield/Longmeadow · MA, USA
" it ran through colors like I have never seen"
Whitman · MA, USA
I was walking my dog up our front walk that's when I saw this huge round thing with lights hovering between two trees..
Whitman · MA, USA
As I was walking my dog up our front walk that
Saugus · MA, USA
I saw a ball, off white, irregular borders similar to a fireball. It circled the area a number of times. Then, the object began to slow
Whitman · MA, USA
a bluish white ball of light that moved with out a sound
Athol · MA, USA
Hovering craft at tree top level, at night. Craft lit up from inside w/4 aliens clearly visible, 3 short, 1 tall, all gray type.
West Tibury · MA, USA
circular light pattern at about 30,000 ft.
Chelmsford · MA, USA
1 mother ship with her smaller ones
Cape Cod · MA, USA
The face in the window was scary as well as amazing!
Springfield · MA, USA
Summer of '78, Springfield, MA, a display of colors on a screen hovering above us.
Heath · MA, USA
Parked in car on isolated road, object with flashing lights desended over the car.
Weston · MA, USA
daughter's abduction
North Adams · MA, USA
Hi This is a sighting my mother had of a UFO, it was on a Monday in 1978 in a small town called North Adams Massachusetts. The time wa
Boston · MA, USA
It was gold and round about the size of a golfball.
Lowell · MA, USA
In summer of 1978 @ age 7,I looked out my third floor window and saw a steadily and slowly moving hot-dog shaped object,red-orange sun-
New Bedford · MA, USA
Fireball possible abductee tests done? took me 27 years to come to terms!!
Gardner · MA, USA
At the time I was six years old. It was light outside and I looked out our bay window and almost at eye level, I noticed what at first
Sandwich · MA, USA
Irregularly-shaped large elongated triangle with blue after-glow seen soundlessly moving over Cape Cod.
Natick · MA, USA
GIANT UFO - Natick, MA on Route 9 behind CAR WASH - either 1977 or 1978.
Natick · MA, USA
GIANT UFO - Natick, MA on Route 9 behind CAR WASH - either 1977 or 1978 additional confirmation.
Natick · MA, USA
GIANT UFO - Natick, MA ...Route 9 behind CAR WASH****MORE FOLLOW-UP INFO****April 1978