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)
Bedford · MA, USA
saw one flashing light in sky similar to aircraft lights on wings, saw 3 other similar lights flashing, all came together as one, took
Granby · MA, USA
I saw a ufo in Granby Ma when I was a kid I was on the back trails of my home alone it was more like a cigar shape and pretty long it w
Uxbridge · MA, USA
Was driving South on Route 146 through Uxbridge, MA (Approx. 5 miles N of the Rhode Island border.) I was alone. Observed a bright whit
Hudson · MA, USA
Not sure of the eact month or year of this sighting but it was in the fall of 74 or 75. Was walking home around dusk and saw a bright l
Grafton · MA, USA
Circular silver object with bright lights hovered over our heads at tree top level before whooshing off
Boston · MA, USA
I was on the wheel of a 38' cabin cruiser with two friends on a cruise down Boston Harbor at about 2100 hrs. The harbor reflected the l
Salem · MA, USA
This story is very familar with an experance me and about 8 of my friends saw about 30 years ago on Boston Street Salem Mass.We sti
Cohasset · MA, USA
Satellite like- bright object, ultra high speed, erratic behavior, 2 separate years, same place, same general time.
Bellingham · MA, USA
The craft was about 30 to 40 feet in lenght, and about 20 feet above the ground. The trees and brush below it were pushed down and away
Kingston · MA, USA
A report from Kingston, MA in June 1974 described a saucer-shaped object with spinning red, blue, and green lights that emitted a beam of light toward the ground, lasting 15 minutes.
Kingston · MA, USA
Saucer emits beams of light
Scituate · MA, USA
This Diamond shape object hovererd on one spot for 15 or more min and was seen by many people, it was mentioned in the paper etc. It se
Brockton · MA, USA
Flashing Lights and Spacecraft landed
Hinsdale · MA, USA
A report from Hinsdale, MA in June 1973 described a large disk-shaped object that appeared to spin, move forward, and then vanish, lasting 10 Minutes.
Rockland · MA, USA
Military jet pursuit.
Wayland · MA, USA
A witness in Wayland, Massachusetts reported brilliant lights about 100 feet directly overhead on a silent night, during a ten-to-twelve-minute sighting in July 1972.
Danvers · MA, USA
Witnesses in Danvers, Massachusetts reported a disk-shaped object hovering at about 500 feet with lights on its underside near Route 114, during a four-to-seven-minute sighting in 1972.
Millers Falls · MA, USA
Alien sighting
Holliston · MA, USA
Fast moving bright light that hovered and bolted in non typical directions and speed; Holliston, Ashland, Framingham; fall 1971 or 1972
Whitman · MA, USA
Witnesses in Whitman, Massachusetts reported a triangular object accompanied by five bright orbs during a one-minute sighting in June 1971, combining two separate accounts.
Brockton · MA, USA
The Sighting
East Boston · MA, USA
Three oval-shaped objects were reported hovering over a street hockey game in East Boston, Massachusetts, in June 1971, watched by the players for about a minute.
Dennis · MA, USA
A ufo crashes into lake.
Tewksbury · MA, USA
A witness in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, described an inexplicable light in January 1971, reported the same night as other sightings in the area, visible for about five seconds.
Newton Centre · MA, USA
A vertical, trapezoid-shaped object glowing pale yellow was reported gliding across the sky over Newton Centre, Massachusetts, in December 1970, with a swaying motion, for three to five seconds.