UFO Sightings in Maryland
1,688 UFO sightings reported in Maryland since 1946, peaking in 2014 (147 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,688
- Span
- 1946–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (147 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1946–2022 · peak 2014 (147 reports)
Top cities in Maryland
Baltimore
1947–2022 · peak 2008 (13 reports)
Ocean City
1990–2020 · peak 2012 (8 reports)
Annapolis
1991–2021 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Hagerstown
1974–2021 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Frederick
2000–2021 · peak 2014 (8 reports)
Rockville
1973–2021 · peak 2007 (4 reports)
Silver Spring
1977–2020 · peak 2017 (4 reports)
Gaithersburg
1973–2022 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Bel Air
1990–2020 · peak 2011 (4 reports)
Columbia
1974–2019 · peak 2016 (4 reports)
Pasadena
1979–2021 · peak 2014 (7 reports)
Laurel
1996–2021 · peak 2000 (3 reports)
Waldorf
1989–2019 · peak 1998 (3 reports)
Towson
1963–2021 · peak 2015 (5 reports)
Hanover
1980–2021 · peak 2020 (10 reports)
Elkton
1993–2017 · peak 2017 (4 reports)
Westminster
2003–2021 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Bowie
1956–2021 · peak 2007 (2 reports)
Salisbury
1996–2018 · peak 2003 (3 reports)
College Park
1963–2020 · peak 2020 (5 reports)
Baltimore · MD, USA
Slow moving round object in the sky, rotating slowly and heading north.
Ocean City · MD, USA
2 bright orange lights that looked like stars, but much brighter. Easily visible facing E toward the horizon above ocean.((anonymous))
Silver Spring · MD, USA
Starting about 21:30, my wife and I saw a dancing light in the sky. We thought at first it was a star. However, it moved, initially t
Columbia · MD, USA
Two small white lights very high in the sky moving in unison.
Baltimore · MD, USA
((NUFORC Note: No information provided by witness. PD))
Salisbury · MD, USA
Was driving home from work, when I noticed a large red colored ball with a yellow ring around it. ((anonymous report))
Lewistown · MD, USA
Multiple objects appeared in a linear formation.
Frederick · MD, USA
10pm (6/15/2018). Bright star/planet low on the Western horizon @ 30 degrees above horizon). Realized it was moving in an erratic circl
Catonsville · MD, USA
Brightly lit ship of varying shape and colors. ((NUFORC Note: Object in photo appears to us to be Venus, possibly. PD))
Mechanicsville · MD, USA
2 bright flashes in the sky. Saw an aircraft / object flying/ falling through the sky. Followed by 2 separate explosions a bout one min
Clarksburg · MD, USA
UFO spotted in Clarksburg, Maryland. ((NUFORC Note:
North East · MD, USA
Large soft diamond shaped light in sky emitting a prismed light.
Catonsville · MD, USA
Large startionary diamond craft comprised of smaller dianond patterns/crafts within the larger shape,
Lutherville-Timonium · MD, USA
Two times in the past week and a half I’ve seen the same thing. The first time was a full non. We had a terrible wind storm. Last Frida
Annapolis · MD, USA
Erratically flashing set of stationary lights above Annapolis, MD.
Germantown · MD, USA
I was driving and noticed a very bright light in the sky. It was bright enough to make me squint. I thought it was odd because it wasn'
Hagerstown · MD, USA
Not sure if it was 7 or 1 it moved like one, it Was 5 yellow lights in straight line and 2 lights on the left side forming a small v w
Owings · MD, USA
Blue pulsing orb a mile high in the sky for a few minutes and then disappeared into a small orange streak
Halethorpe · MD, USA
((HOAX??)) 4 horizontal balls of light. ((NUFORC Note: Date of incident is flawed. Hoax?? PD))
Butler · MD, USA
Spotted three lights hovering about a mile up in an equidistant formation in a line. At one point, the middle one seemed to have ascend
Manchester · MD, USA
Silver object floated across the sky then slowed down and seemed to disappear leaving the atmosphere. ((anonymous report))
Hagerstown · MD, USA
Strange lights, low in sky, hover and then move slowly away.
Nottingham · MD, USA
My mother has shown me a image that literally just appeared on her stone fireplace floor. It’s is shaped just like and alien, and it ca
Annapolis · MD, USA
Highly reflective teleporting craft in clear conditions, in broad daylight
Hagerstown · MD, USA
All I saw was two lights flying,one light in front one in back the craft itself was as if it was invisible.