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)
Fredrick · MD, USA
One single bright light at high rate of speed
Frederick · MD, USA
As I was driving home from work on route 40 I saw a disc shaped object in the sky with a band of flashing lights surrounding it in a ci
Sharptown · MD, USA
Black Disk Shaped Non Metallic Flat Sphere following and surpassing Air Force Jet.
Bel Air · MD, USA
Triangle with no lights. ((anonymous report))
Williamsport · MD, USA
Slowy moving object. ((anonymous report))
Frederick · MD, USA
I noticed a bright orange color reflecting off the windows.
Waldorf · MD, USA
Saturday 27 Jan 2014 at approximately 4:10 am Duration: 45 min-1 hr Glanced out bedroom window and saw (what I assumed it was flickerin
Bel Air · MD, USA
I was driving home from work at 3 a.m. and the whole Sky lit up for a few seconds
Parkville · MD, USA
Driving home I saw a bright blue light moving across the sky and didn’t make any noise as it dissapeared.
Nottingham · MD, USA
Bright, white light emerged from the hor. and moved upwards. It vanished completely into the air in about 15 sec. ((anonymous report))
Upper Marlboro · MD, USA
Rocket like object Flys over us with high speed.
Upper Marlboro · MD, USA
Rocket like object Flys over us with high speed
Middle River · MD, USA
Small ball of light streaks across sky and disappears.
Sharptown · MD, USA
6+ bright white/reddish lights flickering in night sky making different formations and patterns.
Barnesville · MD, USA
((HOAX??)) Loud buzzing sound hovering over my house and a conversation between beings in a strange language.
Frostburg · MD, USA
I was driving on I-68 on top of a mountain a blue flash shot across the sky and was out of sight in a split second.
Mardela Springs · MD, USA
Rotating oval shaped object with multicolored lights moving in very fast erratic patterns.
Brooklyn Park · MD, USA
A bright light with pink trail looked like it was burning at first I thought it was a piece of space junk falling back in the atmospher
Bethesda · MD, USA
There were 3 lights for a split second and I notify my older brother, who also saw it. ((anonymous report))
Lanham · MD, USA
Driving home from Thanksgiving dinner I saw lights falling from the sky looked like falling stars. ((anonymous report))
Elkton · MD, USA
4 bright white spheres flying at incredible rate of speed. I thought it was a shooting star at first but then noticed no trail and also
Rockville · MD, USA
Saw 4 Orange glowing pulsesting rectangular craft flying in a delayed line with a good distance between them, then 3 or 4 more came spa
Baltimore · MD, USA
Circle like object UFO moves and does dance in sky.
Greenbelt · MD, USA
Four long red trails Heading Downward Over Greenbelt, MD.
Sykesville · MD, USA
large bodied very bright silver craft with no wings, shaped like a pill and no exhaust trailings. ((anonymous report))