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)
Sykesville · MD, USA
large bodied very bright silver craft with no wings, shaped like a pill and no exhaust trailings.
Middletown/Braddock Heights (between) · MD, USA
My girlfriend and I were outside smoking a ciggarette in the front yard around 23:00 hours on 21OC17. ((anonymous report))
Middle River · MD, USA
Small object zoomed below the moon, leaving a small white poof, and then thin fire trail (for a few seconds)-not a shooting star.
Baltimore · MD, USA
15 white dots visible for minutes, changing formations. Moving in multiple directions at steady speeds and even movement. No lights
Bel Air · MD, USA
Bright Light.
Earleville · MD, USA
This happened in Indian Acres campground over Glen 3 late Saturday night early Sunday morning??? I was at my friends trailer in the bac
Elkton · MD, USA
Me and my girlfriend was on I-95 heading north to west Springfield ma.when we both saw something in the sky to the east it was a bright
Fallston · MD, USA
Bright moving light
Gaithersburg · MD, USA
At 7:05am a passenger jet passed overhead. The skies are clear. Then following a ways behind the jet was either 2 egg white shaped cr
New Windsor · MD, USA
4 bright round balls of light in a diagonal line. ((anonymous report))
North Beach · MD, USA
Orange orb just disappears.
Sykesville (near) · MD, USA
Two white lights observed from private airplane prior to dawn near Frederick MD
Laurel · MD, USA
My daughter and I were driving to the beach. The time of day was around sunset, but the sky was still bright as day. In the distance we
Laurel · MD, USA
It was an alien project level 1 federal ran on me.
Joppa · MD, USA
Two bright stationary lights.
Ocean City · MD, USA
Two fireballs observed over Atlantic Ocean from Ocean City, Maryland, hotel balcony. ((anonymous report))
Bethesda · MD, USA
Circular green object, surrounded by white light and a bluish-white tail shot across the sky towards the treeline.
White Plains · MD, USA
Two slow moving red blinking lights with no descernible shape between them
Catonsville · MD, USA
I took pictures with my cell phone.
Ellicott City · MD, USA
Triangular shape UFO with blinking lights flying over Ellicott City, MD. ((anonymous report))
Chestertown · MD, USA
Large silent grey aircraft, very low altitude and low speed, 2 bright white circular forward facing lights, no other green or red nav.
Galena · MD, USA
Square bright flashes of light in Maryland. ((anonymous report))
Bel Air · MD, USA
Went from hovering to 70+mph to complete stop w/o accelerating or decelerating. ((anonymous report))
Rockville · MD, USA
Two green lights hovering outside of Washington, DC.
Ocean City · MD, USA
Silent bright reddish object moved east to west, stopped then faded away. ((anonymous report))