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)
Greenbelt · MD, USA
On my way to work I witnessed two low flying, triangular shaped craft moving in complete silence along baltimore washington parkway.
Severna Park · MD, USA
Orange spheres over Maryland.
Parkville · MD, USA
I saw 2 vertical white/blue lights that were fairly low zoom through the sky going toward loch raven reservoir then saw the same thing.
Hunt Valley · MD, USA
Shiny sphere seen over 83 south at Hunt Valley, MD 9/5/2013 at 7:16am.
Sharpsburg · MD, USA
Orange color changing object
Frederick · MD, USA
8-12 orangish red circles floating in western sky, slowly disappeared
Silver spring · MD, USA
Saw grey spherical craft in sky just sat still for abt 60 seconds. I took a picture then it disappeared.
Baltimore · MD, USA
Red and green light over north east Baltimore.
Berlin · MD, USA
A Bright White Light darting around and stopping during the daytime that disappeared in a cloud.
Tuscarora · MD, USA
It that someone had found an ancient ufo shaped like a meteor or small moon.
Grasonville · MD, USA
Line of 4-6 bright white blinking lights in sky.
Rockville · MD, USA
White fluorescent light color/dark circle in center/spherical shape/glimpse of it leaving orbit vanished leaving 2 lights behind it
Elk Neck · MD, USA
Strange object in sky disappears.
Bowie · MD, USA
Single Orange Reddish sphere traveling in slow motion before disappearing
Frederick · MD, USA
Fireball
Thurmont · MD, USA
Huge Craft with several lights moves over Northern Frederick County.
Great Mills · MD, USA
Bright orb shape, travels slightly then vanishes.
Elkton · MD, USA
Several craft at different speeds cross sky at approx same high attitude. Shined high powered spot lite and laser at 1 and it stopp
Joppa · MD, USA
I looked up while in a hammock and saw what looked like an odd planet, took a photograph and took another photograph and it was gone.
Towson · MD, USA
Bright orange sphere quietly flying accross the night sky.
Nottingham · MD, USA
WE then looked up to see two reddish objects in the sky. Then one seemed to catch fire and fall.
North East · MD, USA
They remained stationary as the flashed.
Westminster · MD, USA
Orange glowing object that didn't blink or flash it looked like it was on fire
Smithsburg · MD, USA
While drivig down the highway I saw three huge lights in a triangle shape hovering over the tree tops on the top of the hill.
Baltimore · MD, USA
Looked and saw 3 orange lights, small dots in the east, in a triangle formation. Went in to tell my family. Came back out with two of