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)
Perry Hall · MD, USA
Triangle shaped object with light, hovering over essex for 2 hours. ((NUFORC Note: Three planets in E sky?? PD))
Grantsville · MD, USA
Hovering flashing lights over New Germany MD.
Pasadena · MD, USA
Two red flare looking objects floated up in the Eastern sky. They both began to move slowly to tne North at the same elevation.
Smithsburg · MD, USA
Sounded similar to a plane, but was triangular and set out on a repeated and definite flight plan!
Salisbury · MD, USA
Lights "Folded" and "Unfolded" into each other glowing Blue and Yellow, 3 separate times.
Ocean City · MD, USA
Flashing lights of all sort hovered above Ocean City, Maryland on August, 30, 2012.
Ocean City · MD, USA
In the night sky while sitting on deck in Ocean City, MD overlooking the Atlantic Ocean with my 40 year old daughter, we saw a cylindri
Gaithersburg · MD, USA
Nine unidentified flying objects in the night sky flying very slowly in single file and emitting no sound.
Annapolis · MD, USA
Dark object with red lights appearing to be that of a triangle
Annapolis (near) · MD, USA
Heard Reports of Daylight UFO Sighting Maryland Rt 301 Via CB Channel 19
Baltimore · MD, USA
Two Orange Orbs flanked by four smaller ships.
Ocean City · MD, USA
Bright round orange object appeared in sky above Ocean City, MD
Ocean City · MD, USA
A ball or flashing light appeared and dissapeared multiple times in the sky over a time period of twenty minutes.
Frederick · MD, USA
NOISELESS OBJECTS MOVING OVER FREDERICK, MD.
Frederick · MD, USA
Silent orangish-red silent objects in the night sky
Stevensville · MD, USA
Beight glowing lights sitting starionary for 15 minutes then moving off slowly. completely silent.
Bowie · MD, USA
UFO sighting with sparks at the end of the light before it dissapeared
White Marsh · MD, USA
White Object over I-695E
Centreville · MD, USA
Two lights hovering in one spot, splits then goes in a direction. bright light faster than any helicopter that would hover like that
Frederick · MD, USA
Military transporting ufo on route 270 in md. ((NUFORC Note: It was reported as a piece of U. S. Navy military equipment. PD))
Oxon Hill · MD, USA
UFO SIGHTING CLOSE UP IN DMV AREA ON STREET
Baltimore · MD, USA
Our alien ancestors are really starting to make there present felt.
Ocean City · MD, USA
Orange/Red Fire Ball Sighting at Ocean City Maryland
Crofton · MD, USA
There are flashing and fast moving lights in the sky.
Federalsburg · MD, USA
This is a probable ufo abduction involving two adult females and one toddler