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)
Damascus · MD, USA
A disc shaped craft with lights, other than a usual aircraft, was seen flying overhead during the night in damascus
Cumberland · MD, USA
2 black free floating objects in picture
Waldorf · MD, USA
A bright green fast moving light.
Fallston · MD, USA
iT IS A VERY BRIGHT WHITE, BRIGHTER THAN ANY STAR, AND IT has LONG PROBES THAT JUT OUT FROM IT WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE RED LIGHTS ON THE E
Cambridge · MD, USA
A bright orb like craft flying low over Maryland.
Wheaton · MD, USA
UFO sighted in Wheaton, MD
Severn · MD, USA
An orange and white disc stopped and hoverd about 3 or 4 minutes near my backyard.
Street · MD, USA
I was standing on my back beck while my dog did his after supper thing, My home is in the flight path of many planes approaching/ exiti
Laurel · MD, USA
I'm not sure exaclty what time it was, I just remember that it was in between 1AM and 2AM. The object flashed between blue and white. I
Laurel · MD, USA
PLEASE IF ANYONE SAW THIS PLEASE CONTACT MR DAVENPORT!!!! The time was 9:30 PM in Laurel Md. There is a lot of air traffic here, so y
Riverdale · MD, USA
Halloween UFO!
Linthicum Heights (BWI Airport) · MD, USA
a bright white light no solid object visable
Patuxent River · MD, USA
I had three sightings exactly like the Hagertown sighting on 01/16/00. The first (04/28/98) was on Rt. 270 South near the Boyds exit. T
Hagerstown to Sidling hill cut · MD, USA
weird no aircraft in sky around airport, car shut off when above us, terrible migraine later that night. BRIGHTTT
Laurel · MD, USA
Bright light suddenly shrinking to small and going out.
Camp Springs · MD, USA
I looked up & observed for 1 min. a white circular object, againsta clear blue sky, that dissappeared from sight right overhead.
Oakland · MD, USA
Triangle with lights no sound
Frederick · MD, USA
Bright metalic sphere rotating fast in a circular pattern.
Kensington · MD, USA
Large, oval shaped very bright, white light (like a flash bulb) object, about 150 feet above us
Germantown · MD, USA
Arrowhead shaped formation of red lights moving with no sound from east to west over Germantown, MD.
Ocean City · MD, USA
We saw two strange lights coming up over the ocean. The lights (that were alternating blue, red and white) were at the same height but
Wheaton · MD, USA
19 yr old man describes UFO sights in Maryland at night and in broad daylight.
Silver Spring · MD, USA
v shape but no lights , very grayand thin type object.
Gaithersburg · MD, USA
Three yellow/white lights moving in formation in north-south direction, then suddenly shifting positions within the formation.
Severna Park · MD, USA
saw 2 objects flying very fast, at large bird height, not making any noise and dissapeared into thin air. they flew in different posit