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)
Bowie · MD, USA
I was on here in 2012 it is 446 am right now I am sitting in my room looking at this greenish blue light in the sky I don't think it's
Baltimore · MD, USA
An extremely large black rectangle or triangle ufo floating at tree top level outside our house.
Oakland · MD, USA
Bright light in woods moves toward witness; witness was left disoriented.
Andrews AFB · MD, USA
An huge circular craft moved from the south towards D.C. on andrews AFB.It moved with lights flashing and a beam coming downwards f
Hanover · MD, USA
frozen in time
Glenndale · MD, USA
Was 18 at the time, snuck on golf course to go bass fishing at night on course pond. While approx. 300 yds from pond.
Marlow Heights · MD, USA
Appeared to be a star moving at great speed, breaking up, disappearing then reappearing in another location. Very erratic behavior.
Columbia · MD, USA
Large, low-flying, slow moving, silent black rectangle with no lights
Baltimore · MD, USA
saw three lights in a triangle shape as I looked to the left I saw a single light following the others
Gaithersburg · MD, USA
silver gold disc flew over Montgomery County Fairgrounds left to right, did a 90 degree upwards and disappeared
Pasadena · MD, USA
July 1979. It was in the eastrern sky. A formation of about 10 crafts. formations within formations diferent colors in each formation.
Wheaton · MD, USA
Single bright light that flew across horizon very fast, in a straight line, leaving no tail or noise behind.
Silver Spring · MD, USA
Extremely large circular craft hovering over our apartment complex.
Hancock · MD, USA
UFO and Biological Entity seen by four children over two days
Beltsville · MD, USA
I'm guessing the time of year and date because we were young.My cousin and I were around the age of 11 (myself) and 8 years old at time
Marley Park · MD, USA
a glowing white (bright) object about 20 ft. in the air moving slow and coming at us and then it was gone .Gone so fast we didnt see it
Gaithersburg · MD, USA
Close encounter with metallic craft near Gaithersburg, MD in 1977
Gaithersburg · MD, USA
Summer of 1977 I saw a large oval black object hovering just over the tree tops going very slowly.
Rockville · MD, USA
I saw a flying saucer.
Silver Spring · MD, USA
Saw a saucer hovering over the, then Hebrew Congregation on Lockwood Drive. It was less than a 100 yds from me, as clear as day.
Long Green · MD, USA
Black Disc, Light driven
Davidsonville · MD, USA
Saucer shaped disc hovering silently over the treetops, rural Anne Arundel County, MD. October 1976
Hydes · MD, USA
this craft was 1000ft. in diameter. when it came over us, it stopped and then split into 4 wedge shapped craft. it split into 4, then l
Rockville · MD, USA
Floating abduction out of bed into a silver saucer; US military human beings on board, some kind of head surgery performed.
Rockville · MD, USA
Abduction middle of night encounter human atired in US Military Uniforms (Airforce) experience some type of Brain Surgery!