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)
Lothian · MD, USA
Large triangle object Disappeared in Lothian, Md.
Catonsville · MD, USA
Large black triangular craft with white lights flying overhead.
Ocean City · MD, USA
Black rectangle never saw it move.
Suitland · MD, USA
We saw a spacecraft flying towards the moon thats when we glimpsed at the object a little harder because planes dont fly that close too
Baltimore · MD, USA
I noticed unusually bright red lights hovering silently over Baltimore last evening. The bright red lights appeared to be in triangula
Frederick · MD, USA
We were driving on our country road with very open area sky above a golf course, there aren’t any street lights in the area. The sky wa
Gaithersburg · MD, USA
triangular fireball with a black line running through the middle
Chestertown · MD, USA
Large slow moving triangular craft with white lights on tri-tips and pink plasma like round light underneath
Nottingham · MD, USA
Color changing lights.
Hebron · MD, USA
5 crafts- Hebron, Maryland at 9:30 pm on April, 27. 2019
Forest Hill · MD, USA
A stationary object, very bright, emitting a spectrum of colors with radiating points.
Baltimore · MD, USA
White light turned very bright 2 times ...then blinked out. ((anonymous report))
Crofton · MD, USA
Object with Red and blue lights hovering and erratic flight movement near BWI airport. ((anonymous report))
Liberty Town · MD, USA
Mysterious light North of New Windsor Rd, MD.
Edgewood · MD, USA
Saw a triangle shaped craft over the river between midnight and 1 am
Oxon Hill · MD, USA
((HOAX??)) Strange. ((anonymous report))
Columbia · MD, USA
5:30 p.m. I was walking my dog when I felt the shadow of my head and looked up and this brown rock shaped like a baked potato with hier
Lothian · MD, USA
Explosion and fireball experienced by entire community
Annapolis · MD, USA
06:30am 01/09/2019 I was driving to work on Rt 50 west bound on the Severn River Bridge, I looked to my left towards the Naval Academy
Crumpton · MD, USA
Had a block shape, like a barn.Maybe 20 miles away? Fell rather slowly, Not like a meteor. I'm certain it hit the ground. It was hu
Nottingham · MD, USA
Triangular sort of shaped object with one light on each side of what I would call wings like on a plane. The object was dark and hoveri
Abingdon · MD, USA
Two round bright white lights glided over and close to my house. They where side by side. ((anonymous source))
West Ocean City · MD, USA
I saw something that was about double the size of a hang glider and about 150-200 ft off the ground made no noise and was moving
Hagerstown · MD, USA
Four parentheses shaped lights in sky
Hampstead · MD, USA
Fireball like object spotted silently moving intelligently overhead, appeared to pulsate.