UFO Sightings in Maine
1,115 UFO sightings reported in Maine since 1946, peaking in 2012 (103 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,115
- Span
- 1946–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (103 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1946–2022 · peak 2012 (103 reports)
Top cities in Maine
Portland
1964–2020 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Bangor
1967–2020 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Scarborough
1958–2020 · peak 2016 (5 reports)
Augusta
1995–2021 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Lewiston
1998–2020 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
York
1974–2017 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Waterville
1965–2019 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Brunswick
1954–2020 · peak 2006 (2 reports)
Gorham
1995–2022 · peak 2012 (2 reports)
Auburn
1995–2021 · peak 2018 (3 reports)
Ellsworth
1967–2020 · peak 2013 (2 reports)
Kittery
1973–2021 · peak 2014 (2 reports)
Wells
1978–2021 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Old Orchard Beach
2001–2019 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Kennebunk
2001–2021 · peak 2020 (4 reports)
Winslow
1976–2018 · peak 2011 (2 reports)
South Berwick
1994–2019 · peak 2016 (4 reports)
Windham
1995–2022 · peak 1995 (1 reports)
Sanford
2000–2022 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Bridgton
2012–2021 · peak 2019 (3 reports)
Holden · ME, USA
High altitude object??????
Dixmont · ME, USA
Similr to the black knight satelite but had triangle wings on top and was silver and red on the lower left side of the barrell shape
Carmel · ME, USA
Craft with lights in triangular form hovers, shines beam, then descends.
Prospect · ME, USA
Multi-colored orb in the clear sky. Looked like a 'disco ball', then changed position.
Newburgh · ME, USA
I was coming home from work it was about 7pm. I crest a hill just before my house and saw a light moving towards me it seemed like it
Gorham · ME, USA
Large bright light in night sky, motionless, it did not belong in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Sirius. PD))
Damariscotta · ME, USA
There appeared in the western skya long comet like burst of bright light-it went very quickly-a bright light with red & green.
Lewiston · ME, USA
Star sized object moving very fast across sky.
Hollis · ME, USA
Possible shooting star, followed by a series of red lights rectangular shaped the next night. (1st sighting)
Gardner · ME, USA
UFO seen in a small town in Maine, very bright lights, slow moving object they took off very fast.
Hollis · ME, USA
Possible shooting star, followed by a series of red lights rectangular shaped the next night. ((2nd sighting))
Gardiner/Pittston · ME, USA
Object seen emitting objects over a field and the cars engine started acting weird.
Augusta · ME, USA
Saw orange flashing light moving slow.
Biddeford · ME, USA
Balls of light that are not airplanes don't move like these things
Thorndike · ME, USA
I saw a large ball of pinkish reddish light over the eastern horizon (near Bangor) flash and then pitter out and fall.
Bethel · ME, USA
Shining object over Bethel.
New Gloucester · ME, USA
Bright round lights in triangular form moving very slowly through the sky at 1:15am on 9/6/15.
Winslow · ME, USA
Light chasing another.
Old Orchard Beach · ME, USA
The top of the formation was a red light, the other lights in the formation were a bluish green.
Waldoboro · ME, USA
Red light off coast of Maine.
Peaks Island · ME, USA
Two small bright points of blueish white light spotted hovering motionless in NW sky at approximately 35 degrees above horizon.
York · ME, USA
Triangle bright flashing white light, releasing a red and white pattern craft heading straight up.
Centerville · ME, USA
I saw these odd bright lights to the right in my window that looked like white fireworks.
Scarborough · ME, USA
Light-silver orb shaped UFO circled jet, then trailed off and disappeared.
Hollis Center · ME, USA
Bright light moving fast across the sky.