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)
York · ME, USA
Dark Object with glowing side panels of light (red, greenish blue) and white front light, SILENT.
York · ME, USA
Blinding white orb emerging closer, opening up into a triangle as it flew overhead, with pulsating red and green lights.
Gorham · ME, USA
UFO lingering low in the sky the chased off by other aircraft.
Bridgton · ME, USA
8 round red lights sighted over several minutes; no sound heard; heading southeast.
Old Orchard Beach · ME, USA
We were watching the fireworks show at the beach, (what I assumed was) a plane flew into the general vicinity so they actually stopped
Westbrook · ME, USA
Bright, singular, blueish-white orb-like sighting.
Topsfield · ME, USA
White light flashing three times, then moving and doing same thing, East Musquash Lake, Topsfield.
Portland · ME, USA
My wife and I were on a boat back from cliff island long after the fireworks ended. we noticed an orange light off the port side way up
Newport · ME, USA
A daytime cigar/saucer shape object that did not look like an airplane
Lamoine · ME, USA
The balls of bright light were flying very fast and sporadically (8-10 at a time) in all directions for a period of 1-2 minutes then th
Auburn · ME, USA
Swimming at my friends pool and noticed a ring around the sun and had rainbow colors took a pic and didn't think it took so I took anot
Topsham · ME, USA
Quick moving, non-blinking light moving across the night sky above Topsham, Maine.
Cumberland · ME, USA
Row of 10 or more vertical white flashing lights with red light at bottom, then vanished.
Windham · ME, USA
Very bright object observed in Maine, quite high & distant, moving very steadily across sky, covering a great distance.
Scarborough · ME, USA
Ball-shaped green light zooms through the sky, stops, then continues.
Medford · ME, USA
Bright orange circle moving slow horizontally but stopping repetitively. Eventually sped up and disappeared.
Rockland · ME, USA
UFO.
Falmouth · ME, USA
White bright lights flashing in a row of lights, vanished, then came back with bright red lights.
Cornish · ME, USA
Very distant light moved upward in the sky, made a sudden right turn, then faded into nothing.
Sanford · ME, USA
Three red lights hovering in the sky.
Sanford · ME, USA
Circular object, sliently hovering.
Bangor · ME, USA
Two dimmer, low-flying lights flying one in front of the other at same speed on a northeast path.
Sanford · ME, USA
Red & white circular center with a blue beamed aura.
Searsport · ME, USA
Bright yellow light that looked like a star and then disappeared
Exeter · ME, USA
2 cylindrical flying craft, with no sound and no contrails. ((NUFORC Note: Jet aircraft, at a low altitude, we suspect. PD))