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)
Westbrook · ME, USA
Light moving too fast to be satellite or plane changing and disappearing before leaving line of sight
Solon · ME, USA
Craft West to East/ Red Flashing/ Craft East to West/ Red flashing/ Triangular Shape with Sun Rising LOW LEVEL FLIGHT
Portland · ME, USA
Today is June 8th 2020. Between 1030 and 1130am I was working on Forest Avenue in Portland Maine.I noticed the sun had a rainbow al
Augusta · ME, USA
5 orange lights following in formation but in a methodical way. All disappeared into a black part of space. ((Starlink satellites))
Kennebunk · ME, USA
Multiple lights following each other
Kennebunk · ME, USA
Multiple lights following each other ((Starlink satellites?))
Searsmont · ME, USA
Spherical colorful craft with brights and non consistent movements.
Bar Harbor · ME, USA
Long trail of slow-moving lights through the night sky. ((Starlink satellites?))
Lubec · ME, USA
Two strings of bright white lights (50-60 in total), appeared like a train in the night sky. ((Starlink satellites?))
Waterboro · ME, USA
String of multiple white lights traveling across sky. ((Starlink satellites?))
Ellsworth · ME, USA
I stepped outside around 10:20pm to smoke. While out there I kept my eyes fixed on a star like light because I was trying to pick up an
Saint Francis · ME, USA
Night sky, few stars, it looks nothing like a planet. Colorful lights (blinking on and off), ((NUFORC Note: Sirius or Venus?? PD))
Princeton · ME, USA
A Spherical/Cylindrical object that suddenly changes to chevron shape and abruptly disappears.
Hermon · ME, USA
Why so many? There is some mate or volume here! It was not one observation platform! ((Starlink satellites))
Solon · ME, USA
Red on Horizon propels itself forward white flash and disappears.High elevation when seen from my computer.Did it Land?
Wichita · ME, USA
MADAR Node 123
Greene · ME, USA
A series of lights appeared hovering in close proximity to the north star. ((Starlink satellites))
Norway · ME, USA
Clear sky night, noticed a bright light much more visible than stars, slightly above 2000'. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))
Milford · ME, USA
My wife and I observed a light in the sky traveling in an easterly direction.sky was clear as I thought it was a star but it was moving
Houlton · ME, USA
Bright light in sky every other night; randomly vanishes. ((NUFORC Note: Venus? PD))
Maine · ME, USA
I saw this morning what looked like a falling star but more followed the first one, I would say ~20+. ((Starlink satellites))
Portland · ME, USA
I saw a bright white light approaching west to east that disappeared after a few seconds. This happened 3 times in roughly 10 minutes.
West Paris · ME, USA
Oval object in the sky
Cape Elizabeth · ME, USA
small flying (disc) object, in a Vertical to the ground position, seen from an upstairs window
Kennebunk · ME, USA
Orange light rising and disappearing again and again over ocean near Pease AFB