UFO Sightings in Massachusetts
2,492 UFO sightings reported in Massachusetts since 1939, peaking in 2014 (201 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 2,492
- Span
- 1939–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (201 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1939–2022 · peak 2014 (201 reports)
Top cities in Massachusetts
Boston
1959–2022 · peak 2012 (10 reports)
Worcester
1959–2021 · peak 2014 (10 reports)
Springfield
1966–2021 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Lowell
1978–2020 · peak 2015 (5 reports)
Plymouth
1998–2021 · peak 2017 (5 reports)
New Bedford
1978–2020 · peak 2011 (8 reports)
Methuen
1954–2021 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Bridgewater
1981–2022 · peak 2013 (8 reports)
Gloucester
1956–2021 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Framingham
1960–2022 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Taunton
1976–2019 · peak 1994 (3 reports)
Fall River
1995–2022 · peak 1995 (2 reports)
Attleboro
1986–2020 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Quincy
1997–2020 · peak 2019 (4 reports)
Brockton
1971–2017 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Revere
1987–2020 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Lynn
1963–2020 · peak 2010 (4 reports)
Pittsfield
1970–2021 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Woburn
1988–2020 · peak 2002 (3 reports)
Haverhill
1953–2020 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
LUDLOW · MA, USA
A witness in Ludlow, Massachusetts reported a large, black, cigar-shaped silhouette tapered at both ends, with a bluish-white light flashing at one end, for about two minutes in August 1957.
Ludlow · MA, USA
A witness in Ludlow, Massachusetts reported a black, silhouetted cigar-shaped object with a flashing light on one edge, hovering before dropping out of sight, for up to five minutes in August 1957.
Auburn · MA, USA
this all took place in 1956 or 57. i was 10 or 11 yrs old. it was a warm august night,about 9:30 pm. my friend an i were walking home f
Fort Devans · MA, USA
I was on duty at base. Saw and heard craft.About 50 feet over building.Sound changed when moveing from low to high pitch.
Harvard · MA, USA
Lost time.
Gloucester · MA, USA
A witness in Gloucester, Massachusetts reported seven motionless, bright lights arranged in an uneven row in the sky, observed for about 45 minutes in June 1956.
Holbrook · MA, USA
A witness in Holbrook, Massachusetts reported a large yellow, egg-shaped object over the trees, resembling a football without pointed ends, seen for about one minute in May 1955.
Methuen · MA, USA
A witness in Methuen, Massachusetts reported a small light in the distance that changed direction and appeared to approach, over about 15 minutes in June 1954.
Haverhill · MA, USA
Historical account, Haverhill MA
Cambridge · MA, USA
A witness in Cambridge, Massachusetts reported two red-orange lights skirting Boston rooftops in opposite directions before passing over a dormitory together, for about three minutes, April 1953.
Muddy River (Brookline)(Boston) · MA, USA
A witness near the Muddy River in Brookline, Massachusetts reported a swift, flaming object that changed shape while moving up and down, observed over two to three hours in 1939.
Winchester · MA, USA
Sightings of Cube, Triangle, Cigar , Diamond ships over Winchester Massachusetts (near Boston)
MA · USA
Around 1am I was standing on patio when I noticed light changing effect form a object hovering with a slight ascent.then what seemed to
Fall River · MA, USA
I was on a routine patrol on a state highway in Massachussets, (ironically only a few miles from my home). It was about 3 am in the mo
Billerica · MA, USA
The crafts made no noise, not a sound, they only showed a very bright whit and red light.
Norwood · MA, USA
1 very bright light looking south appears two nights in a row at dusk, no stars yet visible. Upon looking closer at it with image stab
Uxbridge · MA, USA
IT was around 9:00 at night i believe, because my friend was walking me home. He had told me that night about how he had seen a UFO so