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)
Exit 8 mass pike · MA, USA
Driving north on mass pike right before exit 8. We saw four round orange bright lights flying low in the sky. The lights were not blink
Marlborough · MA, USA
3 red silent lights.
North Dartmouth · MA, USA
large with 5 glowing white lights, shaped like a Jacks (sort of 5 pointed)
Uxbridge · MA, USA
Saucer hovering low to the ground. ((anonymous report))
Fairhaven · MA, USA
Stuck in traffic saw few people get out of car pointing towards sky saw 4 black diamond shaped objects just still in sky I still can't
Newton · MA, USA
Spherical flashing stationary white light followed by dimmer red light, xtremely fast speed & zig-zag path.
Framingham · MA, USA
Strange flash of light seen.
Sheffield · MA, USA
The bottom was the squid body and the lights were on top of it. The lights lasted for about five minutes and then faded.
Boston · MA, USA
I was driving south on I-90 coming out of Boston just before the turn onto 95/128 when I saw what looked like 5 diamond shaped objects
Amherst · MA, USA
Two very large bursts of light, in rapid succession.
Leominster · MA, USA
Saucer-shaped craft hiding in clouds, hovering over median strip on Route 2 with red and white blinking lights. ((anonymous report))
Leominster · MA, USA
Very large metallic craft hovered then darted away at very high speed towards the sun. ((anonymous report))
Methuen · MA, USA
Four bluish-white lights (possibly saucers) + one upside-down teardrop ship over i93 and own home, Methuen, MA, 01844
Springfield · MA, USA
Saw a bunch of sparkling silver colored crafts, one larger craft above them,no noise not sure of shape, white military jet with no wing
Athol · MA, USA
2 different lights at the same time, same spot every night,and doesn't move. ((NUFORC Note: Celestial body? PD))
Belchertown · MA, USA
Very loud disturbance. Three red fireballs low in the sky descending slowly overhead.
South Gardner · MA, USA
Three bright yellow vertical lights at night in the sky near South Gardner.
Gardner · MA, USA
3 red lights in sky flying northeast direction flying same flight path one behind the other.
Norwood · MA, USA
Never before have i witnessed something like this. Wow!!
South Hadley · MA, USA
Erratically moving glowing light in sky.
North Dartmouth · MA, USA
Very bright, spherical flying object spotted and photographed at UMass Dartmouth, passing over the woods behind the wind turbine.
Stow · MA, USA
Intermittently moving lighted object observed over a fifteen minute period.
Seekonk · MA, USA
Fireball hovering in the sky over my office
Dedham · MA, USA
4 lights in a row in the sky two nights in a row. Issues with electronics near these lights. Military craft present.
North Andover · MA, USA
It came out of the trees.