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)
Watertown · MA, USA
Bright green fireball seen in sky over Watertown, MA.
Chelmsford · MA, USA
Green comet like light.
Tewksbury · MA, USA
Bright shooting object. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor?? PD))
Revere · MA, USA
Glowing ball of light as low as a landing plane, shooting across the sky as fast as a bullet.
Scituate · MA, USA
Medium-large sized cigar-shaped object blinked into view very clearly much close than the many planes nearby. Lit up a yellow-white.
Worcester · MA, USA
Shooting star.
Somerville · MA, USA
A shadow of a light circling around and around in the sky, in a big circle. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights? PD))
Ashby · MA, USA
Driving down a back road to work. and above trees a bright green ball lights up the sky ahead and falls towards my left...and gone
Boston · MA, USA
Craft on fire hurls through sky and disappears within seconds.
Belmont · MA, USA
Green fire ball in MA.
Boston · MA, USA
Some large craft spotted over Boston, too low to be a plane. appeared and gone in a flash
Medford · MA, USA
I saw a blue light that dimmed bright and low over and over, disappearing and flying with possible other dimmed blue lights.
Worcester · MA, USA
Two fireball streaks across the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Objects appear to be contrails behind nearby trees. PD))
Sharon · MA, USA
Three missle objects with one splitting into two parts.
Springfield · MA, USA
2 bright white lights change shape than color before vanishing
Chicopee · MA, USA
Was inside. My sister said there was something strange over her house while we were on the phone. I heard something over my apartment a
Bistib · MA, USA
Dozen or so unidentified flying objects near airport.
Peabody · MA, USA
Line of green red and white lights low to the ground.
Peabody · MA, USA
Line of green white red lights a long long shaped figure seemed low to ground at first looked like airplane but was to low with diffren
Lakeville · MA, USA
TRIANGULAR LIGHT FORMATION IN SKY MAYBE 1000FT IN SKY.
Shirley · MA, USA
2 triangular crafts seen clearly, many lights on the underside, flying slowly, in a standup position, above trees against night sky.
Billerica · MA, USA
~11pm EST, Nov. 24, '15, I was in my car with 2 friends, when we saw a bright-orange oval-ish shaped light just above the horizon.
Millbury · MA, USA
6 orange firebals moving fast with no sound or entrails
Methuen · MA, USA
Driving home on a major HWY and a shiny metallic rectangular object appeared to my left and was completely stationary. I looked away f
Eastham · MA, USA
My girlfriend and I had just gotten home and took a moment to look at the stars. We saw three orbs not quite as bright as the stars.