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)
Savoy · MA, USA
Large, extremely bright white light moving extremely fast from south to north. Seemed to be very close and low and dropping altitude.
Oxford · MA, USA
red and green lights
Windsor · MA, USA
White Object Following Route 9 In Windsor, MA
Southwick · MA, USA
Purple light, changing shape to spinning colorful disk shap., Fast flying and hovering high and low.
Belmont · MA, USA
Object with bright light and blue/green tint moves rapidly and silently through Belmont
South Attleboro · MA, USA
3 craft that each looked like stars, in triangle formation to start, then there were 2 side by side, no sound, slowly going north.
Attleboro · MA, USA
Silent firey orange spheres moving erratically and pulsating erratically
Cheshire · MA, USA
two bright lights merging then disappeared over herizon
New Bedford (near) (pilot report) · MA, USA
I saw a small metalic silver sphere at 3200 feet.
Newton · MA, USA
Round object that was brightly lit, moved slowly, 2-4 objects, fairly large.
Brewster · MA, USA
2 dim orange triangular/orb.First hovering north west cape cod bay . Moving away from each other in consistent high spe
Boylston · MA, USA
White orb of light moving across sky, makes sudden 90' turn.
New Salem · MA, USA
Triangle shaped craft over Quabbin with red or color changing lights in the middle of craft
Weymouth · MA, USA
Bright star looking object that pluses light moving constantly. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of "twinkling" star?? PD))
Chicopee · MA, USA
Probably just a meteor, had a long white tail .
Springfield South · MA, USA
Loud hovering noise in the sky over South Springfield, Ma.
South Hadley · MA, USA
Triangle shape craft with lights on sides. Flying very slow and unlike a common aircraft. Too windy for small drone. Made no noise.
Norwood · MA, USA
4 whitish objects in formation in night sky.
Framingham · MA, USA
Loud fog horn like sound, and huge gusts of wind and a large triangular object flying towards the atmosphere. Major static in the air.
North Reading · MA, USA
Driving to Boston. Passing through North Reading. On highway ball of light dropping above me. A blue/white color, like a gas stove.
Southbridge · MA, USA
A single triangular shaped object showed up in the sky above the street from the house I was staying at with my brother. It hovered and
Holbrook · MA, USA
Orange round fireballs in the sky, at least 30 of them hovering over street above treetops.
Boston Area · MA, USA
Ball of moving light witnessed from an airplane's window.
West Yarmouth · MA, USA
My friend and I were driving Down route 28 in West Yarmouth about 10:50pm. Straight ahead of us in the sky we witnessed a bright greeni
Hull · MA, USA
Use with camera phone , cuz human eye couldn't pick up! Saw floating green orb wich would move from position of the sun twords earth