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)
West Springfield · MA, USA
Watched a Red and White helicopter follow and stay with the ufo from a distance. Ufo was white with no no markings. It was not a drone
Gloucester · MA, USA
At approx. 11:30 pm my husband and I, as well as a friend in a different part of town, watched as 3 bright round lights, moving silentl
Bridgewater · MA, USA
Triangle shaped object moves back n forth over tree line n dissapears over BSU.
Groton · MA, USA
Fireball over I-495 in Groton, MA.
Duxbury · MA, USA
Orange orb south east coast Massachusetts.
Essex · MA, USA
5 headlight looking lights traveling north up against a cloud blacken sky.
Worcester · MA, USA
8 Circular Objects with Orange Lights Shine Down on Worcester, Massachusetts.
Dorchester · MA, USA
One ufo after another last night. 8 or 9 total.
Dorchester · MA, USA
Light point moves around slowly, followed by slow moving dim orbs moving together horizon to hor.
Lancaster · MA, USA
Object is hundreds of yards wide large red rectangular lights v shaped moving dead slow.north to south no noise.
Gill · MA, USA
Light seemed like airplane until it took a 90 degree turn upward and zipped out of sight.
Rockport · MA, USA
Flashing red/ orange strobe like light with 5 or 6 second intervals over Eden Road near water that eventually wound down and disappear
Watertown Square · MA, USA
Brief bright light flashing through sky (downward).
Pittsfield · MA, USA
seven bright oragnge lights that suddenly dissapar.
Brimfield · MA, USA
Four spheres darting in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible advertising lights? PD))
Easthampton · MA, USA
Witnessed a fireball pass perpendicularly over I-91 overpasses, lost sight, drove about a mile then took video.
Dennisport · MA, USA
Two orange balls in the sky of Cape Cod.
Hyannis · MA, USA
UFO seen in downtown Hyannis on two occasions within the hour of January 6, 2013.
Springfield · MA, USA
((HOAX??)) Young man and woman are awakened by a loud humming sound; they are pressed down in their bed.
Amherst · MA, USA
Triangle with 3 lights low over Amherst, MA.
Plymouth · MA, USA
Six Color-Changing Orbs Spotted, No Stars About It.
Milford · MA, USA
Black triangle glider, forty feet off ground, red, blue, green lights on bottom, moved slowly and quietly.
North Eastham · MA, USA
Bright white light hovering above trees accompanied by loud noise, disappears suddenly.
Cape Cod · MA, USA
Bright flashes of light seen in Mashpee night sky.
Bedford · MA, USA
Bright Light in sky sped away at incredible speed.