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)
Eastham · MA, USA
Light over eastern MA moves NW to SE
Georgetown · MA, USA
Flashes of light
Dorchester · MA, USA
Drifting, wobbly light moving quickly across the night sky and disappearing three days after 1st sighting. ((NUFORC Note: ISS? PD))
North Attleboro · MA, USA
5 or 6 objects appeared low in the sky as fireballs / dome shaped objects
Westford · MA, USA
Bright object in sky suddenly switched direction, faded and dissapeared.
Dudley (S. Worcester Co.) · MA, USA
There was an anomaly of circular light with dark, changing shapes passing in and out of it.
Dudley · MA, USA
Pulsating white glow and active dark forms appear high in sky near Southern Worcester County, MA.
Acusnet · MA, USA
light passing across road
South Dennis · MA, USA
bright light ,moved at a VERY high rate of speed.From one end of the sky to the other.
Kingston · MA, USA
Three Circular Lights in Triangle Shape South Shore, MA
Lynn · MA, USA
Cigar shape flying south to north with at dusk with NO LIGHTS
Maynard · MA, USA
Three rectangular shaped very bright objects, within 15 to 20 sedonds of each other that just dissapeard into the sky.
Westboro · MA, USA
bright flashing object at dusk northeast sky
Wareham · MA, USA
Bright star like object, then dimmed rather quickly but moved slowly. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Iridium satellite? PD))
Pittsfield · MA, USA
I saw a light in the sky that I could not identify.
North Attleboro · MA, USA
strange light, stat. in the sky, Blinking from different sides, fading in and out. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly Venus. Not a UFO. PD))
Billerica · MA, USA
2 starlight objects racing across sky.
East Bridgewater · MA, USA
UFO fireball seen over Wayside Farm in East Bridgewater
Milford · MA, USA
Triangle type craf with lights over Milford
Newburyport · MA, USA
Plum Island Ma. red glowing object, night turned to day
East Boston · MA, USA
A large,saucer shaped object,that i did not recognize.
Whitman · MA, USA
Three red light in the shape of a triangle moving fast to the north
Hadley · MA, USA
bright amber light over Amherst-Hadley MA
Worcester · MA, USA
i was sitting outside when i saw 5 cigar craft ....
Gardner · MA, USA
Formation of 3 moving South to North over Mass.