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)
Hyannis · MA, USA
boomerang sliver shiny shaped object
Boston · MA, USA
3 Red trianles
Springfield · MA, USA
Missing time with triangular craft.
Middleborough · MA, USA
Multiple lights moved across a field before dawn, 50 minutes of this. As one approached, I returned to truck for camera and saw brigh
Chicopee · MA, USA
craft flies directly over us (very high up) from west stops, gets smaller (ascends) and shoots of north at a very high rate of speed
Chelmsford · MA, USA
a friend and i were going home i noticed three lights just above the treeline of a local park, so i stopped the car in the middle of th
Worcester · MA, USA
"TearDrop" Shape UFO in the Park.
Weymouth · MA, USA
Was sitting on the back porch of my house with 2 of my friends and myself when we all noticed almost at the same time a strange triangl
Massachusets Turnpike · MA, USA
Immense, perfectly rectangular shaped cloud-like object appears and disappears in a clear blue sky.
Lenox · MA, USA
It came up through the trees and had red lights spaced around it. I could see it plain as day in front of me
Atlantic Ocean · MA, USA
commercial fisherman. early am . leaving ryders cover --first light-- november-- this event ruined my life .. I have never been the
Osterville · MA, USA
A seemingly close object with a rectangular pattern of lights moved silently
Acton to Chelmsford · MA, USA
RE: Large Triangular object just outside Boston
Allston · MA, USA
Large Triangular object just outside Boston
Milford · MA, USA
Low flying, very bright and flashing (flashed 3X in the time it took to pass) object; very high speed.. ((anonymous report))
Boston (above) · MA, USA
The object was absolutely solid as I observed it, but appeared to fly thru the windows.
Hanover · MA, USA
A bright light moving erraticlly toward us was then was chased by two fighter jets.
Avon · MA, USA
Around dusk, Istood outside of my home, and observed a light in the sky. During the time it took me to smoke a cigarette, this object c
Lowell · MA, USA
I observed, and also the driver observed, a round bright white light flying in the same direction as our car. ((anonymous report))
Lowell · MA, USA
A huge, round, red orb hovering in the sky
Boston · MA, USA
An unidentified flying (still?) object sighted in Boston in the summer of 1990
Southbridge · MA, USA
Reoccuring visitations ? Senses altered. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Southbridge · MA, USA
A very large ufo travelling silent and fast was spotted in Southbridge heading South on 131
Sterling · MA, USA
2 kids in a tent harassed all night by sounds, a bright light and something trying to enter our tent. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Boston · MA, USA
Large "Gulf Breeze" type object seen over Boston at about 10,000 feet in Winter