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)
Beverly · MA, USA
In Beverly, Massachusetts around 1965-1966, a witness reported a cylinder-shaped object in the sky, observed for about one minute.
Danvers · MA, USA
Near Danvers, Massachusetts on October 24, 1965, a witness reported a whirring, egg-shaped object about a mile from a Nike-Zeus missile installation, for an uncertain duration.
South Yarmouth · MA, USA
on aug 07 1965 ,i was 16 . playing baseball with approx 16 others .looking to the east i observed three spots of intense light at appro
Rutland · MA, USA
In Rutland, Massachusetts on August 20, 1965, witnesses reported a cigar-shaped object that shifted from bright white to a pulsating red hue over about five minutes.
Hudson · MA, USA
In Hudson, Massachusetts in July 1965, multiple witnesses reported seeing numerous lights in the sky on several nights in a row, each sighting lasting 30 to 45 minutes.
Pittsfield/Adams · MA, USA
Near Pittsfield/Adams, Massachusetts on Mt. Greylock in July 1965, witnesses reported a saucer-shaped object along with a separate long white light, seen on several occasions.
Medford · MA, USA
A witness at the Medford drive-in theater in Massachusetts reported a slow-moving, oval-shaped object in front of the screen, in a sighting lasting about five minutes in the mid-1960s.
Boston · MA, USA
Red circle flies low over the city
Tanglewood · MA, USA
Glowing, orange disks with fire on top.
Holden · MA, USA
July or Aug Evening in 1962-65/ Holden, MA / Light / 60 -120 seconds / White blinking light over Worcester, MA viewed from Holden, MA
Auburndale · MA, USA
A witness in Auburndale, Massachusetts reported a large, bright, moon-like circular object that hovered and then rose straight up, in a sighting lasting about 30 minutes in June 1964.
Dedham/Westwood line · MA, USA
A witness along the Dedham/Westwood town line in Massachusetts reported a large, bright, moon-like circular object without typical lunar markings above a roadside, June 1964, duration uncertain.
Belchertown · MA, USA
Sighting occurred when I was 9 years old ... I was lying in bed , at night , when suddenly , a bright blue light lit up the room , as i
Boston · MA, USA
It was a nice warm night to hang on the back porch. I saw a bright triangular light in the sky, very high up. It was doing loops and
Lynn · MA, USA
Witnesses in Lynn, Massachusetts reported a disk-shaped object in a sighting that reportedly lasted about six hours, dated to May 1963 in the case record.
Holyoke · MA, USA
Witnesses in Holyoke, Massachusetts reported a disk-shaped object in January 1963, with the sighting said to have lasted about 20 minutes. No further details were recorded.
Haverhill · MA, USA
Witnesses in Haverhill, Massachusetts reported two silver disk-shaped objects observed in broad daylight in August 1962, with the sighting lasting about five minutes.
Stockbridge · MA, USA
Visitation from the Blue Man.
Boston · MA, USA
Observed strange large disk like craft.
Saugus · MA, USA
In 1960, a ten-year-old witness in Saugus, Massachusetts, reported a circular object in the sky that they and a companion agreed was not a weather balloon, for about five minutes.
Framingham · MA, USA
The UFO over WKOX Framingham ,MA
Fitchburg · MA, USA
In 1959, a witness in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, reported a huge, oval-shaped object with many attached lights moving slowly and silently at night for 30 to 50 seconds.
Boston · MA, USA
In 1959, a witness in Boston, Massachusetts, reported a disk-shaped object in the sky over several hours, an event also covered at the time by a local newspaper.
Worcester · MA, USA
In July 1959, a witness in Worcester, Massachusetts, reported a strange object in the sky, with a similar sighting reported the same day on Long Island, New York.
Brookline · MA, USA
In 1958, a witness in Brookline, Massachusetts, described an eight-minute close encounter involving a rectangular object and two humanoid figures near the scene.