UFO Sightings in Maryland
1,688 UFO sightings reported in Maryland since 1946, peaking in 2014 (147 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,688
- Span
- 1946–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (147 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1946–2022 · peak 2014 (147 reports)
Top cities in Maryland
Baltimore
1947–2022 · peak 2008 (13 reports)
Ocean City
1990–2020 · peak 2012 (8 reports)
Annapolis
1991–2021 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Hagerstown
1974–2021 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Frederick
2000–2021 · peak 2014 (8 reports)
Rockville
1973–2021 · peak 2007 (4 reports)
Silver Spring
1977–2020 · peak 2017 (4 reports)
Gaithersburg
1973–2022 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Bel Air
1990–2020 · peak 2011 (4 reports)
Columbia
1974–2019 · peak 2016 (4 reports)
Pasadena
1979–2021 · peak 2014 (7 reports)
Laurel
1996–2021 · peak 2000 (3 reports)
Waldorf
1989–2019 · peak 1998 (3 reports)
Towson
1963–2021 · peak 2015 (5 reports)
Hanover
1980–2021 · peak 2020 (10 reports)
Elkton
1993–2017 · peak 2017 (4 reports)
Westminster
2003–2021 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Bowie
1956–2021 · peak 2007 (2 reports)
Salisbury
1996–2018 · peak 2003 (3 reports)
College Park
1963–2020 · peak 2020 (5 reports)
Fort Washington · MD, USA
UFO Hovering In My Backyard ((anonymous report))
Brunswick · MD, USA
3 orange lights no sound or movement S of 340 between Brunswick and Jefferson. I pill shaped orange bright object.
Forrestville · MD, USA
4 white lights circling each other in the night sky. ((NUFORC Note: Anonymous report. Advertising lights. PD))
Dickerson · MD, USA
Bright light above Sugarloaf Mountain.
Baltimore City · MD, USA
While at the lightrail, near M&T Bank Stadium, my wife and I noticed a kind of bright red light that would flash to white, then repeat
Oxon Hill · MD, USA
While sitting at the National Harbor on early Saturday morning around 2:00 am while talking to my friend. I noticed something drop down
Greenbelt · MD, USA
Intense, pulsating, humming sound heard in Greenbelt Park around 3AM, Labor Day morning.
Dundalk · MD, USA
3 glowing white ufos with glowing white tails on each, seen flying at dusk over Dundalk Maryland.
Baltimore · MD, USA
3 glowing fireball-type objects with trailing fireball, seen flying at dusk over east Baltimore, MD. ((anonymous report))
Cumberland · MD, USA
Orange orb.
Preston · MD, USA
Dim looking star like object traveling much faster than a plane and very high up, changed direction quickly 3 times then vanished.
Laurel · MD, USA
I was laying in bed. I saw some weird craft hovering very low above ground. It was chevron/ square shaped. Had 4 lights. Moved very fas
Brandywine · MD, USA
Strange rotating debris and triangular vessell above Brandywine
Rosedale · MD, USA
((HOAX??)) In Rosedale MD.at 2:00 a.m looking up in the sky, I noticed a circle shaped object. ((anonymous report))
College Park · MD, USA
Two triangle UFOs were spotted, one followed a commercial plane for a few seconds.
Ocean City · MD, USA
UFO during sunrise. ((NUFORC Note: Lens flares, caused by pointing a camera toward the Sun. PD))
District Heights · MD, USA
Very bright object shining like a star but in an oval shape, and moving extremely fast, without a smoke trail.
Ocean City · MD, USA
Orange bright light in the sky. ((anonymous report))
Curtis Bau · MD, USA
Two orange objects over Baltimore.
Ocean City · MD, USA
I saw 5 lights, in the shape of a "V," flying across the sky in Ocean City, MD.
Mt. Airy · MD, USA
Large circular orange fireball hazed with black.
Laplata · MD, USA
((HOAX??)) My gf observed a very large bright light hovering in the sky much bigger than a star. ((anonymous report))
Easton · MD, USA
We saw a ufo hovering for >1 hour; it never went in any dir. and was not a star, as we saw flashing red light. ((anonymous report))
Columbia · MD, USA
multiple red orbed triangular craft outside washington, DC
Bowie · MD, USA
Woke up to see a bright yellow light coming through my bedroom window. It remained still for a few moments.