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)
Cape Coral · Fl, MD, USA
Lights appear and change color.
Frederick · MD, USA
Black object hovering in daytime sky
Rockville · MD, USA
Multiple lights moving with constant brightness.
Williamsport · MD, USA
varying pattern of blinking lights VERY bright, shaped like an inverted question mark
Clarksburg · MD, USA
Triangle ufo
Laurel · MD, USA
It was a cloudy misty night after the rain stopped!
Rockville · MD, USA
a formation of four or five lights in a single line parallel to the ground forming one apparent craft
Saint Leonard · MD, USA
Red/orange spheres flying across the sky and I have video
Baltimore · MD, USA
Pulsating orb, miles in the sky remained still. Broke into multiple lights, then back into 1. Disappeared after 20 minutes.
Hanover · MD, USA
MADAR Node 77
Boonsboro · MD, USA
A round white light with a "V" tail streaming behind it slowly moving across sky. ((Falcon 9 launch))
Pasadena · MD, USA
Bright flying object hovered then disappeared in the sky
Ellicott City · MD, USA
Seen and object 2 times, 1er time it look like a light and it will turn light on and off, 2 time 2 minutes later , my son in the car sa
Annapolis · MD, USA
Red, green, white, and blue lights moving across sky in Annapolis, MD.
Clarksburg · MD, USA
Looked up and noticed a cylindrical object moving horizontal in the sky with what almost looked like a flame like tail.
Hanover · MD, USA
MADAR Node 77
Hagerstown · MD, USA
Distant light moving oddly in night sky above Hagerstown, MD
Towsan · MD, USA
MADAR Node 31
Towson · MD, USA
MADAR Node 31
Edgewater · MD, USA
Bright, flashing multi colored lights coming from object traveling across the sky
Bel Air/ Forest Hill · MD, USA
4 dots in the shape of a diamond with a blinking light. The object was just above the tree line and was moving very slow. It had no noi
Pylesville · MD, USA
Diamond shaped bright light aircraft seen slowly moving
Dundalk · MD, USA
Hovering Light
Hanover · MD, USA
MADAR Node 77
Westminster · MD, USA
Noticed a white light expanding and contracting approximately 300 yards from my window. It approached my direction at around 500 feet a