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)
Baltimore · MD, USA
Very bright sphere in sky, thought it was planet but had one blinking light.
Kensington · MD, USA
An orange fireball moved in the sky near Washington, D.C., turned direction and "burned out."
Damascus · MD, USA
Sighted 2 bar shaped brightly lighted objects that changed shape.
Cecil Co. (northeast MD) · MD, USA
Brilliant blue flattened oval, small, about tree-top level.
Hyattsville · MD, USA
White cirlce of light with red lights in the sky for 3 hours, Way to big to be a star as the other stars in the sky were barley visible
Urbana · MD, USA
A group of orange lights moving south in Urbana, MD along the Ijamsville Rd/Villages of Urbana area.
Frederick · MD, USA
5 or 6 oranges objects seen flying over Frederick MD 11/29/2013 18:50.
Urbana · MD, USA
Orange dots moving to south in Maryland.
Baltimore · MD, USA
Triangle shaped and very bright moving at the same time.
Bel Air · MD, USA
Flashing ball that goes out and continues as a black dot at slower speed then a meteor.
Upper Marlboro · MD, USA
I was painting my house and was on a step ladder about 6 ft high and saw an orange light that looked like it was rotating vertically.
Hagerstown · MD, USA
Orange/gold ovular object seen hovering, then shut off lights the second another eye witness came within view.
Baltimore (city line) · MD, USA
On the evening of September 3rd, I was smoking a cigarette on my deck looking up at the westerly sky. This is a nightly routine for me
Westminister · MD, USA
I did take a picture with my phone, could have been a meteor.
Pasadena · MD, USA
Orange object with white streaks observed near BWI airport.
Bethesda · MD, USA
Saucer flying low and fast over Betheda/Rockville area in broad daylight.
Poolesville · MD, USA
2 large spheres of light moving quickly, followed by 4 silent orange lights in L formation an hour later.
Columbia · MD, USA
A low diamond shaped flash of light that started blue and turned white like a bright shooting star over Sewells Orchard Pond.
Arnold · MD, USA
Extremely bright ball/circle of yellow-white light surrounded by a red outline streaked across evening sky
Edgewater · MD, USA
Saw two stationary lights in the southeastern sky for about 1.5 minutes very brilliant light and then faded away.
Elkton · MD, USA
Object in Elkton sky with flashing orange lights, just floating/hovering. Looked like a planets or star but def not.
Baltimore · MD, USA
Baltimore MD BWI a formation of more than 20 orange lights strung across the eastern horizon at a elevation of 35 degrees
Colton's Point · MD, USA
7 blue circles spotted by 4 people.
Brunswick · MD, USA
Saw weirrd 3 lighted triangle craft aprox 7:00 pm over Brunswick Maryland last night.. Was driving! Looked like it was compied by civil
Eastport · MD, USA
4 weeks, observed round object in sky with mostly bright white but has flashing red and green lights. ((NUFORC Note: Sirius?? PD))