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)
Towson · MD, USA
Green sphere over I-83 stops, hovers then takes off to the west. ((NUFORC Note: Possible hoax, we believe. PD)).
Potomac · MD, USA
I and girlfriend noticed a bright object in the sky around 10:45.
Great Mills · MD, USA
It seems both objects hovered over the elementary and high school that day, which are approx. 2 miles.
Annapolis · MD, USA
http://edgewater.patch.com/articles/video-massive-power-outages-in-anne-arundel#video-12661183 This is video that one of us took of the
Annapolis · MD, USA
See the news(web) for blue and green lights filling the night sky and power outage in Annapolis MD.
Westminster · MD, USA
Pin-point Red lights, flying in somewhat formation, close to each other
Westminster · MD, USA
Triangular shaped with flashing red and blue lights that was stationary at 9:30 pm
Landover · MD, USA
Five witnesses in the car saw 5 orange lights traveling together side by side.
Ocean City · MD, USA
A triangle of orange lights when looking north on Ocean City Beach towards DE. Later at 12:30 a.m. a bright flash of white lights (appr
Temple Hills · MD, USA
Formation of 8 to 10 lights seen by Mother and Daughter
Baltimore · MD, USA
Glowing orbs over Baltimore MD 12/30/2012.
Silver Run (Westminster) · MD, USA
2 spheres one red the other white silently moving around almost playful like then joined and shot off.
Gaithersburg · MD, USA
The four circles were moving in succession. ((NUFORC Note: Probably an advertising lights. PD))
Gaithersburg · MD, USA
4 Huge lights like spotlights reflecting across the clouds in a very strange pattern. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights. PD))
Hagerstown · MD, USA
Very illuminous light moving very fast blinked twice then gone.
Keedysville · MD, USA
Large circular object low to ground blinking colorful lights. Then zoomed off out of sight within a sec.
Baltimore · MD, USA
DISCS WERE ALREADY SIGHTED UPON MY ARRIVAL.
Baltimore City · MD, USA
It never moved erratically or faster than the normal plane but the flickering of the beams of light is what made this object peculiar.
Rockville · MD, USA
blue falling object, followed by 2 white lights and aircrafts searching Rockville,MD
Arbutus · MD, USA
Moving star and strange man
Cumberland · MD, USA
Stunned to what I seen. Bright. Semi stationary light. Very bright. Seen no form. Just the light.
Bel Air · MD, USA
Bright white orb traveling fast over Bel Air
Columbia · MD, USA
Driving down Broken Land Parkway heading south, my fiancée, his cousin who was visiting from out of town and I noticed a formation of a
Towson · MD, USA
Orange fixated circle hung above us (in the dist) as we stargazed then.. disappeared
Hagerstown · MD, USA
Bright orange light with no sound.