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)
Rockville · MD, USA
I was taking a break and laying on the sidewalk in front of our office looking straight up into the sky. The weather was clear, visibil
Gwynn Oak · MD, USA
UFO over Gwynn Oak MD
Sugarloaf Mtn. · MD, USA
10:15pm Feb 7th, 2007, UFO over SugarLoaf Mtn area, Montgomery County Maryland
Ellicott City · MD, USA
After the Columbia fireworks display a bright red round object was seen traveling in level flight from south to north, the object was m
Clarksburg · MD, USA
lights in the sky over clarksburg
Rockville · MD, USA
Flying silent metallic disk passes over my head
Ocean City · MD, USA
orange light zig-zags over ocean city,maryland
Baltimore · MD, USA
Silver dots in triangle shape at noon on Saturday
Rockville · MD, USA
Disk shape over 270N Rockville MD
Cockeysville · MD, USA
v shaped greenlights seen in evening cloudy sky in baltimore
Havre de Grace · MD, USA
((HOAX??)) CRESENT SHAPED FIRE OBJECT SEEN IN WOODS.
Frostburg · MD, USA
I was walking to the other side of campus to visit a friend. It was snowing and incredibly cold. I could hear a loud bell, almost lik
Baltimore · MD, USA
Sunlight in the dark. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch from Wallops Island, VA. PD))
Williamsport · MD, USA
triangle UFO
Williamsport · MD, USA
Giant triangle UFO spotted.
Baltimore · MD, USA
Falling blue glowing light object from early morning sky.
Glen Burnie · MD, USA
Returning from work my husband and I spotted a huge glowing, intense lights that resembled a fire, along the woods on 8th avenue, Glen
Frederick · MD, USA
Looking to the west at 45 degrees above the horizon a bright white light disappears
Highland · MD, USA
Parallel lines moving from West to East in the sky
Monkton · MD, USA
7-10 objects, Multicolored Lights, No Noise, Oval Shaped
Hanover · MD, USA
Bright white light moving west to east over central Maryland
Silver Spring · MD, USA
birght satellite -like nocturnal light with a distinctly orange color wher no satellite should have been.
St. Michaels · MD, USA
Cylinder shaped UFO that came to my wedding!
Havre De Grace · MD, USA
The object captured in a photograh appeared to be a silver disk/saucer above the Chesapeake Bay.
Ocean City · MD, USA
circle light filled object in ocean city while i was on the board walk my cousin said it was one of the small lowflying arcraft because