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)
Centreville · MD, USA
red lights, soundless, hover or move with blistering speed.
Preston · MD, USA
Diamond shaped silent , low flying craft sighted near preston. Anyone else see it?
Silver Spring · MD, USA
solid triangle with white lights and no sound hovered and glided
Baltimore · MD, USA
bright shiny silver cylinder shaped object 2 pm, irratic flying
Clarksville · MD, USA
White ball shaped bright object whizzing across the holloween sky
Greensboro · MD, USA
At about 8:30 EST on 10/31/05 Something lit up the sky and fell towards Earth as a fireball with a long firery trail behind it
Poolesville/Dickerson · MD, USA
White fireball over rural Northwestern Montgomery County.
Baltimore · MD, USA
Two distant shapes going west
Rockville · MD, USA
strange dark shape changing object with an "aura"
Annapolis · MD, USA
UFO SIGHTED IN ANNAPOLIS OVER WEST ST.
Gaithersburg · MD, USA
In parking lot walking to store, happened to look up and see black object cross from west to east and was turning point to point (sidew
Ocean City · MD, USA
North of Ocean City Md on 9/29/05 white blinking light moved quickly north then returned and left again
Germantown · MD, USA
2 bright moving stars dogfighting!
Gaithersburg · MD, USA
3 UFOs in sky, 2 fighter jets, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Flintstone · MD, USA
Bouncing and rapidly moving "star" in western sky.
Laurel · MD, USA
Heard sounds of humming over the trees for one hour early morning. Saw lights above the trees moving and flashing beams on the ground
Baltimore · MD, USA
Unknown Humming Sounds In Early Morning In Baltimre,MD.
College Park · MD, USA
Triangular aircraft.
Friendship · MD, USA
Two Diamond shaped craft spotted over southern Maryland
Columbia · MD, USA
two silver ballls over skies in howad county vanish one by one
Hagerstown · MD, USA
The hospital is 8 stories and when it became directly over our heads we could tell it was only 50 or 60 more feet high.
Baltimore BWI Airport · MD, USA
Three disk shaped objects moving near major airport.
Gambrills · MD, USA
brilliant white light flashing on and off at perfect intervals.
Owings Mills · MD, USA
Black triangular object without any lights, extremely low speed, approx 400ft off of ground, no sound, right over densly populated area
Baltimore · MD, USA
Three Cruise ship-shaped objects viewed on descent to BWI airport, Baltimore Maryland