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
I went to take my break from work and I walked out on a balcony for a smoke and looked up in the sky to see if the predicted weather w
Rockville · MD, USA
Cigar-shaped object seen for several seconds then disappeared from area of sight.
Edgewater · MD, USA
object did in fact slow and as quickly as it did so, it slug back in the same direct
Baltimore · MD, USA
Experiences worth reading
Bel Air · MD, USA
Roundish, dark gray thing moving in a steady, sraight line just above the trees and not moving very fast.
New Carrollton · MD, USA
Observed burst of bluish light at cloud level at 0632 on 25 JAN 05.
Abingdon · MD, USA
object emitting a brilliant solid white light beam in a reverse triangle pattern
Hagerstown · MD, USA
I saw this computer page and know I needed to write in. Every Saturday night my buddies and I make fruit cups and shoot the breeze, us
Gaithersburg · MD, USA
Brilliant green comet or meteor
Baltimore · MD, USA
Multicolored fireball in west Balitmore City near the county line
College Park · MD, USA
Big Green Ball of Light Falling over College Park, MD on December, 11 2004 ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor. PD))
Williamsport · MD, USA
Green light emmitted from sky in Western Maryland ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor. PD))
Columbia · MD, USA
object looked like a star, but the color changed back and forward
Havre de Grace · MD, USA
the object looked like a star and appeared to get brighter at times as it moved up and down across the nights sky
Laurel · MD, USA
An irregular flight pattern zig zagging then back and forth and up and down with a light as bright as a star
Glen Burnie · MD, USA
white/silver orb seen in Glen Burnie Md. following 2 high altitude jets leaving contrails.
Ellicott City · MD, USA
Too slow to be a plane, too fast to be a star and stayed within a small radius, and want to know if there are other reports.
Greenbelt · MD, USA
Daylight spherical object projects vertical electrical blue column to four times its diameter downward while over NASA Goddard SFC..
Rockville · MD, USA
it was not a satilite
Baltimore · MD, USA
Chevron sighted off I-95 north of Baltimore MD.
Ocean City · MD, USA
The crafts are not moveing and have flickering lights
Ellicott City · MD, USA
1 shinny disk shaped metallic object that was not moving in the sky. It disappeared out of thin air.
Frostburg · MD, USA
Looked out my bedroom window and saw two objects in the sky moving in clockwise motion.
Baltimore · MD, USA
Ovoid object with blinking lights moving slowly over downtown Baltimore
College Park · MD, USA
Very clear bi-convex disc instantly reverses direction at 15' from observers.