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)
Potomac · MD, USA
STEADY RED LIGHT GOING EAST TO WEST
Frederick · MD, USA
While commuting to Bethesda Md. from Hagerstown Md. I noticed a fluorescent cloud in the eastern sky. This cloud glowed with light simi
College Park · MD, USA
bright light trailed across North DC sky
Westminster West · MD, USA
Working out on the veranda, late AM, I was bent over a small landscape planter which is perpendicular to my home at the veranda end. I
Hagerstown · MD, USA
CIGAR SHAPED, MOVING SLOWLY ABOVE TREE LINE , BRIGHT OBJECT EMITTED FROM END, SHOT INTO SKY.
Frederick · MD, USA
the object was spinning in a tight circular configuration
Elkton · MD, USA
i had to take my dog out to do his thing !!! it was a really nice night and a lot of stars out. my dog was doing his thing and i was lo
Ocean City · MD, USA
flash of light! possibly abduction!
Maryland · MD, USA
A triangle shaped ufo which moved accros the sky at a constant rate of speed
Asseteague Island State Park · MD, USA
We observed a triangular formation of three lights moving in a straight line, in a north by northeasterly direction.
Hagerstown · MD, USA
White cigar-shaped light, travelling fast NNE to SSE, emited second small light which arced downwards.
Eldersburg · MD, USA
I saw a object land, I heard loud noises accompanied by squealing animals, the object then raised in the sky and split into two objects
Rockville · MD, USA
Triangular object silhouetted against moon - digital photograph
White Hall · MD, USA
A wwhite flashing UFO zipping below storm clouds.
White Hall · MD, USA
The white lights were back again!
College Park · MD, USA
Heard booms, saw flashes, and sky was green in that direction
Baltimore · MD, USA
Observed high flying sphere moving slowly to the NW then blink out.
Owings Mills · MD, USA
a stationary object appeared in the sky for 10 seconds and its brightness increased over this time and disappeard w/ a trail of light.
Reisterstown · MD, USA
flying fire ball in baltimore county, maryland
Burtonsville · MD, USA
very low slow flying, very strange sounding craft near DC
Baltimore · MD, USA
Slashes of light in an oval shape off of I-895 in mid-spring.
Linthicum (BWI airport) · MD, USA
This was not any aircraft I have ever seen and was not ballon or moon.
Wheaton/Kensington · MD, USA
SHAPE CHANGING OBJECT IN WASHINGTON DC AREA
Baldwin/Jacksonville · MD, USA
7 bright objects in formation moving upwards toward sky.
Baltimore · MD, USA
Hazey, swirling, lights.