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
Man, son witness large, cigar-shaped obj. in night sky. Looked like a "rocket booster w/ a rim on the bottom." Obj. moved off to S.
Baltimore · MD, USA
Man sees formation of 10-12 dimly lit amber lights in wedge-formation pass E to W overhead at VERY high speed, like shooting star.
Bethesda · MD, USA
Fed. empl. sees extremely bright "cylinder, or the side of something," hovering in sky. STREAKS off. Other fed. empls. observe.
Kensington · MD, USA
Stationary flashing colors of light behind mist appearing in night sky right above highway very large!
Rockville · MD, USA
Woman awakened by a bizarre sound, "like a broken lawn mower." Sees a bizarre, elongate obj. w/ bright lights on both ends, middle.
Elkridge · MD, USA
Late December 1995 green fireball with pale green tail flew over I-95 at around 7:30. Also spotted in Annapolis around the same time.
North East · MD, USA
UFO hovers right above a rural house and field
Gaithersberg · MD, USA
November, 1995 sighting of a red "V" formation followed by a wavy string of greenish lights.
Baltimore · MD, USA
U.F.O SEEN IN HAMPDEN IN THE FALL OF1995
Baltimore · MD, USA
Woman repts. seeing strange, bright obj. moving back & forth, moving in circles. Streaks to north out of sight.
Cumberland · MD, USA
extremely loud
Cumberland · MD, USA
march 12, 1995 at 23:54 heard a super loud noise like a hundred train engines, but this was coming from the sky. then i seen a couple
Cumberland · MD, USA
March 12, 1995 something flew over Cumberland, MD
Washington · DC (west side), MD, USA
I was driving in a company van to pick up parts in Tysons Corner Virginia when I looked up and saw a disk shaped craft above a small cl
Cumberland · MD, USA
I was in my front yard with some of my children and one friend of my children. I remember seeing 2 of the brightest lights on this obj
Elkton · MD, USA
Call me crazy because I'd much rather be Crazy!
Ferndale · MD, USA
A well lighted object seen from my window...
Elkton · MD, USA
The UFO had Orange and Yellow Lights. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Elkton · MD, USA
I was in my deer stand when i seen a light it came down wright over top of me.A beam of light came out when it left it was allmost day
Elkton · MD, USA
A light descended slowly into the Elk River, just off the Chesapeake Bay.
Crofton · MD, USA
Blimp shaped craft with lights and orange glowing bottom.
Severna Park · MD, USA
Flaming object cross an open area between two tree lines, the object was just above the tree tops which are 60 to 100 feet tall. The ob
Lusby · MD, USA
Possible alien encounter and or abduction in 1993.
Rockville · MD, USA
My friend and I were in the third grade and we were sleeping in my back yard when the craft flew over down and to the right of the circ
Perry Hall · MD, USA
Old sighting of 4 large oval-shaped crafts, very low in sky, witnessed by several people.