State Report
UFO Sightings in Maryland
2,828 sightings on record from 1946 to 2023, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.
Total sightings
2,828
Share of US total
1.32%
Peak year
2013
218 reports
Top shape
Light
529 reports
Years active
77
Sightings by decade
reports / decadeTop shapes reported
all-timeLatest 20 sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | Shape | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-28 | Ridge | other | 3:16 | Object hovered approx 1/2 mile above Potomac River |
| 2023-11-27 | Baltimore | other | 46s | It is not a cloud, the image is faint and grows clearer. The top looks more profound and the bottom portion is smaller.... |
| 2023-11-20 | Halfway | light | Approximately 12 minutes | At 1st glance lights (4) appeared slightly higher than street lamps but change into just 2 larger bright lights that... |
| 2023-11-09 | Westminster | formation | it was only one time | Series of lights moving slowly across the sky in a stright line. Most of the lights were solid but some were blinking. |
| 2023-10-29 | Waldorf | circle | 5 minutes | I went to take a photo of the full moon, thought I saw a star, went to show my nephew and it dropped from the sky. |
| 2023-10-20 | Easton | changing | Less than 30 seconds, | One continueous light with dispersed red and white lights, moving on line, not inline, SW to NE, low altitude |
| 2023-10-19 | Germantown | unknown | Seconds | Took 2 pictures of chemtrails. Looking back I caught something in the second photo. |
| 2023-10-18 | Forestville | fireball | 10 sec | white roundish size object captured on doorbell cam |
| 2023-10-18 | Baltimore | changing | Few hours | 2-3 flying objects that did not move much that were close enough to create a bright flash of light that fell vertically... |
| 2023-10-18 | Columbia - Fort Meade Area | egg | 3 -5 seconds | A egg shaped object, glowing with a small contrail, shot through the sky heading Northwest. It seemed at a low altitude |
| 2023-10-13 | Hughesville | other | I saw it for about 4 sec. | As i was driving while passing a neighborhood entrance where the view of the sky was no blocked i saw it, it was... |
| 2023-10-12 | Centreville | light | 5 seconds | Saw a distant light moving slowly and then rapidly accelerated horizontally, eventually disappearing. |
| 2023-10-11 | Baltimore | orb | About 20 seconds | I saw this orb or something like flying very fast above my head. |
| 2023-10-10 | Brandywine | orb | about 10 minutes | Similar to one I reported on 11/19/22 |
| 2023-10-07 | Waldorf | changing | We watched 10min | Bright light then it had small "stems" coming from it like a 4 legged spider. |
| 2023-10-02 | Silver Spring | other | 1 minute, multiple times | Streaks of light/clouds coming down; sometimes stopping in mid air: typically making a beeline for a cloud; one turned... |
| 2023-10-01 | Columbia | orb | About 15 seconds | White orb 182° South moving very fast |
| 2023-09-30 | Pasadena | light | 5 minutes | Driving in my neighborhood I saw bright circular lights over the houses. They began to make formations and slowly dim... |
| 2023-09-21 | Ocean City | light | 20-30 seconds | Nineteen independent red lights appeared in sky |
| 2023-09-17 | North Bethesda | oval | 1:20 minutes | Oval Craft Moves Slowly Over Potomac, Maryland |