State Report
UFO Sightings in Massachusetts
4,126 sightings on record from 1639 to 2023, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.
Total sightings
4,126
Share of US total
1.92%
Peak year
2013
377 reports
Top shape
Light
740 reports
Years active
384
Sightings by decade
reports / decadeTop shapes reported
all-timeLatest 20 sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | Shape | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-08 | Fitchburg | light | 3 minutes | Saw a non blinking moving light while driving with a possible smaller light descending from it |
| 2023-12-07 | Wellfleet | light | A few hours | Bright lights changing in intensity |
| 2023-12-02 | Haverhill | orb | 20 minutes to an hour | Multiple unidentifiable points of lights observed both stationary and traveling in the night sky unlike meteor shower or... |
| 2023-11-29 | Tyngsborough | other | Found In photo after | Took picture of moon with an object below. |
| 2023-11-29 | Groveland | light | 5 minutes | Six lights equal distance apart in a straight line formation rising up almost perpendicular from the horizon towards the... |
| 2023-11-29 | Clinton | sphere | 10 - 15 seconds | My dad was driving me to work and he said what the hell is that and in the far distance there was a big shiny metal... |
| 2023-11-25 | Arlington | triangle | 20 seconds | Triangular shaped craft over Route 2 |
| 2023-10-31 | Newton | circle | 8 minutes | Seen bright white circular object above clouds. Traveling at a constant speed. I pulled over to take video. |
| 2023-10-27 | Kingston | light | 5 minutes or more | Oscillating Star looking object. 2 blue moving lights that disappeared. One circular flash of light |
| 2023-10-26 | Worcester | circle | 6minutes | I was driving when I star tto see objects going up coming from an area to sky |
| 2023-10-26 | Worcester | formation | 10+ minutes | 3 unknown objects hovering for 10+ minutes |
| 2023-10-26 | Marshfield | cigar | 20min before I had to go | Cigar shades, bright, white, or very white, standing perfectly still next to the line of Plane traffic |
| 2023-10-22 | Fitchburg | star | Seconds | I’ve seen this happen more than once in past 3 months. The best way I can describe this is traveling stars, |
| 2023-10-18 | Belchertown | triangle | 30sec | Saw 3 solid lights in the shape of a big triangle, hovering, silently |
| 2023-10-14 | Tewksbury | rectangle | 15 to 20 min | Bright Rectangular objects in sky |
| 2023-10-11 | Plymouth | star | 10 mins | North lights going upward around 50 ft from one another fast and in a straight row |
| 2023-10-10 | South Dennis | orb | 3 minutes | Out on deck, looking at sky. I noticed a glowing red orb that also looked like it had smaller, flashing red lights... |
| 2023-10-10 | Plymouth | light | 4 - 5 minutes long | Saw 20 lights inline over course of 4-5 minutes. Some stopped and made erratic maneuvers |
| 2023-10-05 | Lawrence | orb | 30 seconds | Bright silver orb very high |
| 2023-10-04 | Fall River | triangle | Approximately one minute | A picture taken of a smoke trail in the sky reveals something else. |