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Massachusetts UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 2,694 UFO sighting reports in Massachusetts to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "light" (505 reports, 18.75% of total).
- August is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (320 reports, 11.88% of total).
- Saturday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (487 reports, 18.08% of total).
- 09/19/09 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (8 reports, 0.30% of total).
- 2014 is the year with the most UFO sightings reported (203 reports, 7.54% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (1,198 reports, 44.47% of total).
20 Most Recent UFO Sightings in Massachusetts
These Massachusetts UFO reports are presented as they were submitted other than paragraph breaks added for easier readability where necessary. You can click the 'Report' link to view the original report along with any photos that may have been submitted to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC).
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Seen next to KC-135, described best as Trefold, No camera issues, deflections or reflections Me and my crew mates were working when a flyover meant for a Boston Red Sox game flew over. This flyover consisted of two F-35’s and one KC-135 Stratotanker. These aircraft types were confirmed in a video of the flyover taken.
The object can be described as a Trefold shape and was seen flying and or floating next to the Stratotanker. There was only one shape scene the object was black or grey in color. Me being the observer am a senior is high school and was working on a on campus job site at the time.
This image has not been edited or even touched only looked at numerous times. Me and my family have determined there is no way at all that it is a Plane, Jet, Helicopter, or Drone.
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Lost power and went outside 10min after and noticed this very large horizontal string of lights Here is the revised version of your text with some grammar corrections: We lost power at approximately 9 pm tonight. Only our street and half of a connecting street lost power in our town (unaware of it at that time). I grabbed some candles with my boyfriend, and we lit them and placed them around the downstairs of our house.
After doing that, I stepped out to our deck to have a smoke, and just like I always do, I looked up to the sky and stars. We are in a relatively secluded area in town, and I have previously witnessed UFO activity here about 3-4 years ago, with three additional witnesses. Tonight, not even a minute after stepping outside, I looked up and immediately noticed three very bright lights in a horizontal line.
After taking some pictures and a video, I continued to look and noticed some fainter lights in the exact same horizontal line formation below the distinct lights above it. I called my boyfriend out, and he also verified what I was looking at, which actually frightened him a little, so he went back into the house. From the time I noticed it to intermittently going out to look, it remained in the exact same location without movement for at least 20-25 minutes.
I hope this helps! Let me know if you need any further assistance.
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Pulsing light moved towards the moon and then away from the moon at a 90 degree angle Looking up at the moon, a pulsing light moved towards the moon for about 15 seconds and then went dark. For approx 20 seconds no light was seen, then the pulsing started again however it was moving away from the moon in a different direction. The change in direction appeared to be a 90 degree angle from my viewpoint.
The pulsing light was only visible in the second direction for about 15 seconds. I frequently see satellites, aircraft, and the ISS. This was not similar to any of them and is a sight that I cannot explain.
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One smaller yellow oval shaped out of nowhere toward the larger squarish shaped object and hovered than both slowly disappeared Looked out across Burncoat Pond and at the tree line was large solid deep yellow two points with a curve on the right side partially hidden by distant tree line. It was stationary but actually it was slowly disappearing over the horizon. Then a much smaller duller yellow cigars oval shaped object quickly appeared to the upper right from out of nowhere and then moved slowly closer to the larger object.
It looked to be hovering but gently swaying up and down left and right. Both slowly disappeared into the distance. They were very low in the sky.
I froze in my tracks for 30 or so. Finally made my way inside to retrieve phone but was too late for any chance of video. The sky was clear with multiple stars.
No wind.
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Saw a white, flat cylinder float above Mt Tom Driving in my car on King St in Northampton, I saw a white, flat cylindrical shaped thing float over Mt Tom. It floated and moved unnaturally, seemed to crest over the mountain and maneuver over the summit in smooth, quick, uninterrupted motions. It was moving southeast.
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Hazy white light that appeared to turn headlights on Object was going from west to east and looked like a hazy white light. All of a sudden the light projected in front of it and continued to grow longer and wider in front of it. At that time we could see what appeared to be the actual lights on the object.
We could see 2 lights but weren’t sure if the object divided into 2 or not. The projecting light slowly diminished and the object disappeared.
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Witness supplied supplemental identification: Need to retract my submission on 2/14/2024. The fire station was testing drones that spray water.
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A white pulsating light high in the sky going west to east the object shot light in the direction it was going then split in two faded I came home it was 7:25 when I got out of my car I noticed a fuzzy/pulsating white light at a high altitude above me approximately 90 degrees up. The object was moving west to east and pulsating a white light with other colors mixed in at times. I was going about the same speed as the ISS which at first I thought it was but quickly realized it wasn't.
As soon as I knew it was not a plane, starlink or ISS I started the video I did the video for 1:57 and during that time the object shot out a plume which was sort of rainbow colored not as exhaust from behind but in front of the object. I know aircraft, satellites and planets etc. I have been avid night sky gazer for years.
I have also flown commercial for 30 years for work approximately 1200 flights so I know what a plane looks like and can identify most of them. The sky was very clear at the time and it looked like the object was a lot higher than 40k feet more like LEO. I knew that SpaceX was launching today and they did at 5:30 so two hours later does not seem like it would be SpaceX launch Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-124.
After the video it lasted no more than 15 seconds and seemed to split in two and disappear. There were no aircraft in the vicinity the sky is typically busy since I live in the flight path of ORH Worcester airport and checked Flight Radar for 7:23 to 7:26 and saw nothing going overhead ruling out completely a plane.
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One slow moving (west to east) distant light suddenly appeared as two, side by side. Soon after both projected fan shaped lights ahead. I was in our hot tub, facing west / southwest at about 7:20 pm.
It was a partly cloudy sky with a bright moon, waxing crescent. There were clear breaks in the clouds, and I saw a single blurred light that looked like a satellite moving below and to the south of the moon in a west to east direction. It seemed to be moving much slower than a satellite.
It unexpectedly appeared as two dull lights side by side, close together, still moving at the same speed and direction. Suddenly both seemed to have projected a fan shaped arch of light in front of them that looked like headlights in fog or snow. At that point I lost sight as they were obscured by trees and continued in an easterly direction.
I listened as they went by to see if I could hear anything (as happens with planes once they pass overhead) but heard nothing.
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Circular object surrounded by hazy white light emitting a triangular light morphing into a curved Rectangle ahead of the craft My husband and i were Looking into the clear sky to observe the stars while walking with our German Shepherd dogs . We noticed a circular object that we thought was a satellite. However it appeared to be moving slowly and was in a hazy cloud.
The odd thing was the clear night sky with the exception of this object which was slowly moving.The object was not as high as a satellite is. As it moved from our right side towards the left it appeared to have a second tiny red object like a satellite that trailed behind.
The white object then emitted a spray of light beams which faded out in a fan motion of a softer light. That light morphed into a curved triangle shape and it appeared to be in front of the craft. There was defining space between the craft and the light as if the light was its own entity from the craft.
Then the lights and the craft slowly faded and were no longer visible. Interestingly the dogs wanted out of the cemetery and we exited which is very unusual.
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Fuzzy looking light moving across the sky from west to east. Witnessed a fuzzy looking light moving from west to east. The moon and the stars were crystal clear.
I called my 2 grand-daughters and my wife. As the light got further east my we saw a beam of light come from the object which then turned into a lighted arc front of it. This light lasted 5-10 seconds.
The fuzzy object then turned into 2 distinct star-like objects (no longer fuzzy) and disappeared.
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I went out onto deck to get water. Noticed the very bright, flashing lights going from east to west, which very rarely happens. Went out to my deck to get water.
Immediately noticed the bright, flashing lights going around the center of something slowly moving from east to west. Zero noise. Brightly flashing red, blue, green, white lights.
I've only seen something move from east to west once before in 19 years here. I stood watching it for at least a minute until I ran in to get my cell phone with a sub par night/distance camera. I took 1 photo in night mode and 1 video in normal mode.
It wound up going behind trees 3 streets to the north of my house.
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Unidentifiable object seen while driving, lost sight after merging to I-95 and was no longer facing it While on the I-495 North connector to I-95 North, I witnessed a fast-moving circular object in the distant sky. It was a grayish color (exact colors are difficult due to color blindness) with a reflective sheen. It appeared to be moving from right to left in my view.
Once I had fully merged onto I-95 North, I was no longer in a position where I could safely continue to view it. I work on Pease Trade Port and Air Base in Portsmouth, NH, and my first thought was something from there. However, I am not in a position where I can obtain that information.
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Ufo was about 200 ft from the ground, causing ground to shake and emitting a deafening humming noise while flashing lights into our car My boyfriend and I were sitting in his car in his backyard, when the ground starting shaking and a loud humming/whirring noise began at the same time. The car shook with the ground, and a white light flashed into the car. We looked out the window and saw a black ooblong diamond shaped flying object with 2 white lights located at the ends of the craft and a large green light in the middle.
The craft was about 200 feet off the ground, far too close to be an airplane or helicopter. It sped off into the sky and the humming and shaking faded out with it.
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The bright flashing red lights caught my attention I was on break I was outside on break having a cigarette and the wicked bright red flashing light caught my eyes attention. It was dead silent not even a slight hum.
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Large floating object that appeared to keep changing from one object to four different objects Object looked to be miles away yet still very large by eye, constantly changing shape from one solid object to multiple, while observing one of the videos in freeze frame and zoom on my iphone i noticed another black spherical object travel by underneath the filmed object at speeds nothing we have on earth can travel and simply could not have been a bird or a plane.
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Odd cloud-like chevron shape vibrated, flickered, disappeared We were watching the sunset on the beach and it was dusk, had gotten fairly dark except for some orange light in the west. We were looking southwest from the beach, toward the direction of Boston harbor and the south shore. I said aloud “darn it, I never did see a ufo from this beach” - an inside joke because you can see so much sky and lots of planes from Logan airport from this vantage point.
Not 5 seconds later I see a gray chevron-like cloud formation over Boston harbor - the only cloud in the sky, or so we thought, it was a very weird shape. It looked sort of like a cloud, but also it was an odd shape for a cloud and it was all alone and just hovering very still. I said to my partner “wait, what is that?” We watched it for a while and he said “it’s a cloud….
But it’s changing shape” This thing was staying in the same place but rapidly changing shape, almost vibrating, in impossible ways, and so quickly that we could hardly process what we were seeing. At one point it stretched long into a line, like a cigar, and then it flickered back into the chevron shape, and then it kept sort of centralizing into this dot, expanding out etc. My partner, who is very skeptical, said “a cloud can’t move that fast!” It was moving so fast and flickering that it was like a blur - I said to him “it’s trying to disappear!” Because it was sort of flickering, fading in place and consolidating into this weird dot and then it completely disappeared from the sky.
My partner is very skeptical and he said he has no explanation for what it was, has never seen anything like it.
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Looked kind of like a whisp of smoke, but it kept its shape for over 25 minutes and moved west faster than we did while in a car. First notified a weird looking dark cloud or clump of smoke on the horizon above the tree line while traveling on i-90 west. We had a generally good siteline over the highway.
It kept popping up over the next 4 miles and 25 minutes (stop and go rush hour traffic) and had the same shape, while moving away from us. Checked flightradar and there were no flights in the area. There were also no other clouds at the time.
Eventually we lost sight of it.
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Saw a non blinking moving light while driving with a possible smaller light descending from it December 8, 2023 4:47 p.m. Driving home from work I saw a bright, warm white light above downtown Fitchburg.
The sky was overcast and it was the only light in the sky. It immediately struck me as odd as it appeared to be in front of the clouds, stationary and was not blinking. I was driving on 2A heading towards ChapelBarker Hill graveyard.
My route took me around the graveyard where I lost sight of it. Headed northeast down Laurel st, I saw it again as I stopped at the stop light. I then noticed the light was slowly moving southwest towards me.
I continued to glance at the light as I drove past the shopping center southeast down Water St. At the next stop light, I could still see it through the drivers window which was rolled down. I couldn't hear anything except the noise of the traffic.
It was stationary again and I could see what looked like a smaller and much fainter light descending from the main light. It was very hard to make out and looked like it was almost twinkling. I lost sight of the twinkling light when the bigger light started slowly moving, southwest still, over my car.
I thought I could just barely see a circular silhouette around the light. Then the stop light turned green and I took a lefthand turn to cross fifth st. bridge, driving the opposite direction the light in the sky was heading.
I lost track of it and pulled over on fulton st. to try to find it again out of my passenger window, but it was completely gone. I’ve been into the UAP topic seriously since 2020.
I’ve seen starlink, iss, planes and drones. This did not have any normal characteristics of any of these except maybe a drone however it appeared much larger than what a drone would be.
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Bright lights changing in intensity I observed bright lights from multiple locations in wellfleet. The lights would get more intense the closer it got then dim out and disappear while other lights reappear. I’d usually see three at a time.
Sometimes appearing stationary or slowly moving until dimmed out then gone. I’ve consistently observed these types of lights these locations on clear nights the past few weeks.
Massachusetts UFO Sightings By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Light | 505 reported sightings | 18.75% of all reports |
Circle | 276 reported sightings | 10.24% of all reports |
Triangle | 249 reported sightings | 9.24% of all reports |
Sphere | 204 reported sightings | 7.57% of all reports |
Other | 198 reported sightings | 7.35% of all reports |
Unknown | 188 reported sightings | 6.98% of all reports |
Fireball | 179 reported sightings | 6.64% of all reports |
Disk | 160 reported sightings | 5.94% of all reports |
Oval | 149 reported sightings | 5.53% of all reports |
Formation | 68 reported sightings | 2.52% of all reports |
Changing | 66 reported sightings | 2.45% of all reports |
Cigar | 65 reported sightings | 2.41% of all reports |
Rectangle | 49 reported sightings | 1.82% of all reports |
Diamond | 49 reported sightings | 1.82% of all reports |
Cylinder | 46 reported sightings | 1.71% of all reports |
Flash | 34 reported sightings | 1.26% of all reports |
Chevron | 32 reported sightings | 1.19% of all reports |
Teardrop | 25 reported sightings | 0.93% of all reports |
Egg | 24 reported sightings | 0.89% of all reports |
Orb | 15 reported sightings | 0.56% of all reports |
Cone | 12 reported sightings | 0.45% of all reports |
Cross | 7 reported sightings | 0.26% of all reports |
Star | 5 reported sightings | 0.19% of all reports |
Cube | 2 reported sightings | 0.07% of all reports |
Massachusetts UFO Sightings By Month
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.
Month | Sightings | % Of Total |
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August | 320 reported sightings | 11.88% of all reports |
September | 305 reported sightings | 11.32% of all reports |
July | 302 reported sightings | 11.21% of all reports |
November | 253 reported sightings | 9.39% of all reports |
June | 239 reported sightings | 8.87% of all reports |
October | 229 reported sightings | 8.50% of all reports |
December | 205 reported sightings | 7.61% of all reports |
March | 167 reported sightings | 6.20% of all reports |
May | 167 reported sightings | 6.20% of all reports |
April | 157 reported sightings | 5.83% of all reports |
January | 156 reported sightings | 5.79% of all reports |
February | 134 reported sightings | 4.97% of all reports |
Massachusetts UFO Sightings By Weekday
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the day of the week the sighting occured on.
Weekday | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Saturday | 487 reported sightings | 18.08% of all reports |
Sunday | 410 reported sightings | 15.22% of all reports |
Friday | 387 reported sightings | 14.37% of all reports |
Tuesday | 349 reported sightings | 12.95% of all reports |
Thursday | 347 reported sightings | 12.88% of all reports |
Wednesday | 339 reported sightings | 12.58% of all reports |
Monday | 315 reported sightings | 11.69% of all reports |
Massachusetts UFO Sightings By Date (Top 5)
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the date the sighting occured on, limited to the top 5 dates with the most sightings.
Date | Sightings | % Of Total |
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09/19/09 | 8 reported sightings | 0.30% of all reports |
07/04/10 | 8 reported sightings | 0.30% of all reports |
07/30/11 | 7 reported sightings | 0.26% of all reports |
02/14/24 | 6 reported sightings | 0.22% of all reports |
11/28/13 | 6 reported sightings | 0.22% of all reports |
Massachusetts UFO Sightings By Time
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the time of day the sighting occured during. We took logical 4 hour windows in order to split the day into early morning, morning, afternoon, evening, night, and late night buckets for this analysis.
Time Of Day | Hours | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 1,198 reported sightings | 44.47% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 560 reported sightings | 20.79% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 372 reported sightings | 13.81% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 189 reported sightings | 7.02% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 168 reported sightings | 6.24% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 147 reported sightings | 5.46% of all reports |
Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Massachusetts
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Massachusetts.
Cities with Reported UFO Sightings in Massachusetts
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per city in Massachusetts