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Maryland UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 83 UFO sighting reports in Maryland from 2020 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "light" (18 reports, 21.69% of total).
- August is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (14 reports, 16.87% of total).
- Monday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (15 reports, 18.07% of total).
- 08/18/20 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (4 reports, 4.82% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (38 reports, 45.78% of total).
Maryland UFO Sighting Reports in 2020
This is a sampling of 20 Maryland UFO reports from 2020, 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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Red sphere transitions into an eye. Saw many red fireball spheres moving sequentially across the sky along a path through the property over Damascus, Maryland on December 31, 2020 just before midnight on New Years Eve. These same orbs look like the ones seen in Kiawah Island just off the South Carolina coast, about 25 miles south of Charleston on Christmas Eve 2018.
They were identical with a multidimensional glow. I would say they looked more like living organic cells that transformed from an internal yellow to a central darker nucleus or went through some nuclear transformation or altering gene state when it passed over head and got closer to me video taping. Between scene shot 1.
58 to 1.59 you see this cell cycle transition in the sky.
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A yellow sphere circle twice and the zoom out to disappear. It traveled from Northeast to the Southwest.
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Unexplainable bright pulsating yellow-orange object hovering and then flying away at a high rate of speed. I was putting my son to sleep when I noticed a bright yellow-orange ball of pulsating light floating over the back treetops. Hovered for sometime and then sped up towards leftward direction.
As it sped up the ball of light disappeared and ?changed into flickering lights - appeared to be multiple objects flickering red, blue , white very very quickly ( not like the steady plane lights at night). It crossed the skyline within seconds. I’m a physician by practice.
This was not natural. I have security camera footage vouching for the 1st half of the story ( the object left the field of the camera).
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I have seen and still have them fallowing me . I have them on video hundreds they also interfere with my phone I can send you pictures and they put light that I think track me I promise .I tried to report to much and they are invisible or cloaking I need help please.
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4 dots and a beam Facing South a beam of white/bluish hue light beam with 4 dots in the front with defined space between them appeared and trailed across the sky going east to west about the length of hand held up at 40 degree angle. The beam and dots were about as thick as pencil held out at a 40 degree angle. The shape of the trailing light did not tapper.
it was a solid rectangle beam. it was a clear sky but it seemed to appear out fo no where and then disappeared in a instant.
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1 object north east bound disappeared then two bright objects disappeared then the last object covers a large area of the sky making no sound and leaving no chemicals Shortly after a plane at approximately 30,000 feet took 3 times the amount to travel the same distance and I could here it breaking the sound barrier very strange , at first I thought drones from Aberdeen proving ground but having a military background these were not planes.
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2 sets of lights hovering over the ocean near the inlet. The lights kept appearing and disappearing in the same area. The lights were red and white and flashing.
The sky was very clear.
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Two White Lights Over Baltimore At approximately 5:35 PM ET on Friday, November 13, there was a single bright white light in the sky, so bright it created a large ring in the thin cloud cover. The light and the ring dimmed slightly and then there were two bright lights, from my vantage point the second was just to the left and slightly above the first and may have been ejected from the initial single light. The lights were moving slowly in unison in a southwesterly direction.
I was driving at the time so I got to a parking lot and exited my car, which took maybe two minutes from the initial sighting. I got out of the car and watched the two lights and noticed the second one was now a bit more dim and slightly further away from the original brighter light. The lights continued to move in a straight path with the distance increasing between them.
I continued to watch for three or four minutes until I could no longer see the light that was ahead of the brighter one, which was now a pinpoint i! n the night sky. There were no other blinking lights or red or green aircraft lights associated with the two white lights. A few of my friends in different parts of Baltimore also witnessed them.
I shot some video on my phone but there's not enough detail to really see what's going on.
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3 ufo were right in front of my eyes and I'd love to know who else might have seen the same thing!!! I saw 3 ufos on Saturday 11/07/2020. I was off Eastern Blvd in Essex,MD. 1st cigar shaped ufo was all white flying pretty low, just took off and didn't make a sound.
2nd cigar shaped ufo was all white with red stripe around the middle. It came about 20-30seconds after 1st ufo. This was also without any sound and slightly higher than the 1st.
The 3rd cigar shaped ufo was all white with black stripe around middle. Now this one was high but I could still make out it didn't have wings or a tail. As the other 2 ufos had no wings or tail.
It looked like a flying submarine. I was in shock what I was seeing that I didn't get my phone out until the last ufo came. I aimed my camera at the ufo and took a picture but when I was taking it there was a glare so strong I couldn't see if I had it on my camera.
Well I guess I didn't have it in my frame because I didn't see anything but blue sky when I went and looked at it. The 1st ufo was so close, I know what I saw and it ! wasn't any plane!!! If you have any questions please feel free to contact me!!!.
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Red lights over Dundlak On Halloween night at 8:00, I was standing on my balcony and witnessed 6 red lights arranged at a 45 degree angle moving slowly from East to NorthEast. After a minute or so, two other crafts fell right into place at the back of the line. As they reached a certain section of the sky, they simply faded away one by one until they were finally gone.
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Red Lights and Spotlight Observed 6 red lights in a 45 degree pattern moving from east to northeast. After a couple minutes, two other lights appeared in sync with the speed and alignment of the other aircraft. After roughly 5 minutes, the lights went out one by one after reaching the same location in the sky.
Also observed a spotlight in the same direction for three days leading up to the sighting. It was definitely not being sent from the ground. It appeared as on the edge of a disc.
I would see appx 180% of light, then nothing. Then the cycle would repeat. This went on for about 10 minutes each night.
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MADAR Node 77.
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Green and red flashing lights moving in a zig zag, super bright and looks like its hovering in the air.
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Approached by diamond shaped white light on I-95 alone at night. My wife was driving alone down i-95 around 11:30 last night 10/9/2020. She saw this upright diamond shaped light.
It was pure white and just hovering in the sky to the south as she was heading towards it, around the intersection of 32 and 95 in the Elkridge area. It was brighter than the moon and seemed to be contained. In other words it was very bright but it was not throwing light on trees or clouds around it.
There were no other cars around, and as soon as she noticed it, it started moving towards her. Around this time she muttered, "I fee connected to this thing." and "Its coming for me.
" She felt completely mesmerized by it, and not afraid at all. She slowed down to about 10mph and it moved as it if was going to come straight in front of her car appearing closer and larger in size from her perspective. It came to a stop above her and she felt like she was going to pass out.
The bright white light was out at this point and she saw a w! hite light on the front and rear corners, and there was a green and red light in the other two corners. The object appeared very similar to the color of the sky, but seemed to be a solid shape.Then she felt she should keep driving.
I must have stayed behind because she lost track of it and the rest of the drive was uneventful.
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MADAR Node 77.
Maryland UFO Sightings From 2020 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 | 18 reported sightings | 21.69% of all reports |
Circle | 12 reported sightings | 14.46% of all reports |
Sphere | 8 reported sightings | 9.64% of all reports |
Triangle | 5 reported sightings | 6.02% of all reports |
Diamond | 5 reported sightings | 6.02% of all reports |
Other | 4 reported sightings | 4.82% of all reports |
Disk | 4 reported sightings | 4.82% of all reports |
Oval | 4 reported sightings | 4.82% of all reports |
Flash | 3 reported sightings | 3.61% of all reports |
Fireball | 2 reported sightings | 2.41% of all reports |
Formation | 2 reported sightings | 2.41% of all reports |
Cigar | 1 reported sightings | 1.20% of all reports |
Changing | 1 reported sightings | 1.20% of all reports |
Rectangle | 1 reported sightings | 1.20% of all reports |
Unknown | 1 reported sightings | 1.20% of all reports |
Maryland UFO Sightings From 2020 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 | 14 reported sightings | 16.87% of all reports |
March | 11 reported sightings | 13.25% of all reports |
October | 9 reported sightings | 10.84% of all reports |
April | 8 reported sightings | 9.64% of all reports |
December | 8 reported sightings | 9.64% of all reports |
July | 7 reported sightings | 8.43% of all reports |
September | 6 reported sightings | 7.23% of all reports |
January | 5 reported sightings | 6.02% of all reports |
February | 5 reported sightings | 6.02% of all reports |
November | 4 reported sightings | 4.82% of all reports |
June | 3 reported sightings | 3.61% of all reports |
May | 3 reported sightings | 3.61% of all reports |
Maryland UFO Sightings From 2020 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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Monday | 15 reported sightings | 18.07% of all reports |
Saturday | 14 reported sightings | 16.87% of all reports |
Sunday | 13 reported sightings | 15.66% of all reports |
Thursday | 12 reported sightings | 14.46% of all reports |
Tuesday | 10 reported sightings | 12.05% of all reports |
Wednesday | 10 reported sightings | 12.05% of all reports |
Friday | 9 reported sightings | 10.84% of all reports |
Maryland UFO Sightings From 2020 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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08/18/20 | 4 reported sightings | 4.82% of all reports |
03/30/20 | 4 reported sightings | 4.82% of all reports |
04/27/20 | 3 reported sightings | 3.61% of all reports |
09/07/20 | 3 reported sightings | 3.61% of all reports |
10/31/20 | 3 reported sightings | 3.61% of all reports |
Maryland UFO Sightings From 2020 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 | 38 reported sightings | 45.78% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 14 reported sightings | 16.87% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 12 reported sightings | 14.46% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 8 reported sightings | 9.64% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 7 reported sightings | 8.43% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 4 reported sightings | 4.82% of all reports |
All Maryland Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2020
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in Maryland, in 2020
Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Maryland
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Maryland.