Last updated on May 1, 2024

Maine UFO Sightings in 1989

This page aggregates and analyzes all UFO sighting reports made in Maine during 1989.

How many Maine UFO sightings were there in 1989?

  • There were 4 officially reported UFO sightings in Maine in 1989.
  • In 1989, Maine ranked #25 on the list of states with the most UFO sightings for that year.
  • Adjusted for population size, Maine ranks #6 in the list of states with the most reported UFO sightings in 1989, with an average of 0.36 reports per 100,000 residents.

Maine Cities with the most UFO Sightings in 1989

Rank City Number of Reports
1 Patten, ME 1 UFO Reports
2 Orono, ME 1 UFO Reports
3 Lovell, ME 1 UFO Reports
4 Orrington, ME 1 UFO Reports

Maine UFO Sightings Analysis

We analyzed all 4 UFO sighting reports in Maine from 1989 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:

Maine UFO Sighting Reports in 1989

This is a sampling of 20 Maine UFO reports from 1989, 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).

Orrington, ME

Full Report Text:

Large dark triangular object with two round lights on either end and smaller circular lights in the middle Playing cards late one night I kept noticing a bright light over the island several hundred feet in front of our lakehouse. This was not unusual because plans often came across the lake as one of the flight paths to the Bangor Airport. What was unusual was the light stayed the same with out changing and there was no noise.

Both, my husband and I kept saying "that's weird", but were convinced it was a plane. After some time we knew this was not right and went out side to see what it was and to our amazement we could distinquish in the night sky, a large triangular shaped object hoovering slightly above the trees of this 3 acre Island. Had the object been more directly over the Island, it would not have been much smaller in diameter; the air seemed muffled, but there was no sound.

Two large round lights which looked like the burners of a gas stove(bluish) were on two ends and under the object, in a circular form were smaller lights (greenish- if I recall). It must have been at leat 200 feet long (at least) My kids would swim to island, but it was about 1/4 mile in front of our house. There was no noise! My husband started to walk closer to the shoreline, to get closer, but I was scared.

When he did that it seemed to start to move slowly toward us, and I ran to the house. When I stopped and looked back it sat still for a moment or two, and that just bolted off (still no noise). We called the airport the next day to see if the stealth had been in, but we got no where for information.

I have written on-line,somewhere, but never heard anything. No, we were not drinking, do not have psychological issues, or obsessed about this issue. Just very weird, and after this event I would wake up screaming on many occassions, which I had never done before.

yet, I had no idea why. And, nearly six months after the event both my husband and I were slammed out of bed (in the middle of the night) by nothing we could see. We sat up most of that night trying to figure out what was wrong with us, or the house.

! . Maybe it had something to do with the object, maybe not.? WE sold the house, and the doctor that purchased it has told me he's been happy and not mentioned anything "unusual", and (of course) I was not about to say anything.

Maybe it was really the stealth, and maybe I just had some night screams for normal reasons (I don't know what, but perhaps it happens), But, there truely is no explanation for the violent forced blow sending both, my husband and I, out of the bed and on to the floor. ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD)).

12/24/89 11:45 PM

UFO Shape: triangle

Lasted: 15 minutes

Report

Orono, ME

Full Report Text:

Silent Lo-flying Craft with Dome and Bright White Lights The following account is related here as told to me by my sister. The approximate coordinates of the house from which my sister observed the UFO are: 44:55:00 N 68:41:00 W In the fall of 1989, my sister, then 16 years old, returned home after seeing a movie with a friend. It was probably between 9:30 and 10pm.

She looked out of her bedroom window and saw a large, gray object with a dome top and one or more rows of white lights around the lower edge. There was one very bright light illuminating the path ahead of the object, which was flying "just high enough to clear the tree tops" -- (probably 50-75 feet above ground level) She estimated it to be "about the size of an average house." What struck her most was that the object made absolutely no noise, and was traveling too slowly to be an airplane.

The bedroom window faces due north, and the flight path was south, toward the house. When the craft passed over the house she ran to a back window to see if she could catch another glimpse, but she saw it just for a second as it disappeared behind the tree line and disappeared. My sister was slightly shaken by the incident, but did not tell anyone about the sighting for years because she feared ridicule.

She eventually told me and one or two others. I have heard many accounts of sightings. This one is unique because I do not believe it would be possible for my sister to imagine or create what she described.

She has always been a very down-to-earth, responsible, and realistic person. She is a college graduate with a degree in Human Development, was the director of a private pre-school for several years, and is currently a Case Worker for a Social Services Agency. She was a popular, well-behaved high school student with good grades and had no reason to seek attention.

(She doesn't even like science fiction!) The only nearby military airports are unlikely to be involved in experimental aviation. There is an ANG refueling wing at KBGR (8 miles) operating KC-135 aircraft, and a Medical unit with Huey and Bell helicopters. Brunswick Naval Air Station is nearly 100 miles away.

I believe Loring AFB was still operational at the time of the sighting; it is almost 200 miles to the north. My sister provided a pencil sketch of what she saw which will be submitted. If you have any questions about the incident, please feel welcome to contact me via e-mail and I will contact my sister.

((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD)).

10/01/89 9:30 PM

UFO Shape: disk

Lasted: 15-20 seconds

Report

Lovell, ME

Full Report Text:

Black Triangle over Lake Kezar in Lovell Maine in the Late 1980's It was in the summer time in the late 1980’s at night. I was with my family looking at the stars on a boat in the middle of lake Kezar in Lovell, Maine when a very large black triangle ship silently flew lowly over us. I didn’t see any lights, but I could be wrong.

I did see what looked like windows on the side. Not 100% sure about the windows. I don’t remember it taking on water, but it could of before we saw it.

It flew directly in the middle of the lake, and from the projected flight path it might of took prior it could of spent a few miles over the lake. After it flew over us it went into the mountains. It last about 5-10 minutes.

Unfortunately I don’t remember the exact date, but know it was in the summertime in the late 80’s. My family can verify the sighting, but they don’t remember the date either. As far as I know an early date for a black triangle sighting.

((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that date of incident is approximate. PD)).

07/01/89 11:00 PM

UFO Shape: triangle

Lasted: 5 - 10 Minutes

Report

Patten, ME

Full Report Text:

Patten Maine 1989 or 1990, sounded like a strong thunder storme on a clear night."moving towards Baxster State or Allegash" It started out as a strong wind sound, as a stong thunder storm. I look out the window and show a bright light rissing strate up from a feld.

As it rose the light got dimmer and it slowed to a stop and the light dimed to a "star light" and the sound went away "no sound at all could be herd" then it started to move, comeing closer to the house, we went out to see it. It was triangle with three sets of light on the bottom and square windows in the front,it past just about over head and blocked out about three football fellds size of the sky from vouw. I could tell this becous it was a clear night.

And it was heading towards the Baxster State Park, or allegash regine.Friend seen something in the windows " human like." P/S wish i had a camra ((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate.

PD)).

06/15/89 9:00 PM

UFO Shape: triangle

Lasted: 15 minets

Report

Maine UFO Sightings From 1989 By Shape

This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.

Shape / Appearance Sightings % Of Total
Triangle 3 reported sightings 75.00% of all reports
Disk 1 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports

Maine UFO Sightings From 1989 By Month

This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.

Month Sightings % Of Total
June 1 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports
October 1 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports
July 1 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports
December 1 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports

Maine UFO Sightings From 1989 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
Sunday 2 reported sightings 50.00% of all reports
Thursday 1 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports
Saturday 1 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports

Maine UFO Sightings From 1989 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
06/15/89 1 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports
10/01/89 1 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports
07/01/89 1 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports
12/24/89 1 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports

Maine UFO Sightings From 1989 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
Night 20:00 - 23:59 4 reported sightings 100.00% of all reports

All Maine Cities with reported UFO sightings in 1989

These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in Maine, in 1989

City Number of Reports View Reports
Patten 1 UFO Reports Patten UFO Sightings in 1989
Orono 1 UFO Reports Orono UFO Sightings in 1989
Lovell 1 UFO Reports Lovell UFO Sightings in 1989
Orrington 1 UFO Reports Orrington UFO Sightings in 1989

Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Maine

These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Maine.

Year Number of Reports View Reports
2024 6 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2024
2023 31 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2023
2022 41 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2022
2021 32 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2021
2020 76 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2020
2019 56 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2019
2018 27 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2018
2017 36 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2017
2016 70 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2016
2015 58 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2015
2014 52 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2014
2013 82 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2013
2012 103 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2012
2011 42 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2011
2010 29 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2010
2009 42 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2009
2008 28 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2008
2007 28 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2007
2006 21 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2006
2005 25 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2005
2004 17 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2004
2003 36 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2003
2002 30 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2002
2001 21 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2001
2000 21 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 2000
1999 16 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1999
1998 18 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1998
1997 10 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1997
1996 7 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1996
1995 19 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1995
1994 8 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1994
1993 3 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1993
1992 6 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1992
1991 2 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1991
1990 3 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1990
1989 4 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1989
1988 4 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1988
1987 3 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1987
1986 1 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1986
1984 4 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1984
1982 2 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1982
1981 1 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1981
1980 4 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1980
1979 4 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1979
1978 3 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1978
1977 2 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1977
1976 6 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1976
1975 4 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1975
1974 6 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1974
1973 4 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1973
1972 2 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1972
1971 2 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1971
1969 1 UFO Reports Maine UFO Sightings in 1969