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UFO sightings in Massachusetts

There are 77 civilian UFO sighting reports from Massachusetts in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1965 to 2013. The busiest year was 2013, with 14 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were orb (26), sphere (14) and disc (12).

Most reports come from Boston (5), Springfield (3) and Bourne (2), out of 65 places in the state with at least one report.

By place

UFO sightings by city in Massachusetts

Places with at least three reports. 63 other places in Massachusetts have one or two.

The reports

Recent sighting reports from Massachusetts

All 77 reports, newest first.

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  1. 27 Oct 2013 · 07:05Marstons MillsFormation· 22 min

    At 7:05 my 28 yr old son and I were walking our dog. We have been keeping our eyes to the sky ever since our last sighting this past su

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  2. 26 Oct 2013 · 18:50Fitchburg/AshbyOrb· 20 min

    ((HOAX??)) stayed stationary in the air for 10 minutes, changed colors from blue to white to yellow and back again.

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  3. 26 Oct 2013 · 06:20MethuenOrb· 3 min

    Orange light in Methuen Ma gone like it was fake and it was a vision. This mess peoples head. postreros tiempos end times people.

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  4. 23 Oct 2013 · 20:45NatickTriangle· 1 min

    Orange triangular pattern aircraft?

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  5. 23 Oct 2013 · 19:45WlimingtonBoomerang· 5 min

    Chevron shaped craft.

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  6. 23 Oct 2013 · 07:15North AndoverBoomerang· 5 min

    Largest object in the sky i have ever seen

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  7. 21 Oct 2013 · 19:50WatertownOrb· 10 min

    Fast-moving, illuminated object similar to fireball silently crosses evening sky and in an instant plunges about 100 feet

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  8. 21 Oct 2013 · 08:15FraminghamOther· 5 min

    Two objects seen north of Mass Pike (Framingham-Southboro-Westboro.

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  9. 19 Oct 2013 · 19:05LowellOrb· 2 min

    single bright light in west sky above Lowell looped, dived , soared amd hovered, fading thwn shining

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  10. 19 Oct 2013 · 11:33RevereDisc· 6 s

    grey object flew back in forth for 3 seconds then left

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  11. 18 Oct 2013 · 22:35West YarmouthSphere· 45 s

    Orange flickering light (like flame) moved across sky for about forty five seconds over Cape Cod, then vanished.

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  12. 16 Oct 2013 · 19:15New BedfordOrb· 10 min

    Multiple orange lights traveling in formation quietly at low speed & seemed to all disappear at the same spot.

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  13. 12 Oct 2013 · 22:30West NewburySphere· 10 min

    Witness one saw sphere shape with multiple lights, stationary for a while. green to red. Witness 2 saw zig zagging pattern, like a

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  14. 11 Oct 2013 · 20:20HubbardstonOrb· 1 min

    4 orange orbs zig zgging across the sky. Quick movements forward and aft and side to side.

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  15. 27 Oct 2012 · 23:00SpringfieldOrb· 2 min

    UFO flashing lights

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  16. 23 Oct 2012 · 20:00DorchesterSphere· 30 s

    El objeto venia hacia el varrio de franklin hill dorchester MA, en una velocidad moderada pero cuando se acerco acia el playground paro

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  17. 23 Oct 2012 · 19:15NortonOrb· 6 s

    Bright light Moving south to north. It was to the west of Norton and Mansfield Massachusetts

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  18. 22 Oct 2012 · 18:15WoburnDisc· 2 min

    2 black flying objects that moved quick and than disappeared

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  19. 22 Oct 2012 · 05:45BourneSphere· 2 h

    Star like object. ((NUFORC Note: Probable sighting of a planet, we suspect. PD))

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  20. 18 Oct 2012 · 23:45SpringfieldDisc· 30 s

    I was on my way to bed n I sleep next to the window n when I lay down I can see the roof of the neighbor so I was trying to get sleep n

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  21. 18 Oct 2012 · 19:50BrocktonTriangle· 5 min

    Fiery orange triangle with blinking lights on rear, moved from east to west and pitched from side to side.

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  22. 17 Oct 2012 · 01:30North GraftonDisc· 1 min

    Many orange lights on a object

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  23. 16 Oct 2012 · 19:00BostonOrb· 5 min

    I was outside in the parking lot in jamaicaplain neibourhood.It was 7:05pm and it was dark.Accidentally i saw in the sky and the sky wa

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  24. 13 Oct 2012 · 20:26HolyokeDisc· 25 min

    There was a faint dull silver green luminous oval object flying in a clockwise rotation,spanning over the river and neighboring houses.

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  25. 11 Oct 2012 · 04:00TewksburyOrb· 2 s

    Huge white streaking object moving high rate of speeds in night sky

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  26. 11 Oct 2012 · 01:00WorcesterOther· 4 s

    Big extremely bright white light hovering in sky

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  27. 25 Oct 2011 · 22:00Palmer-MonsonTriangle· 40 min

    A large triangular craft with 3-4 lights on it with a low electronic sound to it, Very bright in the sky.

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  28. 23 Oct 2011 · 00:20WebsterOrb· 3 min

    4 glowing orange UFOs seen in Webster, MA

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  29. 22 Oct 2011 · 20:45WebsterSphere· 5 min

    Orange colored sphere stationary, very low over lake, accelerates fast, high and away as approached

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  30. 20 Oct 2011 · 21:00FoxboroOrb· 7 s

    Saw bright green light headed downward for approximately 7 seconds and then it vanished.

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  31. 20 Oct 2011 · 19:00MansfieldOrb· 1 s

    driving 95 north taking ramp to 495 south in the evening, saw bright green light fall to the ground

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  32. 20 Oct 2011 · 00:30BostonOrb· 20 min

    The chasing red lights over Boston.

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  33. 19 Oct 2011 · 06:40HinsdaleOrb· 2 min

    I saw in the distance at 6:40am driving to work on a regular route an object on the ridge about 2-3 miles away that I thought was from

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  34. 16 Oct 2011 · 19:00SaugusDiamond· 5 min

    4 Sightings in 2 weeks

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  35. 11 Oct 2011 · 19:42New BedfordSphere· 30 min

    At least 25 orange and red fireballs fly over New Bedford, MA, USA

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  36. 10 Oct 2011 · 18:15Peabody-SaugusOrb· 45 min

    Flashing light in the sky as airplanes flew by.

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  37. 23 Oct 2010 · 21:20BourneTriangle· 3 min

    3 Lights moving together at night over Cape Cod at low altitude without making any sound at all.

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  38. 21 Oct 2010 · 21:30BostonOrb· 1 min

    The light just vanished and come back then vanished again.

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  39. 12 Oct 2010 · 20:30BostonDisc· 5 min

    Bright UFO above Boston, Ma

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  40. 19 Oct 2009 · 19:15West DennisSphere· 4 s

    orange shere passed by in an interval of 4-5 seconds

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  41. 23 Oct 2008 · 15:00FranklinSphere· 25 s

    Spherical object hovered then moved away at an extremely high rate of speed.

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  42. 19 Oct 2008 · 21:00North AdamsOther· 1 h

    Star like object flashing colors and hovering for over an hour in one stop. ((NUFORC Note: Possible star?? PD))

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  43. 13 Oct 2008 · 06:00NewburyportOrb· 5 min

    WS OUT FOR RUN AT 6 SAW SMALL BRIGHT LIGHTS HIGH UP OVER CONSTRUCTION SITE THOUGHT THEY MUST HAVE BEEN ON TOP OF CRANE. NO CRANE THERE

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  44. 16 Oct 2007 · 19:00SouthbridgeDisc· 2 min

    crazey dident expect it stil dont no wat to say seen it above a few trees nothing else around andd then it wasent there

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  45. 15 Oct 2007 · 15:00WorcesterSphere· 15 s

    a stationery, very bright silver circular object about 500 feet in air, 60 to 70 feet across then vanished.

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  46. 22 Oct 2006 · 01:50CheshireDisc· 1 h

    7 light object hovers and moves in a radical fashion.

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  47. 16 Oct 2006 · 23:15NantucketSphere· 30 s

    Brilliant white light

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  48. 16 Oct 2006 · 21:30GloucesterOther· 10 min

    Orange light hovering over ocean

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  49. 14 Oct 2006 · 18:00ProvincetownSphere· 3 min

    Bright oval light in western sky at sunset

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  50. 12 Oct 2006 · 17:30SeekonkFormation· 5 min

    Ufo, massachusetts, circular, discs, formation, triangle

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  51. 20 Oct 2005 · 12:00QuincyOrb· 10 s

    3 UFOs seen in broad daylight

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  52. 19 Oct 2005 · 21:00MarlboroSphere· 20 min

    looking over cornfield round bright object lookin through binoculars many separate bright lights moved foward back north then soth in

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  53. 2 Oct 2005 · 03:00WestfieldOrb· 1 h 30 min

    Three bright lights appeard at different times. Moving in zig-zag patterns in the sky over a long period of time.

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  54. 25 Oct 2004 · 19:00BurlingtonDisc· 10 s

    a Saucer like object,- VERY bright white lights.... flying slowly overhead, before being lost in the trees.

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  55. 15 Oct 2004 · 04:30BrooklineTriangle· 25 s

    Triangle shaped craft sighting over Brookline MA.

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  56. 2 Oct 2004 · 23:37South AttleboroTriangle· 1 min

    Large triangular object, close to ground.

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  57. 19 Oct 2003 · 16:30Turners FallsOrb· 5 min

    In the clear afternoon sky I saw two bright lights moving in a random motion.

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  58. 15 Oct 2003 · 23:00BrewsterCigar· 10 min

    soldiers observe large unidentified craft as fighters give chase

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  59. 1 Oct 2003 · 22:00GranvilleSphere· 5 s

    Clear light zig zags through night sky on clear evening

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  60. 17 Oct 2002 · 01:00BrightonOrb· 6 min

    Looked like falling star or ball of light, but as it turned another light seemed to be bright white with hues of red

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  61. 16 Oct 2002 · 19:00BrooklineDisc· 2 h

    Ovoid , brightly lit unidentified flying object seen near Massachusetts city.

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  62. 11 Oct 2002 · 16:15RandolphCigar· 5 min

    Daylight sighting of High Altitude Light

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  63. 14 Oct 2001 · 17:00FranklinOther· 3 min

    Flashing light object jets straight into air and continues climb.

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  64. 25 Oct 2000 · 19:15NorthamptonOrb· 5 s

    Fireball seen in sky emitting sparks behind it.

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  65. 19 Oct 2000 · 20:00HatfieldOrb· 4 s

    it was a ball of light coming down on us.

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  66. 15 Oct 1999 · 05:00HoldenDisc· 1 h

    Very bright oval object that appeared to resemble a star approx. 5 am in the morning. It has been visible in the morning for 3 days no

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  67. 15 Oct 1999 · 02:00LexingtonOrb· 2 h

    A 2 hour sighting of fireball with orbiting mini fireballs and an array of white dots in the sky with unusual movements

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  68. 19 Oct 1997 · 02:00AttleboroOrb· 10 min

    A small globe of white light hovering over the grass paced my car for several minutes.

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  69. 1 Oct 1997 · 21:00HyannisTriangle· 1 min

    WIFE AND I DROVE ONTO START OF OUR STREET, NOTICED TWO LIGHTS NOT USUALLY THERE. STOPPED CAR, GOT OUT, SAW TWO CRAFTS. NO NOISE AND H

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  70. 20 Oct 1994 · 23:40TauntonSphere· 10 s

    I observed the Craft at a close enough distance to know it was not anything man made based upon my training and experience. 500 Lig

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  71. 1 Oct 1994 · 20:00ChicopeeAmorphous· 5 min

    Chicopee State Park, Craft seemed to be shooting balls of light or breaking up

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  72. 25 Oct 1983 · 20:55OrangeDiamond· 1 min

    Flying object from north orange down east rd.

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  73. 1 Oct 1983 · 20:00AyerOther· 20 s

    Zero to top Speed Instantaneously

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  74. 10 Oct 1974 · 19:30HudsonOther· 45 min

    Not sure of the eact month or year of this sighting but it was in the fall of 74 or 75. Was walking home around dusk and saw a bright l

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  75. 25 Oct 1968 · 19:00SpringfieldDisc· 5 min

    Unexpected siting of a disk shaped object fully illuminated by bright, circling lights around this object

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  76. 1 Oct 1968 · 00:00BostonCigar· 20 min

    as i woke up in the early morning a bright redish orange light bathed the living room,at first i thought it was a fire but the light wa

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  77. 16 Oct 1965 · 15:00BeverlyCigar· 1 min

    Possible ufo sighting 1965-1966 Beverly, MA.

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About this data

Where these reports come from

Reports are from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) public database: what members of the public said they saw, in their own words. Nobody has checked them, and most sightings have ordinary explanations.