How do I report a UFO sighting in Maine?

Note the exact time, compass direction, height above the horizon and how the object moved. Check a flight tracker, a satellite pass predictor and a sky app first. Then file a report with the National UFO Reporting Center (nuforc.org) or MUFON (mufon.com), which accept reports from every US state including Maine.

UFO sightings · Maine

UFO sightings in Maine

Maine's signature case is the 1976 Allagash incident, in which four men on a canoe trip reported a glowing sphere and, under later hypnosis, a shared examination aboard it. The deep wilderness and dark skies of the north woods keep it a quietly active state.

Maine case files in the archive

1976AllagashEagle Lake, Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Maine, USAFour art students on a canoe trip saw a bright object over the lake and lost time. Twelve years later, under hypnosis, they described being taken aboard and examined. One of the four later said the abduction part was invented.

Grey dossier

Saw something over Maine?

Most strange lights have an ordinary cause. Run the identifier: seven questions and the three most likely explanations, from a Starlink train to Venus to a drone, each with how to confirm it.

Note the exact time, the compass direction, the height above the horizon, how long it lasted and how it moved. Check a flight tracker and a satellite app before deciding it is unexplained.

File it. The National UFO Reporting Center and MUFON take reports from every US state, Maine included, and their databases are where the per-state counts actually live.

Other states with famous cases

The famous cases above follow the public record; XenoAtlas documents claims and their explanations and takes no position on whether any involved non-human contact. Per-state sighting counts are maintained by NUFORC and MUFON. For the big cases on a map, see the case files.