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Boston, MA
Massachusetts · Suffolk County · Boston-Cambridge-Newton Metro
Boston is a major city in Massachusetts with a population of 663,972. Residents earn $94,755 per year, which is 26% above the national average.
3.2
/5.0
B
Good
663,972
Population
13,735/sq mi density
$94,755
Median Income
$60,001 per capita
$710,400
Home Value
$768,702 Zillow
$2,093
Median Rent
30.1% income on rent
53°F
Avg Temperature
265 sunny days/yr
726
Violent Crime/100K
2,639 property/100K
B
Overall
3.2 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
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Economy
4.2 / 5.0
$94,755 median income, 4.2% unemployment
C
Affordability
2.4 / 5.0
$710,400 home value, $2,093/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
726 violent crimes/100K (91% above avg)
A+
Education
5.0 / 5.0
54.1% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
74
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Historic Markers
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UFO Sightings Near Boston, MA
74 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Boston, MA.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Boston, MA | 2014 | Over Boston, 4 bright orange lights approach separately, hover, then recede to the South East. |
| Boston, MA | 2013 | Solid Non-Flashing Light |
| Boston, MA | 2013 | Four light, red center, yellow light emitted as it moved in orb manner. |
| Boston, MA | 2013 | Glowing neon green ball... Falling very fast and perfectly vertical over Boston. |
| Boston, MA | 2013 | White circular UFO outside Boston disappears--then reappears atop neon orange vertical-ellipse-shaped cloud & witnessed to Hartford CT. |
| Boston, MA | 2013 | Distant unmoving object with no lights during the day on July 4th. |
| Boston, MA | 2013 | Two colored flashes of light lasting about 5 seconds each until ending in a ball of light. |
| Boston, MA | 2012 | Two pin point lights trailing each other very quickly in a very non linear path |
| Boston, MA | 2012 | Large metallic-object, oblong shaped--disappeared completely from cloudless sky. |
| Boston, MA | 2012 | Large white illuminated oval shape above city of Boston. |
| Boston, MA | 2012 | Reddish/orange light moving really fast across the sky. |
| Boston, MA | 2012 | 23AUG2012, 2030Hrs., Boston City Hall Plaza, Triangular Craft... |
| Boston, MA | 2012 | 2 small consecutive black dots over Charles River |
| Boston, MA | 2012 | Triangular Craft Over Boston City Hall Plaza, August 23, 2012, at Approx. 2030hrs… |
| Boston, MA | 2012 | Dark shape landed on roof top, than flew away as bright light, no sound. |
| Boston, MA | 2012 | 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 |
| Boston, MA | 2012 | Fighter Jets Chase UFO's over City of Boston |
| Boston (northwest of), MA | 2011 | Second sighting. First on Cape Cod, Second in Boston |
| Boston, MA | 2011 | Sat outside and saw lights appear and disappear in the sky. |
| Boston, MA | 2011 | Dark triangular craft glided over Boston on 11-05-11 at 5 AM |
| Boston, MA | 2011 | The chasing red lights over Boston. |
| Boston, MA | 2011 | I was looking up at the sky real quick and i noticed a green flaming ball shape object with a blueish and green like flame coming out o |
| Boston, MA | 2011 | Orange blurry fireball observed flying over Boston during the early evening. Flying South over Allston. |
| Boston, MA | 2010 | Changes shape and flashing lights- one dark window- blue beam came down- picked up something 5 |
| Boston, MA | 2010 | Bright UFO above Boston, Ma |
| Boston, MA | 2010 | bright light changing shape and moving quickly away |
| Boston, MA | 2010 | Orange lights in the sky |
| Boston, MA | 2010 | The light just vanished and come back then vanished again. |
| Boston, MA | 2009 | The object was metallic and spherical, and a light silver in color. It glided through the air slowly and seemed to hang in the air for |
| Boston, MA | 2009 | Two cigar shaped craft spotted lowering object into the boston side of the charles river. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes |
| Boston, MA | 2009 | large V shape ufo responded to my calls. ((NUFORC Note: We cannot be certain that this is a serious report. PD)) |
| Boston, MA | 2009 | Giant white glowing Star like object (diamond shaped) above Boston MA |
| Boston, MA | 2009 | Smooth moving orb with four rotating lights ! |
| Boston, MA | 2008 | Large cylinder moving north at great speed without sound over logan airport. ((NUFORC Note: Possible contrail?? PD)) |
| Boston, MA | 2008 | Bright light in the sky |
| Boston area, MA | 2007 | A round fast moving polished object |
| Boston, MA | 2007 | green light streaks over the middle of the Charles River in the area of the Hatch Shell |
| Boston, MA | 2007 | large lights flashing rapidly |
| Boston, MA | 2006 | At 12:52 am on Saturday morning April 1, I saw a large fiery orange ball arch across the sky from NW to SE (I think). It was the about |
| Boston, MA | 2006 | 3 totally black and silent cigar shapes flying at a low height through edge of city center |
| Boston, MA | 2006 | fast moving odd shaped craft |
| Boston (north of; on flight aa96 from), MA | 2005 | Horseshoe crab - shaped silver object quickly overtaken by our AA 757, at same altitude - not recognised as an aircraft. |
| Boston, MA | 2005 | Green glowing disk changing to white light, streaking silently over the city of Boston, visible for less than 1 sec. |
| Boston, MA | 2005 | Black Disc Floating over Charles River. |
| Boston, MA | 2005 | Black Helicopter. |
| Boston, MA | 2005 | Fleet of Star-like objects witnessed over Boston. |
| Boston, MA | 2005 | Bright white/red light over Boston then fades out |
| Boston, MA | 2004 | SILVER/METALLIC OBJECT OVER BOSTON MOVING SLOWLY OPPOSITE OF WIND DIRECTION |
| Boston, MA | 2004 | THERE WERE LARGE LIGHTS OUTSIDE MY WINDOW. |
| Boston, MA | 2004 | Two amber lights just above the city skyline altered between visible and invisible shortly after NYE. One was higher than the other and |
| Boston, MA | 2004 | wobbly flying red object |
| Boston, MA | 2003 | Above the Mugar Field I saw a square object with 2 lights hovering over the field. This field runs paralell with Storrow Drive and I do |
| Boston, MA | 2002 | Bright orb shaped light over Boson |
| Boston, MA | 2002 | A bright light travelled high in the sky, stopped, and moved in the opposite direction. |
| Boston, MA | 2002 | Floating balloons or UFO |
| Boston, MA | 2002 | Cigar shaped object over Logan Airport |
| Boston, MA | 2001 | Small Orb over Boston Airport. |
| Boston, MA | 2001 | Boston sighting..Wednesday 2/7 at around 8:45 PM |
| Boston, MA | 2001 | Jet's Chasing Lights in Sky Over Boston |
| Boston, MA | 2000 | Bright light moving quickly east to west viewed from the boston common |
| Boston, MA | 2000 | At 23:50 EST 5/31/00 I was standing near 95 Summer St. near the corner of Devonshire St. in Downtown Boston, looking southeast down Sum |
| Boston, MA | 1999 | star like object getting brighter and brighter and then moving slowly out of sight |
| Boston, MA | 1998 | Large spherical object floating over the Charles River amid the smoke following a Fourth of July Fireworks display. |
| Boston, MA | 1994 | 3 Red trianles |
| Boston (above), MA | 1991 | The object was absolutely solid as I observed it, but appeared to fly thru the windows. |
| Boston, MA | 1990 | Large "Gulf Breeze" type object seen over Boston at about 10ꯠ feet in Winter |
| Boston, MA | 1990 | An unidentified flying (still?) object sighted in Boston in the summer of 1990 |
| Boston, MA | 1978 | It was gold and round about the size of a golfball. |
| Boston, MA | 1977 | Boston Harbor light show |
| Boston, MA | 1974 | I was on the wheel of a 38' cabin cruiser with two friends on a cruise down Boston Harbor at about 2100 hrs. The harbor reflected the l |
| Boston, MA | 1968 | 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 |
| Boston, MA | 1964 | Red circle flies low over the city |
| Boston, MA | 1963 | It was a nice warm night to hang on the back porch. I saw a bright triangular light in the sky, very high up. It was doing loops and |
| Boston, MA | 1960 | Observed strange large disk like craft. |