diff --git a/CHANGES/10142.bugfix.rst b/CHANGES/10142.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a295fe6e31e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/10142.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improved error message for HTTPS requests sent to an HTTP port by detecting the TLS handshake bytes. -- by :user:`NIK-TIGER-BILL`.
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index c3c16f82eee..0551572daf7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ Moss Collum
 Mun Gwan-gyeong
 Navid Sheikhol
 Nicolas Braem
+NIK-TIGER-BILL
 Nikolay Kim
 Nikolay Novik
 Nikolay Tiunov
diff --git a/aiohttp/http_parser.py b/aiohttp/http_parser.py
index d0aee4d75c4..c16119918ae 100644
--- a/aiohttp/http_parser.py
+++ b/aiohttp/http_parser.py
@@ -577,6 +577,18 @@ class HttpRequestParser(HttpParser[RawRequestMessage]):
     def parse_message(self, lines: list[bytes]) -> RawRequestMessage:
         # request line
         line = lines[0].decode("utf-8", "surrogateescape")
+        if lines[0].startswith(b"\x16\x03"):
+            raise BadHttpMethod(
+                line,
+                error="Client appears to be trying to connect via HTTPS to an HTTP port",
+            )
+
+        if lines[0].startswith(b"\x16\x03"):
+            raise BadHttpMethod(
+                line,
+                error="Client appears to be trying to connect via HTTPS to an HTTP port",
+            )
+
         try:
             method, path, version = line.split(" ", maxsplit=2)
         except ValueError:
diff --git a/tests/test_http_parser.py b/tests/test_http_parser.py
index 1bf80d271c3..c96527baafb 100644
--- a/tests/test_http_parser.py
+++ b/tests/test_http_parser.py
@@ -1170,6 +1170,22 @@ def test_http_request_parser_bad_method(
         parser.feed_data(rfc9110_5_6_2_token_delim + b'ET" /get HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n')
 
 
+def test_http_request_parser_bad_method_https_on_http_port(
+    parser: HttpRequestParser,
+) -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(http_exceptions.BadHttpMethod) as exc_info:
+        parser.feed_data(b"\x16\x03\x01\x00\xa5\x01\x00\x00\xa1\x03\x03")
+    assert "HTTPS" in str(exc_info.value)
+
+
+def test_http_request_parser_bad_method_https_on_http_port(
+    parser: HttpRequestParser,
+) -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(http_exceptions.BadHttpMethod) as exc_info:
+        parser.feed_data(b"\x16\x03\x01\x00\xa5\x01\x00\x00\xa1\x03\x03")
+    assert "HTTPS" in str(exc_info.value)
+
+
 def test_http_request_parser_bad_version(parser: HttpRequestParser) -> None:
     with pytest.raises(http_exceptions.BadHttpMessage):
         parser.feed_data(b"GET //get HT/11\r\n\r\n")