Light UFO Sightings in New Mexico
317 light-shaped UFO sightings reported in New Mexico since 1973, peaking in 2013 (27 reports).
- Total sightings
- 317
- Span
- 1973–2022
- Peak year
- 2013 (27 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1973–2022 · peak 2013 (27 reports)
Silver City · NM, USA
Bright, very red, light flies south to west near Silver City, NM.
Mimbres · NM, USA
Multiple lights over Mimbres, NM. ((NUFORC Note: High-altitude balloon. PD))
Santa Rosa · NM, USA
Single moving lights in the night skies south of Santa Rosa, New Mexico.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Like an average star but binoculars show it to be strong flashing lights of white, blue, red. ((NUFORC Note: "Twinkling" star? PD))
Rodeo · NM, USA
Reddish-orange craft with no blinking nav lights followed at night by three (military) jets with blinking nav lights.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Orange-red light followed by a blinking green and red light; large rumbling noise unlike a plane could be heard.
Silver City · NM, USA
Two bright stars that moved and disappeared into the northern sky at dusk in New Mexico.
Placitas · NM, USA
Satellites don't normally follow one right after another on the same path or seem to move that fast.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
No one believes us.....
Albuquerque · NM, USA
I saw a bright orange oval shape that moved slightly and disappeared with no flash nor sound.
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Saw a large fast moving red and yellow light that came to a complete stop and slowly faded. Then one more right after the first one.
Las Cruces · NM, USA
For the last 4 nights, I have been a witness to a bright hovering object... So bright and way below 10,000 feet... No way that it could
Gallup · NM, USA
Bright light about the size of 20 stars seen west of Gallup, NM. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus?? PD))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Falling lights.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
2 orange/red lights in a line were traveling North
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Pulsing light of red, green and white seen in western and southern sky over Albuquerque.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
A flickering clump of lights, alternating green, red, white, and occasionally blue.. Due east, high above Sandia Mtns. Stationary.
Truth or Consequences · NM, USA
Green Red, White and occasionally Blue spinning lights that appear stationary.
New Mexico (abov; In-flight) · NM, USA
Two motionless star-like lights appear for at least a minute then disappear
Santa Fe and Albuquerque · NM, USA
Still, bright light - too bright, large to be a star -seen during storms in Albuquerque. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus. PD))
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Bright fading in and out light above town, second time seeing in a span of couple days.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Extremely fast and agile green light over Albuquerque.
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Hovering Lights over Las Cruces.
Tucumcari · NM, USA
Pulsing white light over the horizon and a small moving light in the opposite direction.
Albuquerque (southeast) · NM, USA
THE SKY SOUTHEAST OF ABQ THERE WAS A GROUPING OF LIGHTS JUMPING IN ONE AREA FOR OVER AN HOUR