UFO Sightings in New Jersey
2,697 UFO sightings reported in New Jersey since 1950, peaking in 2019 (193 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 2,697
- Span
- 1950–2030
- Peak year
- 2019 (193 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1950–2030 · peak 2019 (193 reports)
Top cities in New Jersey
Toms River
1962–2022 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Brick
1980–2021 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Newark
1950–2022 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Edison
1967–2021 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Jersey City
1980–2021 · peak 2000 (3 reports)
Jackson
1975–2018 · peak 2004 (4 reports)
Clifton
1989–2022 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Norwood
2019–2022 · peak 2019 (23 reports)
Atlantic City
1991–2020 · peak 2008 (4 reports)
Cherry Hill
1968–2020 · peak 2014 (9 reports)
Howell
1995–2021 · peak 2020 (5 reports)
Bridgewater
2000–2020 · peak 2005 (4 reports)
North Bergen
1981–2020 · peak 2009 (4 reports)
Freehold
1986–2019 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Woodbridge
1974–2021 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Wayne
1975–2022 · peak 2003 (2 reports)
Bayonne
2001–2020 · peak 2016 (3 reports)
Paterson
1957–2019 · peak 1980 (2 reports)
Carteret
1960–2014 · peak 2001 (14 reports)
Elizabeth
1966–2020 · peak 2008 (3 reports)
Willingboro · NJ, USA
This isn't my encounter, it's my mother's when she was living in willingboro with her family. i dont know how old she was or how long a
columbia · NJ, USA
seen with eyes and caught on security cameras
Port Murray · NJ, USA
7 orbs hovering in sky
cmch · NJ, USA
ORB accelerates towards the ocean
Teaneck · NJ, USA
MADAR Node 28
Hopatcong · NJ, USA
Possible Craft which shot something out or was almost hit by something
Bridgeton · NJ, USA
UFOs I witnessed
East Brunswick · NJ, USA
The object was black then turned white and vanished.
Rahway · NJ, USA
Triangle shaped aircraft with swirling lights
NJ · USA
Ufo seemed to be following me
Norwood · NJ, USA
MADAR Node 145
Wayne · NJ, USA
Circular object red and white lights
Hamilton · NJ, USA
Greenish white sphere hovering side to side in one location in the sky
Marlboro · NJ, USA
Shiny white,with some black on bottoms, in formation
CLIFTON · NJ, USA
If you make the light object larger in the picture I took you can see the weird grey object behind it causing this light.
oakland · NJ, USA
2 diamond craft moving slowly thru the sky
Jamesburg · NJ, USA
Walked outside saw a bright blinking burning light, turned to a translucent light and was moving too fast to be a drone or plane
Teaneck · NJ, USA
MADAR Node 28
Newark · NJ, USA
A very large, round aircraft, that was hovering over houses.
Toms River · NJ, USA
My door ring captured a video
Moorestown · NJ, USA
Snapped photos the best I could
Norwood · NJ, USA
MADAR Node 145
West Orange · NJ, USA
I was walking my dog and saw a long, tubular craft with lights
Berkeley Heights · NJ, USA
Long string of lights - hull shape
North Arlington · NJ, USA
A long line of bright circles in the sky traveling at a constant rate.