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)
Jackson · NJ, USA
3 triangular shaped objects, with flashing red and green lights, accelerated out of site within a few seconds.
Browns Mills · NJ, USA
This is an event that has haunted me most of my life. I remember it like it was yesterday. A summer night a friend and I were sitti
Dover · NJ, USA
07/15/1975 Dover,NJ Apprx 12 boomerang shape disks w/red center light hovering 2 hrs.1 larger than others.02/25/05
Millville · NJ, USA
Big object, low to the ground made no sound, concaved lit up underneath center ,
Salem · NJ, USA
Two times, I saw four red balls of fire that were just above rooftops.
Wayne · NJ, USA
Hovering Silver Metalic Disk
West Orange · NJ, USA
Better left alone..
Chester · NJ, USA
Three bright star like objects moving across the night sky at the speed of light and stopping on a dime.
Pemberton · NJ, USA
10 year old local boy sees UFO
Edison · NJ, USA
I only ever told this story to those individuals whom I knew could understand and appreciate its happening. Many years have gone by wit
Woodbridge · NJ, USA
Disk Quietly Hovered and Subsequently Spun Vertically on its Axis
Paulsboro · NJ, USA
A report from Paulsboro, NJ in June 1974 described a large, oval object flying in a straight line above the clouds, lasting 2 minutes.
Camden · NJ, USA
A report from Camden, NJ in June 1974 described a bronze-colored, rectangular object hanging over a street, lasting 5 minutes.
Passaic · NJ, USA
A report from Passaic, NJ in May 1974 described what initially appeared to be a sky full of stationary stars that then began to move together, lasting 30 minutes.
Lyndhurst · NJ, USA
A VERIFABLE UFO encounter... Holloman AFB 5/6,1974
Irvington · NJ, USA
A report from Irvington, NJ in August 1973 described seven elliptical objects seen roughly six miles from Newark Airport, lasting 10 -15 minutes.
Victory Lakes · NJ, USA
Watched a large, silent,bright, whitish, oval object hovering, moving slowly left to right and then so fast upward we lost sight of it.
Phillipsburg · NJ, USA
A report from Phillipsburg, NJ in August 1973 described a disk-shaped object that hovered over a river, lasting approx. 15 minutes.
River Vale · NJ, USA
A report from River Vale, NJ in June 1973 described two large, round, very bright white objects moving independently with fast, precise motion before vanishing, lasting 15-20 seconds.
Upper Freehold · NJ, USA
A report from Upper Freehold, NJ in June 1973 described a large, disk-shaped, saucer-like object with red and green lights, lasting 3-4 minutes.
Teterboro Airport · NJ, USA
A report from near Teterboro Airport, NJ in June 1973 described a cigar-shaped object observed near the airport, lasting 5 minutes.
Bricktown · NJ, USA
this UFO was about 200 Yards away at an angle of about 50 degrees. I could clearly see the multi-colored lights of orange, yellow, etc
Sayreville · NJ, USA
A witness in Sayreville, New Jersey reported three luminescent green lights dancing in the sky with no definite shape and too high to make out any craft, in August 1972.
East Brunswick/South River · NJ, USA
A witness reported a saucer-shaped object landing in sand pits between East Brunswick and South River, New Jersey, during a sighting in July 1972.
Cherry Hill · NJ, USA
Very intense encounter