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)
Hazlet · NJ, USA
A family of five in Hazlet, New Jersey reported a large disk-shaped object with rotating lights hovering low late at night, for about ten minutes in September 1971.
Sparta · NJ, USA
A multicolored, stadium-sized oval object was reported over Sparta, New Jersey, in June 1971, vanishing at extremely high speed within five to seven seconds.
Union · NJ, USA
UFO over 5 Points, Union , NJ
Berlin · NJ, USA
A witness in Berlin, New Jersey, described a cylindrical object in December 1970 that moved unusually slowly, and said it felt as though it were observing them, during a five-minute sighting.
Somerville · NJ, USA
We Had An Alien Trapped!
Somerville · NJ, USA
A witness in Somerville, New Jersey, reported a two-hour encounter in November 1970 involving a disk-shaped object and a humanoid figure the witness believed was not of earthly origin.
Ocean City · NJ, USA
Two disk-shaped objects were reported flying alongside a U.S. military formation near the Ocean City, New Jersey, shore in August 1970, observed for about ten minutes.
Toms River · NJ, USA
A spherical object was reported hovering over a neighbor's house in Toms River, New Jersey, in August 1970, with witnesses also describing a possible figure nearby during the ten-minute event.
Ft. Dix · NJ, USA
There was a round (green)object in the sky about 3 times the size of a moon, then the next second the object covered the sky from horiz
North Wildwood · NJ, USA
A witness in North Wildwood, New Jersey reported a triangular object outlined in red lights that appeared to land in the back bay area in June 1969, during a three-minute sighting.
Perth Amboy · NJ, USA
While observing Venus through telescopes, my friend and I saw several lights at high altitude that were able to come to complete stops,
Edison · NJ, USA
Three witnesses in Edison, New Jersey reported seeing a light descend into nearby woods in September 1968; upon investigating, they found what appeared to be a saucer-shaped object, over half an hour.
Edison · NJ, USA
Three witnesses in Edison, New Jersey reported a disk-shaped object in September 1968, observed during a thirty-minute sighting.
Edison · NJ, USA
This object was seeen by three people of good reputation who were at a gas statiion in the Clara Barton section of Edison, New Jeresey.
Cherry Hill · NJ, USA
A witness in Cherry Hill, New Jersey reported a large circular object making zig-zag movements in the sky, visible for over twenty minutes, in a sighting logged for August 1968.
Vineland · NJ, USA
Fireball and missing time
Elwood · NJ, USA
A witness in Elwood, New Jersey reported a slow-moving cigar or disk-shaped object near the tree line in 1968; the sighting was reported in a local newspaper the next day and lasted fifteen seconds.
Hillsborough · NJ, USA
A witness, then about eight years old, reported seeing three multicolored spherical objects of different sizes while playing outside in Hillsborough, New Jersey in July 1968, over two minutes.
Rumson · NJ, USA
A witness in Rumson, New Jersey, near Fort Monmouth, reported a disk-shaped object in 1968, part of a series of reported sightings in the area, observed for about half an hour.
Perth Amboy · NJ, USA
A witness in Perth Amboy, New Jersey reported a circular object hovering over a drive-in theater in July 1968, during a two-minute sighting.
Metuchen · NJ, USA
Daylight viewing of low oval metallic object gliding toward a second identical object, pausing then simultaneously shooting skyward
Monmouth Junction · NJ, USA
Object orbiting Jupiter
Livingston · NJ, USA
Livingston NJ UFO sighting, Time stopped!
Towaco · NJ, USA
I, and my wife at the time, saw what appeared to be the center star in a star cluster I believed was big bear move in a half circle and
Burlington · NJ, USA
On New Year's night in the late 1960s, a witness and their father and two brothers in Burlington, New Jersey, reported observing a circular object during a 20-minute sighting.