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)
NJ · USA
Object was high (one to two thousand feet?). Was metallic. Kept having aura flash around it which would obscure the flying object entir
Bordentown · NJ, USA
Single orange fiery triangle. Faded slowly then vanished within seconds.
Teaneck · NJ, USA
MADAR Node 28
Woodbridge · NJ, USA
UFO reported in central NJ affecting power/electrical
Woodbridge · NJ, USA
Triangular Object In Sky
Monroe Township · NJ, USA
Multiple objects in the sky that flash white and/or red and fly low and together, extremely visible at night.
Glen Ridge · NJ, USA
Lighted, Triangle shaped objects flying at night, slow them very fast
Hillsborough · NJ, USA
Slow moving long vertical object with two orange and one green lights.
Somerset · NJ, USA
I captured two ufos on my phone.
Ringwood · NJ, USA
Multiple objects witnessed,changed speed and direction, lights changed color and intensity
Southampton · NJ, USA
Ball of white light moved across sky from south to north in about 3 seconds. It was about size of a golf ball compared to the moon. It
Trenton · NJ, USA
MADAR Node 62
Toms River · NJ, USA
Atlantis was discovered by local autistic.
Union · NJ, USA
Huge, white, circular shape hanging low in night sky in Union, NJ
Mountainside · NJ, USA
After encountering a strange scene on the highway, I couldn’t account for three hours of my time.
Rahway · NJ, USA
It was follow a air plain high in the West sky,red in color, no sound, then it sorry off passing the plain, then it was gone, but the
Trenton · NJ, USA
MADAR Node 62
Green Brooke · NJ, USA
Saucer or diamond shaped craft with four lights (3 appearing in somewhat of a triangle and one on the bottom) flew horizontally in sky
Rahway · NJ, USA
Vertical hovering Cylindrical shape object seen in Rahway New Jersey.
Bordentown · NJ, USA
Bordentown NJ Fire Orange Sphere's
Trenton · NJ, USA
MADAR Node 62
Barnegat Township · NJ, USA
Witnessed object being chased by fighter jets 30 passes so far
Millstone · NJ, USA
It flew across highway dropped to the ground and sky rocketed
Bayonne · NJ, USA
I got up to the bathroom after 2 in the morning, from the window I could see some very bright lights were 4 lights in an almost square
Bordentown · NJ, USA
Few thousand feet above roof..below Orion's belt. Flashing .. pulsing..zoomed in and rectangle shape...I have been trying Ce5 recently.