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)
Watchung (Watchung Mountain; viewed from) · NJ, USA
Big ball of bright yellow light.
Paterson · NJ, USA
Brilliant light coming and going Roaring noise.
Carteret · NJ, USA
Black Triangle craft, very large, whites lights on end only. Helo on its tale, then craft disappeared.
Freehold · NJ, USA
Hovering light object underneath Orion's Belt.
Delanco · NJ, USA
Formation of silent orange lights moving across clear sky.
Salem · NJ, USA
Triangle ufo seen up close with binoculars in southern New Jersey.
Tabernacle · NJ, USA
Object in eastern sky in south New Jersey.
Kearny · NJ, USA
Red light emitting from a cloud
North Arlington · NJ, USA
Red circle hovering. Started moving slowly than took off and disappeared.
North Arlington · NJ, USA
Low altitude high velocity no sound at all. dark triangles.
Mizpah · NJ, USA
Triangle shaped craft white lights(no blinking) slow moving pace with a green light dropped out of it low altitude heading S-SW 2:45am
Watchung · NJ, USA
3 objects moving unconvetionally and disappearing thereaffter.
Edison · NJ, USA
A low flying blue orb perfecly maintaining altitude and speed silently zooming acorss the sky.
Aberdeen · NJ, USA
Low flying humming rectangular shaped object with 3 triangular lights.
Runnemede · NJ, USA
triangular crafts with bright lights and no sound.
Franklinville · NJ, USA
Orange fireball splits in two and then disappears over Franklinville, New Jersey.
East Brunswick · NJ, USA
Orange Glowing ball of light hovering over the town.
Keyport · NJ, USA
Rotating lights.
Hackettstown · NJ, USA
3 orange lights in sky.
Wayne · NJ, USA
3 Lights rotating fixed to each other that split up and flew off fast.
Hamilton · NJ, USA
5 dots of white light seen after noon spotted 3 days after Xmas 2013 West of the Hamilton NJ train station.
Cherry Hill · NJ, USA
Super Bright Silent Light Cruising Slowly Across South Jersey - 100% Not a Plane or Meteor.
Edison · NJ, USA
Four confirmed triangular bright orange objects travel and then dissappear above Edison, NJ USA.
Flemington · NJ, USA
Bright Orange lights over Hunterdon and Mercer Counties.
Haddon Heights · NJ, USA
Brite lite in the sky very very brite north to south not normal! 4 of us saw it moved left to right then gone?