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)
Middlesex · NJ, USA
Star like object moving while watching Nasa's Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment (ATREX)
Annandale · NJ, USA
Slow moving, silent orange fireball
Brick · NJ, USA
A solid white retangular object, floated soundlessly across the sky, then almost stopped, then shot into the sky disappearing. 500
Edison · NJ, USA
2 UFOs seen over New Jersey
Morganville · NJ, USA
Blimp-like object with a very LOUD engine/motor hovered over Morganville/Marlboro, NJ last night. ((NUFORC Note: Blimp?? PD))
Manville · NJ, USA
4 moving lights at a high altitude spotted over Manville NJ
Newark · NJ, USA
Green laser lights in the sky simutaneosly and evenly shooting parallel to each other
Brick · NJ, USA
Fire ball seen over Route 70 in Brick NJ
Williamstown (Colling Lakes) · NJ, USA
My husband smoked in our back yard,when he opened the back door and exitment in his voice said;hurry up come outside look. We saw first
Atlantic City · NJ, USA
A small bright green object was flying towards the ground at an extremely low altitude and then disappeared within a 10 seconds.
Brick · NJ, USA
Reddish orange fireball hovering just above the trees for about three minutes.
Medford · NJ, USA
We noticed a white light with green and red flashing lights and was slowly moving. ((NUFORC Note: Twinkling star? PD))
Yardville · NJ, USA
Very fast moving orange oval shaped object
Seaside · NJ, USA
There was a green light that flashed in the sky 3 times last night at 12 o clock and then after it flashed it made a loud noise like a
Bayville · NJ, USA
Did anyone see the green lights flash three times by seaside & bayville ((NUFORC Note: Time and date unspecified. PD))
Augusta · NJ, USA
Orange and some red object in some formation, quickly disappearing into the atmosphere
Shrewsbury · NJ, USA
Reddish-orange light that slowly disappeared
Flemington · NJ, USA
slow moving red and white lights
West Long Branch · NJ, USA
I was driving South on US Highway 36 in West Long Branch New Jersey when I saw in the distance a rectangular object floating along just
Brick · NJ, USA
Witness #1 looked up at a low flying plan over home.. looked to left saw a rotating blinking object with no cloud trail showed witness
Perth Amboy · NJ, USA
Lighted symmetrical “CROSS-HAIR LIGHT EVENT” Nov/2011
Lopatcong · NJ, USA
One white light that divded into 3 at a very fast sporatic circular motion disappearing suddenly
Bridgewater · NJ, USA
EXPLAINED: Bright lights in Somerset county NJ on 11/23/11
Bridgewater · NJ, USA
Exceptionally bright lights turned night time to day time for 4 min
Riverside · NJ, USA
Two large Fireballs slowly moving south to north 11-24-11