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)
Perth Amboy · NJ, USA
Huge bright white light egg shaped, looked as if it were falling toward staten island
Mantua · NJ, USA
Strange red/white/red blinking light in Southern New Jersey. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a sighting of Sirius in the southern sky? PD))
Evesham · NJ, USA
Object looks like a cone or jellyfish with colors continually changing via binoculars. Nightly occurance. No sound.
North Bergen · NJ, USA
white and green lite hovering 20 or 30 feet over head. then ziipped away and disapeared after 3 or 5 seconds
Belmar and Wall Twp. · NJ, USA
Four silent soft white orbs in clover formation over the Belmar Inlet and Camp Evans for about 40 minutes.
Parsippany · NJ, USA
Thre red lights observed over Morris Plains and Parsippany New Jersey in Morris County, USA
Port Reading · NJ, USA
Slow Moving white disk shaped light over Woodbridge
NJ Parkway (MM 121) · NJ, USA
My wife and I saw a strange light Shoot across the sky as we drove down the Parkway going south.
Howell · NJ, USA
2 very bright lights in the sky...definitely not aircraft.
Parsippany · NJ, USA
9 red circular flying lights in different formations flying slowly and hovering then disappeared
East Hanover · NJ, USA
Formation of round bright red lights moving slowly for 20 minutes, then blinking and disappearing.
Boonton Town · NJ, USA
Wierd RED lights over Booton New Jersy
Morris Plains · NJ, USA
Red lights previously spotted in Morris Plains, NJ return to the sky in greater numbers
Morristown · NJ, USA
8 red "lights" of similar size to those on an airplane that moved in a formation and then seemed to stand still in the air.
Madison · NJ, USA
For the 3rd time, blinking red lights seen in Morris County.
Berkley Twsp. · NJ, USA
bright lights in sky
Wharton · NJ, USA
bright red light dancing around northern new jersy. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus?? PD))
Newark · NJ, USA
NEWARK NJ Star like objects moving WEST ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))
Little Falls · NJ, USA
The object is above our house every night since last Friday. It will probably be there tomarrow night too. It is red white and blue t
Morganville · NJ, USA
a very bight shaped object slowly moving over the western sky. ((NUFORC Note: Venus? PD))
Glen Rock · NJ, USA
We saw a green flash with a firey tail in the sky
Randolph · NJ, USA
red light , no noise at all and moving at very slow speed.
Whippany · NJ, USA
Red lights in triangular formations seen for several minutes in Whippany (Morris County), NJ
Morris Plains · NJ, USA
5 bright gold an red colored lights in arrow formations. Seen near Morristown, NJ
Hazlet · NJ, USA
bright diamond light in the north sky, turned towards the east and lights went out into a small red light and vanished.