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)
Tuckerton · NJ, USA
Circular lights seen in Bass River State Forest above Lake Absegami NJ
Union City · NJ, USA
A bright light falls from the sky over New Jersey.
Flemington · NJ, USA
A plane shaped object that was silver with a yelow emblum and flying low to the ground. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD))
Chester · NJ, USA
I saw a disc shaped object flying across the sky.
Allentown · NJ, USA
Multicolored fiberoptic looking sphere. ((NUFORC Note: Possible twinkling star. PD))
Hammonton · NJ, USA
Continual blinking rows of lights on opposite sides of sky.
Lebanon · NJ, USA
UFO over traffic on I-78 in New Jersey
Voorhees · NJ, USA
STRANGE lights over voorhees.
Forked River · NJ, USA
Shimming object in the sky between Popcorn Park Zoo and Garden State Parkway NJ
Brick · NJ, USA
Very Unusual White Lighted Triangle Zig-zaging Over Barnegat Bay around Midnight 9.22.06
Yardville · NJ, USA
Pulsating light gets smaller as it makes an arching movement in the night sky.
Dumont · NJ, USA
Fastest object beutiful colors,than dissapeard,no noise!
Pennsauken · NJ, USA
red object dips below commercial airliner
Newark · NJ, USA
a bright light that at first appeared to be a plane, helicopter or star. we saw it for at least half an hour and it never moved. as i
Red Bank · NJ, USA
UFO looks like Chemical Structure of Carbon.
North Bergen · NJ, USA
It was about 3 20 in the afteroon my back yard in my stairing at the sky watching the planes fly by, When I notice a star flashing whi
North Bergen · NJ, USA
Bright star like UFO over North Bergen NJ
Clark · NJ, USA
3 pankake looking round ufos floating and circling as they made their way slowly across sky
Freehold · NJ, USA
A bright light that hoover motionless eventually ascended straight up
Newark · NJ, USA
Ship located in the upper half of the picture.
Sparta · NJ, USA
2 Flashing WHite Lights Over Sparta New Jersey, Changing Direction and Moving Very Fast
NJ Parkway (MM60) · NJ, USA
3 Lights moving in formation, and alternating patterns
Ridgewood · NJ, USA
white star-like light moving across the sky. ((NUFORC Note: ISS?? PD))
Highlands · NJ, USA
bright white cigar shaped object/bright white light over Atlantic Ocean/Sandy Hook Beach
Westwood · NJ, USA
Bright round shaped object. Hovered for roughly five seconds then shot across the sky at a very high rate of speed.