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)
Sea Bright · NJ, USA
Two illuminated objects traveling in linear formation maintaining constant interval
Hamilton · NJ, USA
3 or so objects moving no sound....
Atlantic City · NJ, USA
storm clouds very threating at edge very dark out toward ocean was light clouds didn't get there yet took 6 digital pics. when i got ho
Clark · NJ, USA
clark new jersey 10:14 06/06/06 garden state parkway flash of light
Bradley Beach · NJ, USA
Blue3/white sphere /.no entrails / fast moving direction south east to north west close to atlantic ocean .
Brick · NJ, USA
Around 12am on June 7th, 2006, I observed a very brilliant light in the sky, at a distance of perhaps 2 mile away in the night sky as i
Glen Gardner · NJ, USA
The object was a bright white disc with a center dome an sparkling colored lights all over it !
Paulsboro · NJ, USA
Just lights. One light for 2 seconds, then a little lower, a light for 2 seconds, then a little lower, a light for 2 seconds but does n
Northfield · NJ, USA
Was walking south on bike path in northfield near Zion rd. and looked up over the tree line to the south to see a greenish spherical li
East Brunswick · NJ, USA
Small circular object silver and black, moves across sky, hovers then disappears.
Maple Shade · NJ, USA
Weird Object Seen In Sky
Elizabeth · NJ, USA
orange spheroid seen flying over elizabeth NJ floating north to south & vanishing after approx 12 minutes
Howell · NJ, USA
My husband and I both witnessed a low flying aircraft which seemed to hover in one spot with bright flashing lights.
Mays Landing · NJ, USA
Silent, 1000 foot long, silvery white UFO spotted
Budd Lake · NJ, USA
Small starsized light, got brighter and changed direction twice beforte disappearing
Vineland · NJ, USA
ENORMOUS, REDDISH/ORANGE , BRIGHT LIGHT, OVER TREE-LINE AREA, IN VINELAND, NEW JERSEY.
East Brunswick · NJ, USA
stationary bright fireball seen along the treeline
Egg Harbor City · NJ, USA
Five very bright orange lights just over tree line in New Jresey pine lands.
Bloomfield · NJ, USA
no lights, but gave off a blue and pink smear type of glow
Bordentown · NJ, USA
Circular shaped disc; initially suspended in the sky then rapidly disappearing into sky with black spot in the middle and black circle.
Brick Town · NJ, USA
It was a orange light that followed my car on the way home.
Brick Town · NJ, USA
It was a orange light that followed my car on the way home.
Brick Town · NJ, USA
It was big and had many diffrent colerd lights that went around in a circle clockwise.
Westfield · NJ, USA
2 bright lights in the sky that was comming and going ,up and down and stoping and left to right.
Oakland · NJ, USA
Daylight sighting late afternoon on the "Ides of March"...from Route 208, Bergen County....