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)
Bellmar · NJ, USA
FOUR WHITE OBJECTS MOVING SLOWLY SW IN FORMATION
Audubon · NJ, USA
Star? Moving Rapidly Across the sky maintaining altitude.
Ridgewood · NJ, USA
7 oval shaped lights moving in formations for 10 minutes, may have left trails, then disappeared.
Mendham · NJ, USA
clusters of low-flying white lights moving rapidly in formation, silent.
Montague · NJ, USA
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Jackson · NJ, USA
Showed up on download
Wayne · NJ, USA
Loud Explosion Booms w / Earthquakes Heard all over North Jersey USA 11/30/2004
Ridgewood · NJ, USA
Red object with a fading red tail flies slowly through sky
Monroeville · NJ, USA
Bright orange lights silently andl slowly move high among the stars and then desend quickly and hoovered over my car...
Swedesboro · NJ, USA
v - shaped, orange lights, same as the nite before, hovered approx 50 feet above car - no noise
Hopatcong · NJ, USA
silet oject with red light northern NJ
Mahwah · NJ, USA
Triangle shaped flying, hovering U.F.O. witnessed over Sheraton Hotel in Mahwah, NJ. on 10/10/04.
Worthington St. Forest · NJ, USA
witnessed a large object and an intense red light that illumiated the object.
Pitman · NJ, USA
star-like light that bobbled side to side and up and down ((NUFORC Note: We suspect Venus. PD))
Edgewater (over Hudson river) · NJ, USA
Green Bean (oval shaped object).
Trenton · NJ, USA
It was an overcast day. I and 3 other members of my family were on the front porch. I noticed a long white object in the sky at 2:00.
Port Murray · NJ, USA
4 spheres appeared and houvered, lines up and moved quicker then lightening.
Weehawken · NJ, USA
Two flashing lights following aircraft over NYC on the last night of the RNC 04.
Newark · NJ, USA
Oval-shaped glow sitting over Newark skyline
Sayreville · NJ, USA
White Rectangular Object sighted near Sayreville Water Tower
Ewing · NJ, USA
Stationary light flashing white, red, blue, west of Ewing NJ. ((NUFORC Note: Possible twinkling star? PD))
Locust · NJ, USA
Saucer shining a light above treeline on our top lawn, followed by encounter, scariest moment of my life
Voorhees · NJ, USA
Triangle craft over southern NJ
Brick · NJ, USA
Black triangle.
don't know · NJ, USA
A friend called me while on the road to tell me about bright lights in the sky that hovered, then dissapeared rapidly.