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)
Blackwood · NJ, USA
Comet sighting PLUS!
Carneys Point · NJ, USA
Brownish black cylinder shaped object flew over my vehicle at 250 feet altitude, lasting approximtely 5 seconds then vanished.
Passaic · NJ, USA
Interaction with an unknown silent object which tumbled in a straight line away and up at a shallow angle to where a silver dot was.
Morristown · NJ, USA
Orange Glowing Dot Between Orion and Canis Major Constellations.
Middletown · NJ, USA
Woman, husband, multiple train passengers witness bizarre "aircraft," which suddenly stops, becomes bright red, blue, then yellow!
New Gretna · NJ, USA
Spherical white lights in a moving semi circular pattern.
Stockton · NJ, USA
2 men saw craft appear as star and moved at lighting speed and disapear into another star.
Elizabeth · NJ, USA
While driving on Route 1&9 in Elizabeth Near Newark Airport I was looking at an airplane that was taking off on an upward incline. At t
Basking Ridge · NJ, USA
Young man, while driving N, witnesses dramatic white fireball to east streak N to S. Sees similar red streak N to S in W sky!
Howell · NJ, USA
Man saw 2 lights, apparently coming directly toward him, then a 3rd appeared, forming a triangular shape. Hovered nearby, faded.
W. New Brunswick · NJ, USA
Woman sees "yellow orange disc" streak overhead as she exits NJ Turnpike at Exit 15E. Obj. larger in appearance than full moon.
Randolph · NJ, USA
Young girl repts. seeing cigar-shaped craft w/ very bright lights, big round light in front, hovering above tops of nearby trees.
West Milford · NJ, USA
Triangular shaped UFO on Clinton Rd. NJ
Cherry Hill · NJ, USA
Dentist, 2 lifeguards, and others see same black dot that had been seen 3 wks. earlier. (See 27JN95 event.)
Trenton · NJ, USA
NJ Division of Aviation relays seemingly credible UFO report from NJ citizen.
Morris Plains · NJ, USA
Dentist, neighbor, 3 police observe bizarre, bright light flying wing-shaped craft "w/ red, green, & white bubbles." Exclnt rept.
Roebling · NJ, USA
My neighbor and I saw a white light executing right and left angles, no sound or shape, over a lake behind our houses.
Long Valley · NJ, USA
It was about 6 feet in cicumference and dissapeared in thin air without a trace!
Howell · NJ, USA
Huge oval craft seen moving E to W along I-195 in central NJ late one night
Cherry Hill · NJ, USA
Dentist witnesses small black dot very high in sky. Accelerates (against wind), streaks out of sight. Other witnesses.
New Providence · NJ, USA
Dentist witnesses large craft w/ 15-20 windows or lights. Light beamed at ground; whooshing sound. Excellentt report.
Hillsborough · NJ, USA
Local police relay sighting rept.: Citizen repts. sighting of two round, bizarre objects in sky near town.
Folsom · NJ, USA
Woman repts. stationary light in sky, which dims when aircraft pass by.
Burlington · NJ, USA
Man & wife witness orange, "dirty yellow" cigar-shaped obj. above W horizon. Passed behind tree, faded out.
Folsom · NJ, USA
Woman reports past sighting of bright, neon-green obj. shooting across sky. Repts. other sighting 04FE95.