UFO Sightings in New Mexico
1,559 UFO sightings reported in New Mexico since 1944, peaking in 2014 (110 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,559
- Span
- 1944–2029
- Peak year
- 2014 (110 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1944–2029 · peak 2014 (110 reports)
Top cities in New Mexico
Albuquerque
1965–2021 · peak 2013 (33 reports)
Santa Fe
1966–2021 · peak 2020 (17 reports)
Las Cruces
1987–2020 · peak 2017 (8 reports)
Roswell
1945–2021 · peak 2008 (4 reports)
Rio Rancho
1991–2022 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Taos
1996–2021 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Deming
1965–2020 · peak 2018 (5 reports)
Farmington
1978–2022 · peak 2011 (4 reports)
Alamogordo
1988–2022 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Carlsbad
1982–2020 · peak 2006 (5 reports)
Silver City
1997–2021 · peak 2006 (4 reports)
Clovis
1944–2021 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Hobbs
1959–2020 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Socorro
1996–2021 · peak 2016 (3 reports)
Belen
1998–2021 · peak 2011 (2 reports)
Gallup
2002–2017 · peak 2008 (3 reports)
Truth or Consequences
2002–2020 · peak 2002 (1 reports)
Los Alamos
1944–2021 · peak 1973 (2 reports)
Los Lunas
1972–2020 · peak 2020 (2 reports)
Edgewood
2001–2021 · peak 2001 (1 reports)
Hobbs · NM, USA
Just seen a slow bright light moving in the southeast N.M. Sky. ((NUFORC Note: Launch of Falcon 9 rocket. PD))
Deming · NM, USA
Caught floating guitar shaped light and 3 others appeared move toward earth and disappeared.
Deming · NM, USA
Bright white diamond shaped object, not moving, during daylight, high altitude,other small lights approached it,Deming,New Mexico.
Deming · NM, USA
One black craft, one large white light, and two smaller orange lights west of Deming, NM.
Hobbs · NM, USA
Bright orange orb hovered high in sky then disappeared.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
What appeared at first to be a shooting star, kept on going straight across the morning sky without a sound or change in brightness.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no information. PD))
Ghost Ranch · NM, USA
Large, circular, gauzy light moved in unison with our vehicle, changed shape into an oval, moved obliquely and, finally, straight down
Cleveland · NM, USA
Drone with green lights.
Edgewood · NM, USA
I have worked in aviation for 20 yrs and it was not a meteor, rocket launch, weather balloon, or aircraft
Los Lunas · NM, USA
A Silver circular object was observed at a very high altitude over Los Lunas, New Mexico. Until obstructed by clouds.
Belen · NM, USA
I was at the Belen Airport in the parking lot, I had gotten out of my car and was hoping to catch some take offs and landings, but ther
Taos · NM, USA
A photographer took three photos of a tree, and an anomalous, disc-shaped object shows up in photos. ((NUFORC Note: Cicada?? PD))
Las Cruces · NM, USA
I saw a strange oval lighted object in the sky when I was flying from Austin to San Diego.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Round reflective object in the sky over Albuquerque, NM. ((anonymous report))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
planes don't zig-zag, it was not a plane.
Elephant Butte · NM, USA
Bright light in the stars with a jagged tail
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Formation of large bright spherical lights over open land near Santa Fe, NM
Albuquerque · NM, USA
I was on the roof when my son looked up and said " what is that ", pointing to a black spot, very high moving very fast west
Deming · NM, USA
Oblong disk hovering over Deming New Mexico 7/22/18
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Large flash of light in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible flare from an Iridium satellite? PD))
Roswell · NM, USA
Horseshoe shape moving eastward at a constant rapid speed with no sound underneath the clouds. ((anonymous report))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Stationary object hovering beyond the cloud cover, noticed it was faint when clouds moved by. ((anonymous report))
Ruidoso · NM, USA
1 Bright object split into 5, while moving together.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Huge bright green lights converge into three smaller bright green lights in Santa Fe, NM.