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)
unsure · possibly Des Moines or Grenville, NM, USA
Single bright red orb close to top of car then suspended in the sky
Albuquerque · NM, USA
7:08 AM Albuquerque, NM. April 4, 2018. Large, rust-colored saucer vanishes after geometrical shape surrounds the object.
San Yisidro · NM, USA
Cigar-shaped, about 100' long one dim light in the front and one in the back was black
Tijeras · NM, USA
Extremely bright about 1/10th of a solar diameter. No craft was observed
Taos · NM, USA
Extremely bright single light changed into three lights in a triangle moving from West to East, very high in the sky.
Rowe · NM, USA
On 17 March 2018, I was taking sunset photos on top of Glorieta Mesa on State Hwy 34. ((NUFORC Note: Lens flares. PD))
Nowhere · NM, USA
Shooting star that came back.
Sandia Park · NM, USA
A non-metered flashing light of oscillating intensity and varied trajectory, with inconstant speed.
Clayton · NM, USA
Flashing foggy light then saw like a trail fog of a triangle shape glowing bright in the night sky then the light was gone.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Light moving slowly south of Santa Fe with strange haze around it which expanded.
San Lorenzo · NM, USA
Large bright a/c with 2 distinct beams of light separated into large bifurcated gaseous cloud over S NM. ((space debris??))
Cliff · NM, USA
Massive illuminated bubble. ((NUFORC Note: Space X booster rocket venting fuel?? PD)) ((anonymous report))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Bright blue/green circle flash flying fast horizonatally in sky and went away in 3 seconds.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
I noticed a strange metal shape hovering south east. ((anonymous report))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Several orange lights moving slowly, which faded out, one by one.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Flashing red light over Albuquerque, New Mexico no sound coming from craft. Been blinking on and off for roughly an hour as of now (20:
Aztec · NM, USA
Large flaming object falling from the sky. ((anonymous report))
Tijeras (south of) · NM, USA
Line of red lights very far off on horizon blinking in unison. It covered the whole horizon.
Placitas · NM, USA
Sequence of blinking lights; northward. Lights were seen towards the Jemez landscape. ((anonymous report))
Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan) · NM, USA
Flashing Fleet of Fifteen Flying Objects.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Triangular object with bright green lights near Santa Fe, NM.
Moriarty area · NM, USA
Massive spotlight type light coming from on or behind the Sandia mountains. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of missile launch?? PD))
Taos · NM, USA
I just flipped through a few photos I took on Christmas Day at Luna Mystica, an Airstream hotel near Taos,NM. I noticed strange object
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Two circular objects giving off extremely bright yellow and green light before dissapating
Albuquerque · NM, USA
((HOAX??)) A single purple light hovered over University of New Mexico's campus. ((anonymous report))