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)
Albuquerque · NM, USA
High altitude point of light SE of Albuquerque II. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Sirius?? PD))
Waterflow · NM, USA
A triangle shaped object above morgan lake area, could see the sky through it, with bright spear lights, in a large perfect triangle sh
Roswell · NM, USA
Lights blinking in sequence across the dark Nothern sky.
Soccorro · NM, USA
Orange lights near Socorro, NM.
Stanley · NM, USA
Blinking red light over Stanley, NM.
Taos · NM, USA
UFO Near Andromeda constellation.
Jemez Springs · NM, USA
Video shows something flying past moon.
Pojoque · NM, USA
Blue and Red blinking lights on a first egg type flying object above pojoque mountains overlooking Las alamos
Farmington · NM, USA
Sphere with multicolor lights traveling west by NE. ((NUFORC Note: Star? Confirmed by witness to have been Arcturus. PD))
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Very bright light low in the northern sky
Ruidoso · NM, USA
Gf and I where outside, stargazing, when we saw a low flying obj. with lights on each end in the shape of a triangle. ((anon. report)
Artesia · NM, USA
Stepped outside for a chore, looked up and saw a rather huge, fiery ball of something moving at a high rate of speed. At first I though
Albuquerque · NM, USA
High altitude point of light SE of Albuquerque. ((NUFORC Note: Possible "twinkling" star?? PD))
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
We were returning entering the gate to our farm. There was a shoe shaped craft hovering low. We are researching ufo and alien life for
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Metallic object fell from sky in front of me while I was driving north a few miles south of Albuquerque Airport.
Silver City · NM, USA
Lights in high sky, moving too slow for airliner, also inconsistent pattern, illuminated large craft, in clear desert night sky.
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Possible Craft Photographed.
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Slowly flashing lights above Las Cruces.
Nageezi · NM, USA
I saw a big white light with two strangers sitting in a bubble type craft in the side of the hill on Hwy 550 N.M.
Nageezi · NM, USA
My wife and I do not want be public with our names and who we are. It seems since you already have my phone number. I would like to ask
Jal · NM, USA
July 4th 2017 my family and I were waiting for fireworks to start in Jal, New Mexico. We witnessed a small red dot hovering in one spot
Nageezi · NM, USA
Huge Neon green horseshoe light pass over us at night.
Alto · NM, USA
Unexplained trio of bright lights, night of July 6, 2017.
Dzilth-na-o-dithle · NM, USA
Going to sleep around 1:00 a.m.With 4 of my nephew and nieces. Turned off generator. As going back into our home. Heard a blowing s
Artesia · NM, USA
As me and my brother talked about flying I just happened to notice a broth star in the south west of were I was sitting. I began to see