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)
Artesia · NM, USA
Brantley Lake. To the S, we saw a bright green flash the size of a small plane.
Gallup · NM, USA
We observed and recorded the objects with mobile phones as it followed us into the city. ((NUFORC Note: Venus? Anonymous report. PD))
Las Cruces · NM, USA
4 fireballs illuminating consecutively in a horizontal pattern over Organ Mountains. Also over NASA. ((anonymous report))
Roswell · NM, USA
Weird lights in Roswell.
Rock Springs · NM, USA
I watched a aircraft following glowing orb. The aircraft had blinking lights the prb did not. ((anonymous report))
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Faced Organ mts. From my home in LA Mesa. Noticed orangish burning fireball type ufo, ((anonymous report))
Raton · NM, USA
Thought I was looking at a revolving lighthouse as I drove through a construction zone S of Raton through some mountainous terrain.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Looked like a small aircraft,with blue and green changing circular lights inside it. Flying slow and low. ((anonymous report))
Taos · NM, USA
Daytime white disc sighting In Taos, New Mexico, with video link. ((anonymous report))
Roswell · NM, USA
The object was very long cylinder shaped with many rectangular windows.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
I saw a reflective metallic round object moving W at a very fast speed. No sound or vapor trail. ((anonymous report))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
This object was flying over the mountains and looked as if a full moon was flying through the sky. This was a massive bright sphere.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
We saw a single bright blue orb drop like a shooting star at about 700-1000 ft above ground, pause, then drop again.
Edgewood · NM, USA
Unusually fast moving object
Camp McGregor · NM, USA
Light seen over mountain's east of Camp McGregor. It hovered in one spot. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus? PD))
Alberqurqe · NM, USA
My father and i were driving down the road to find a spot to park for the night (he was truck driving at the time) ive never been to ne
Alamogordo · NM, USA
Looking towards the S, I noticed a stange group of orange lights. I told my friends to look outside. The lights did not move.
Zia Pueblo · NM, USA
Object emits golden beam, performs point to point travel
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Over Santa Fe on May 20th, 2017. ((anonymous report))
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Vertical cone shaped with pulsating colored lights, hovering in same spot in sky. ((anonymous report))
Gallup · NM, USA
A huge, bright, reddish pink orb hovering in Gallup for 4-5 minutes, then disappear.
Belen · NM, USA
Flashes of light in the sky like a lighting storm. But there's no lighting or thunder; skies are crystal clear. ((anonymous report))
Lovington · NM, USA
V shaped objects over Lovington, New Mexico.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Moving and changing color circle in sky! ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a sighting of a star or planet. PD))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Unbelievably fast object east of Albuquerque,NM