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)
Raton · NM, USA
UFO sighting just south of Raton, New Mexico, on Dec. 1st of 2016.
Roswell · NM, USA
Strange person suddenly appears and then disappears.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Have never seen so many at one time flying together.
Navajo · NM, USA
Single row of white lights.
Taos · NM, USA
Large light, equivalent to car lights 1 mile away, in sky, stationary.
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
The mysterious sound and wake of an explosion in Rio Rancho.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Orange, fiery light in north western sky, Santa Fe, NM.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Huge oval gem or marquis diamond shaped obj. hovering above the Sandias, split into a smaller flashing red light that shot into space.
Lemitar · NM, USA
6 Orange orbs in the sky in Lemitar.
Las Cruces · NM, USA
3 multicolored craft observer traveling in sky and turned off lights as commercial airplane traveled past in same general area.
Mountainair · NM, USA
Multiple lights counted 11 moving side to side, separating formation flashing off and staying bright white & yellow.((anonymous report)
Socorro · NM, USA
Around 8:30 pm last night noticed multiple bright white lights SE of Socorro in the Escondida are in the East mountains.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Crescent like object spotted and slowly disappeared twice at two different locations in the night sky.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
A large, oval bright white light in the W side of Albuquerque, NM was pretty low in the sky to be a star, possibly a planet.
Jal (15 miles E of) · NM, USA
Saw 1 triangular object pass overhead, silent, 1 white light on each corner with red pulsing light in the center. ((anonymous report))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Bright pink vertical cigar-shaped object observed in evening sky of Albuquerque to the west
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Shrinkage and turning red before vanishing.
Los Alamos · NM, USA
White glowing circular object in the sky. not moving just sitting there for last hour or more. ((NUFORC Note: Balloon? PD))
Tesuque · NM, USA
Fast moving star-like light.
Cloverdale · NM, USA
Two saucer shaped clear images at 31 26 14N 108 58 32 W
Gila · NM, USA
I watched a well defined oval craft, non-reflective gray metallic surface, no fixed or blinking lights just blue halo fly low over Gila
Clovis · NM, USA
Something strange.
Philmont Scout Ranch · NM, USA
Matrix of bright green lights with loud whirring noise moving slowly above Boy Scouts at Philmont Scout Ranch Elk Horn camp.
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Bright white disk shaped object travelled along side of our vehicle for about 30 minutes.
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
Blue lights flying across the Albuquerque night sky every 5 mins around 12AM