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)
Tijeras · NM, USA
Two oval shaped spheres travelling rapidly west over Tijeras Canyon
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Bright red light in the sky moving ENE disappearing in mid flight.
White Sands · NM, USA
Metallic object viewed on video in sky above White Sands National Monument
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Dark grey, nodular, triangular craft passed overhead above tree line and made absolutely no noise.
Grants · NM, USA
Bright flashing spherical light appearing in NW sky at dusk before any other stars , and disappears w/in the hr. No sound.
placitas · NM, USA
Revolving lights in clouds over village of Placitas. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights?? PD))
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Blinking lights on for several seconds getting super bright and fadding out , a smoke orb flying low ,giant green orb very fast
Albuquerque · NM, USA
I observed a light mist/cloud like object move West to South covering many thousands of miles away and high in approximately 12 seconds
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Bright green dot. Struck straight down for about a second and disappeared.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
((HOAX??)) Fast same elevation as a plane with many planes in the area to get a reference in appearance. ((anonymous report))
Rodeo · NM, USA
Extremely bright, continuoulsy luminous, object moving silently eastward for several minutes, then disappearing in a few seconds.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
I realized this was real when it did the flip. ((anonymous source))
Socorro · NM, USA
Visit to Famous Socorro UFO Landing Site Lonnie Zamora
Santa Fe · NM, USA
At least 4 lights flying in & out of the clouds in the baca street area. Their lights would get really bright & then dim, sometimes goi
Albuquerque · NM, USA
My wife and i were sitting outside enjoying the weather when i happened to look up at a commercial plane that had past observing the tr
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Array of 6 rectangular white lights (windows or doors in the sky) flashing on and off from the center out observed for 5 seconds.
Moriarty · NM, USA
Silver shiny cylindrical object low in sky in broad daylight.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
UFO sighted near Eldorado at Santa Fe.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
My daughter and I were out on the balcony, facing east, watching the stars. I saw a white light moving from south to east.
Bloomfield · NM, USA
((NUFORC Note: Anonymous source of report provides no information. Date is flawed. PD))
Abiquiu · NM, USA
Not stars glowing; Christmas stars. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect "twinkling" stars. PD))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
A circle shape craft illuminated flying from west to east (sandias) followed by black helicopter...
Albuquerque · NM, USA
5 spheres flying in formation over Albuquerque, NM. ((NUFORC Note: Photo suggests to us balloons. PD))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
5 Interconnected objects.
Los Lunas · NM, USA
Small white object flying low and fast.