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)
Truth or Consequences · NM, USA
I saw 7 orange orbs almost directly overhead in the formation of a perfect triangle. The orbs were moving very fast, about twice as fas
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Bright light in Albuquerque, NM (10/19/2014)
Las Cruces · NM, USA
The craft had the nose and tail of a government jet. However the sides stuck out flat as if to say a hybrid of a jet and ufo....Thi
Farmington · NM, USA
Bright Light traveling ESE, without a sound or blinking lights.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Flashing objects over Albuquerque skies.
Roswell · NM, USA
Bright lights appeared and disappeared over West Mesa, Roswell, NM.
Mescalero · NM, USA
It looked like a silver reflecting, blinking light and would be in one spot and stay blinking. Then the light would go out and come ba
Cloudcroft · NM, USA
Rotating triangle shaped white lights.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Orange Ghost like wing flying overhead.
Hobbs · NM, USA
Group of metallic orbs or lights in daytime.
Roswell · NM, USA
I was in the parking lot of pizza Hut located on south main st. I looked up to the east sky and noticed 4 orange circular orbs. 2 faded
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Reddish-orange light seen in Northwest Albuquerque disappears before hitting treeline.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Mysterious lights over west mesa in Albuquerque.
Yah-ta-hey · NM, USA
I was traveling on SR-264 east heading to Gallup NM. My husband was driving. I was watching a plane in the distance and I looked over
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Bright double-flash over Albuquerque's west side at 4:42 A.M MDT on September 8, 2014.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Another evening of mysterious lights over west mesa in Albuquerque.
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
Circular shape became visible around 7:15 Mountain time and was pure white and as time went by it became a dark brilliant red almost li
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Saw white circle high in the sky. Noticed two hours later it was still there in the exact same spot. No movement at all. As night appro
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Looked like a bright white circular object with no movement in the sky. As the sun went down it turned reddish orange.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Inverted tear drop shaped brightly illuminated slow moving object sighted over 3 1/2 hours. ((NUFORC Note: Balloon. PD))
Santa Fe (11 miles E. of) · NM, USA
Looking NNW from the cement pad in front of my house as the sun was setting, an oval of intense white light hovered in the sky, there
Belen · NM, USA
Triangular shape with 3 white lights stationary in North sky.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
White/red ligth on North Side of Albuquerque 9/13/14. ((NUFORC Note: High-altitude, helium-filled balloon. PD))
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no information. Possible sighting of high-altitude balloon. PD))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Bright round object in the Northwestern sky above Rio Rancho, NM. ((NUFORC Note: High-altitude, helium-filled balloon. PD))