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 (west of) · NM, USA
Airborne pilot observed supersonic light/object. ((NUFORC Note: Report from airline captain. PD))
Grady · NM, USA
Observed bright white flashes seemed to moved to the south.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
MADAR Node 23
Socorro · NM, USA
Observed 5 round orange lights in a line formation. I believe the formation was in a roughly SW to NE line, ((Starlink satellites??))
Kirtland · NM, USA
Daytime video of object changing shape over Kirtland. No time given.
Sandia Park · NM, USA
8 points of light slightly brighter than a star that were in a straight line equally spaced all moving together at the speed of an airc
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Far but looked like heat around a saucer.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Silver/dull disk with Greenish/Gold dome. Witness provided several photos (3). ((MUFON report))
NM · USA
Cruise missile looking. ((NUFORC Note: Report from FAA employee. PD))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
My son and grand daughter went outside to watch fireworks on NYE 2020/2021 , I told them too cold so I did not go w them. My granddaugh
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Linear strand of approximately 5-10 white lights moving quickly and silently across the sky
Tularosa · NM, USA
blinking multicolor light with three orange lights emerging
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Bright lights (at least 10) in formation traveling at high altitude west to east at supersonic speed over Santa Fe, NM (seriously)
santa fe · NM, USA
I was walking home and through the sky I noticed a diagonal stream of twenty or more slow moving orange-ish lights blinking quickly in
ranchos de taos · NM, USA
Multicolor flickering light shines bright, moves slow up into the sky until it's too far to be seen.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Bright light hovering at 9 mile hill
Albuquerque · NM, USA
V shape of 7 ish lights over Abq
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Large flash through sky, exact point of origin unknown, approximate to south side of town. Flash was quick and indescribable, light pro
Hondo · Seco, NM, USA
There is a bright flashing circular object over Taos Mountain/Taos Ski valley area. it seems to get bigger and brighter then back to sm
Outside of truth or consequences · NM, USA
Cigar shape object that changed shape to a fish like object and others to appear to have landing legs.
Corrales · NM, USA
Short cigar, cigar shaped object. Over the house, a little ways. Bright sillouettte.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
A white sphere flying from north to south over Santa Fe NM approximately 6pm 11/15/2020
Albuquerque · NM, USA
my porch is newly sealed
Los Alamos · NM, USA
The craft blinked in the distance signaling one in the sky like they were blinking in a binary morse code type pattern. Then one descen
San Antonio · NM, USA
Witnessed two amber colored circular dots of light hopscotching each other horizontally across the sky and then disappear.