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)
Farmington · NM, USA
Red egg shaped no sound quiet. Hooverd then shot off.
Rio Chama · NM, USA
Saw light high in sky, proceeded to jump to about 5 different locations then left light trail as it went north.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Unexplainable steady light moves horizontally then disappears.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Black diamond shaped ufo seen over hovering about 300-400 feet over city.
Grants · NM, USA
Large C-shaped craft slowed & angled off, followed minutes later by 4 jets.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Single orangish rectangle with rounded corners, no blinking. Took a smooth route and was very fast, and would decrease speed.; Vanished
Albuquerque · NM, USA
BRIGHT ORANGISH, solid object; no noise, increased and decreased speed. STOPPED ABOVE MY HOUSE for 1 minute and disappeared/vanishsed!
Red River · NM, USA
Brilliant Blue Orb over Red River, New Mexico - Stunning Movements.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Green Orb
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Green orb like ufo new mexico albuquerque 11/3/12
Albuquerque · NM, USA
I believe I saw a UFO today ...... small object, moving slowly at first, picked up speed, and then accelerated to a very high speed.
Ranchos de Taos · NM, USA
Large westward moving blue-white meteor 18:34 MT seen from Taos, NM
Albuquerque · NM, USA
A star, a planet? Can't possibly be. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect that the time may be flawed. PD))
Roswell · NM, USA
Bright flashes in sky east of Roswell. Decended with not trail towards the ground.
Tucumcari · NM, USA
On Hwy 54 headed North, the entire sky lit up in a bright blue light beginning in the north horizon and encompassing entire 360 view.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Blue/Green streaming flash of light shooting towards and over the Sandia Mountains near Tramway.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Unknown explosion over Albuquerque NM.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Unexplained "fireball" over albuquerque's west side.
Melrose · NM, USA
Bright Object in Eastern New Mexico Sky
Las Cruces · NM, USA
4 fireballs in sky side by side
Truth or Consequences · NM, USA
Fast moving red ball and then flashing light
Las Cruces · NM, USA
4 fireballs side by side
Taos · NM, USA
Parallelogram shaped bright, white light low on the horizon, flashed twice.
Velarde · NM, USA
Red, Blue, and Bright White Hovering Crafts over the East Mesa in Velarde, NM. ((NUFORC Note: "Twinkling" stars? PD))
Santa Fe · NM, USA
UFO over Santa Fe, NM on 10/17/12