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)
Roy · NM, USA
A centipede type light/craft flying across the sky. Looked like a chem trail but was clearly not. Like a thin building with lights flyi
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Very bright light swinging around ascended then ejected 2 objects.
Deming · NM, USA
UFO sighting I 10 through New Mexico 32.2361000, -108.0330000.Driving through Deming New Mexico my girlfriend noticed something sta
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Flying red donut shape, noiseless.
Abiquiu (near) · NM, USA
Silver flexible looking saucer silently glides up and over a cliff face, shining a bright light from its base onto the cliff.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
On September 18th at 9:11, I was sky watching and talking to my friend in Indiana about what we were observing in the sky that evening.
Roswell · NM, USA
Orange balls of light on US 285, just north of Roswell, New Mexico.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Dark cross shape with light like shimmering rhinestones: three on each side of each arm.
Alburquerque · NM, USA
I saw a saucer looking flying object.. I was taking a picture of my view of Downtown Alburquerque and I caught it on my camera.
Albuquerque (?) ("Abiquiu") · NM, USA
2 witnesses spotted several orange and white lights bobbing and flying erratically in the sky. Specifically 2 orange flying objects tha
Abiquiu · NM, USA
2 witnesses spotted several orange and white lights bobbing and flying erratically in the sky. Specifically 2 orange flying objects tha
Santa fe · NM, USA
MADAR Node 78
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Bright blue cigar shape traveling at a high rate of speed over Santa Fe
Arrey · NM, USA
Bright Light with Flare moving Westward Across our Field of View
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Classic flying saucer with lights, large, headed north in Albuquerque 7/14/20
Albuquerque · NM, USA
White, Shape-Shifting, Sphere In Daytime Sky
Las Vegas · NM, USA
((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no information about incident. PD))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Date July 28 2020 Time was approx 515-520 pm. I saw 3 egg looking possible ufos today. I was going south on wyoming between Academy
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Bright blue ball with trail burning bright blue entered atmosphere falling then broke into 3 fireballs before dissapearing into. Starte
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Was driving East bound on I40 was getting off at the Rio Grande exit. As I was exiting the freeway I noticed in my upper left Periphera
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Flying object with light and what seemed like a cloaking device.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
There's been odd blueish white tear drops gilding across abq towards the NE heights every 6-10 mins one by one We first witnessed 1 at
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
Night out in the jacuzzi, saw a triangle shape object with 7 to 9 very dim yellowish lights
Peralta · NM, USA
Pin point of light turns into large disk of ligtht. ((NUFORC Note: Flare from an Iridium satellite?? PD))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Lights in sky changing directions