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)
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Two unexplainable lights over the southern horizon near Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Los Lunas · NM, USA
Large bright orange light in the northern sky twards Albuquerque.
Tijeras · NM, USA
Triangle Ufo
Vaughn (Hwy 285; south of) · NM, USA
12+ pulsing red lights, low on ground. Could be distant radio towers, but some things don't fit.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Pretty large, very bright, white ball with flames coming out, caused power to go out in friend's house.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
We saw a triangular shaped object moving across the sky.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
high bright red light that disappeared
Albuquerque · NM, USA
saw a blue meteor falling in eorth east ski burnning out twenty seconds later saw bright lite in sky the light fadded out then dissapea
El Valle · NM, USA
Bright spherical object turning from white/yellow/orange/red moving NE across sky - just disappeared.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Observed extremely high altidude single bright round light go from bright to dim and slowly float away. ((NUFORC Note: Irisium?? PD))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Bright Round Shape directly above heads....
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Approx. 2200. 11/01/07 large defined bright oval traveled across Las Cruces from East (White Sands) to West before Aggie game ended.
Youngsville · NM, USA
Nothern New Mexico AM Hunt
White Sand Missile Range - North Ocuro Peak · NM, USA
I video something we cannot identify, although there may be a logical explanation
Aztec · NM, USA
((HOAX??)) Aztec crash?? ((anonymous report))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
light in sky - disappears
Taos · NM, USA
Two bright objects traveling from south to the north disappeared
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Witnessed 6-7 jet aircraft following small orange light which became extremely bright and shot off
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Many flashing lights in the eastern night sky above Santa Fe
Roswell · NM, USA
dim lights moving in u shaped formation over Roswell
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Translucent Spherical object Motionless in sky for extended period
New Mexico (above; in flight) · NM, USA
I noticed out of the airplane window while flying from NC to Los Angeles approx. 6:30pm pt until around 6:45pm pt a very unusual light.
Los Alamos · NM, USA
Bright diamond-shaped object
Santa Fe · NM, USA
motionless bright lights dimmed and disappeared with the sundown. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Jupiter?? PD))
Farmington · NM, USA
Four objects in circular reddish moving in the sky over Farmington and Kirtland, NM.