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
a bright lights traveling very fast with a green tail that exploded into four lights!
San Antonio · NM, USA
ON SUNDAY 10 01 06 MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING HOME FROM WHITE RUIDOSO NEW MEXICO. APPROXIMATLEY AT 11:20 PM I NOTICED OFF TO MY LEFT BO
Santa Fe/Los Alamos · NM, USA
Possible UFO over Santa Fe/Los Alamos
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Fiery object moving south to north which separated into approx 5 small objects which trailed it in a straight line
Los Lunas · NM, USA
The five of us were out driving around a thought to be secret base here in town... We all of the sudden were being followed. I turned d
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Made me think of UFO. Unsure what this was. No camera available. Solitary witness.
Silver City · NM, USA
Very faint flashing strobe.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
A wedge formation of seven garden spade shaped craft.
Melrose · NM, USA
aircraft following unknown object
Jemez Springs · NM, USA
Large bright light passed from West To East through a Valley
Ojo Caliente · NM, USA
Round white object motionless at high altitude between 20,000-30,000'. Disappeared with moving clouds.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
3 UFOs seen in one weekend
Las Cruces · NM, USA
09/30/06 Las Cruces NM Triangle spoted under the Pleiades for 30 min
Alto · NM, USA
Bright lights
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Cigar Craft Cited by Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque.
Springer (on 1-25; north of) · NM, USA
The object appeared to be the shape of a giant florescent M and M candy. It moved left to right across the desert floor then...n to s
NM · USA
UFO's dont exsist
Silver City · NM, USA
Unusual cloudlike formation with extending tendrils seen over Silver City, New Mexico
Silver City · NM, USA
2 ufo sightings silver city new mexico July 12, 2006
Espanola · NM, USA
brilliantly flashing flying objects
New Mexico (north; while fishing) · NM, USA
We didn't here anything, or see anything for that matter until later.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
white, cigar shaped, silent and seemed to glow
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Hoovering Probe!..
Las Cruces · NM, USA
White disk hover over New Mexico
Carlsbad · NM, USA
2 red-orange "dots"& one white "dot" over Carlsbad, New Mexico...