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)
Socorro (approx 30 miles S. of · on I-25), NM, USA
Driving North on I-25 south of Socorro, NM, my mother and I saw a bright light to the west that followed us to Albuquerque. ((Venus?))
Santa Fe · NM, USA
three nights, in one week, glowing green and red, pulsating and then silver, very fast
Roswell · NM, USA
High, fast moving, silent "light" flew horizon to horizon and was followed by 2 military aircraft within minutes, then filled the sky.
Gallup · NM, USA
In the newspaper it was reported that several people saw strange lights and moved at unbelieveable speeds & simply stopped and hover
Silver City · NM, USA
white object seen going north to south may 18,2004 in western sky over Silver city,nm. in a.m.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
6 white lights over Albuquerque
Alcalde · NM, USA
Daylight disk near Alcalde, NM
Shiprock · NM, USA
Blinking red light not a route of any aircraft of any sort.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
There were three balls of light flying in a long triangle
Socorro · NM, USA
as i was driving on highway 60 just west of socorro nm an orange light-ball shaped-seen going south to north across windshield at low a
Springer (I-25) · NM, USA
seen two light blue lights,area had low clouds around Springer N.M. was travelling north on I-25. I went over Raton Pass and lights rea
Gallup · NM, USA
Extremely bright white light with yellow and green strobing, long duration ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Sirius?? PD))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
ufo fly over out of this world sighting
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Blackedout Helo Ops in Las Cruces, NM
Roswell · NM, USA
Emerala shape, stationary in the South west sky atabout a 45 Degee attitude from horizion,seemed to be following earth rotation.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Multiple red lights decending towards earth
Mariano Lake · NM, USA
A low flying oval shaped craft with no noise whatsoever just above the treeline in our vicinity.
Silver City · NM, USA
Something explodes in the skies over Silver City, New Mexico
Albuquerque · NM, USA
In my car on Juan Tabo and Central Ave, at 12:45 I noticed an object flying from an auto car dealership and a silver object that looked
Deming · NM, USA
Black stationary object seen south of I-10 in New Mexico at dusk
Cliff · NM, USA
Six bright orange lights appear exactly same distance apart, to be followed after 3 sightings by many twinkling lights.
Deming · NM, USA
Double Ovoid object photographed NE of Deming, NM
Tatum · NM, USA
hovering object,circle of lights,in field that shot straight up and stopped 2 times then lights went out and object vanished
Deming · NM, USA
Orange glowing disk south west of Deming NM on night of 11/04/03
Albuquerque · NM, USA
WHITE OBJECT OVER ABQ, NM.