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)
Sky CIty · NM, USA
New Mexico and UFOS
El Rito · NM, USA
A bright yellow egg-shaped firey object suddenly appeared in the west on 11/20/03 at l7:30 hours, suddenly vanishing and leaving a smok
Cloudcroft · NM, USA
HBCCUFO CANADIAN REPORT: Possible Elk Mutilation ((NUFORC Note: Mystery may have been solved at this writing. PD))
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Along I-10 about 15 miles south of Las Cruces, large triangular craft outlined with very bright, white, lights. There was a lighted dom
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Three bright lights that were huddled together than began to seperate and disappeared.
Pinos Altos · NM, USA
Very unusual atmospheric entry of unknown Craft.
Las Cruces · NM, USA
...Just a little to weird to be a star.
New Mexico · NM, USA
Pictures of a landscape in New Mexico where my husband and father-in-law were hunting, in the pictures unidetified objects are seen.
Roswell · NM, USA
Green flash traveling at high velocity
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Blinking red and green lights.
Socorro (outside of) · NM, USA
Silent flying rectangle with lit windows at dusk close to the ground out in the desert flying in the direction of White Sands
Peralta/Albuquerque · NM, USA
Glowing tear drop-shape in the South West
Belen · NM, USA
Intense glowing object changing colors
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Bright red light in Albuquerques southwestern sky.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Bright star like light visible in daylight, faded to faint star at night.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
there is a small "moon" in the sky maybe 1/10th the size of our normal moon or less. many people at the whole foods grocery store were
Santa Fe · NM, USA
A large bright egg shaped object that moved slightly.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
I saw a short teardrop shape brighter than Mars with a small bright object following, with a bright letter " D" in the center.
NM · USA
Bright light turning into a tiny red dot in the New Mexico skies
Santa Fe · NM, USA
It was the fastest thing I had ever seen!
Albuquerque · NM, USA
gloing ball, no sound
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Stationary object over New Mexico
Conchas Dam · NM, USA
rather large cigar shaped object
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Saw two steady red lights moving very fast, very silently, jerking around, East to West over Albuquerque, NM.
Crystal · NM, USA
a silvery object was moving across the clear blue sky at a slow speed.