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)
New Mexico (rural) · NM, USA
A photographic encounter with an unexplained object in the New Mexico desert.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
TRIANGLE SHAPED PHOSFLORESANTLY LIGHTED STRINGRAY SHAPED CRAFT
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
Hovering bright light fades in and out.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Bright green dot made a half circle maneuver in the New Mexico sky, and i heard to sound
Rio Ranchi · NM, USA
Hovering ship 15 feet above headand missing time - propulsion of ship gave off no heat
Tatum · NM, USA
BRIGHT LIGHT THAT HOVERED THEN MOVED AT GREAT SPEED.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Photos of UFO in sky above Sandia Peak, NM
Albuquerque · NM, USA
The item I believe I saw was at approx 12:00 noon on 05/21/03.I was working as a gateguard. I looked up into the Northern clear blue sk
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Extemely large "flying wing" hovering above a shopping center in Albuquerque NM then left southbound at slow speeds.
Gallup · NM, USA
SW view. Very sharp, fast flashing red light. Very similar to what I thought was an airplane. Light was traveling SW at a slow pace. S
Los Chavez · NM, USA
Early morning, flying craft, thought it was helicopter til radical movements began, then it departed at high rate of speed. (See Photo)
Albuquerque · NM, USA
scariest wierdest night of my life
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Small white light slowely gaining altatude over Albuquerque Morning sky!
Taos · NM, USA
it was about 2:00 am. and i could not sleep so i went outside to the porch for some air. i was looking up at the sky when i noticed two
Santa Fe · NM, USA
slow moving object evolves from a light green colored embryo shape to a full saucer with tent top and wht bulb like trim.
Deming · NM, USA
Goldfish cracker shaped object seen in Deming, New Mexico on 11/29/02
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Oct, 2002 , 8:30 AM, Santa Fe, NM, caught while photographing Santa Fe RR train station, duration unknown
Grants · NM, USA
In October 2002, I was driving east on Interestate 40 (close to mile marker 100), when I saw a greenish "comet-like" shape movng very
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Oct. ?,2002, Santa Fe, NM, egg or football shaped object discovered after downloading photo
Las Cruces · NM, USA
More than one saw the object over Las Cruces
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Disk shaped object and other less distinct object was photographed over Las Cruces, NM. 10-05-02 @4:49 pm.
Taos · NM, USA
About 3:30 p.m. in Taos, New Mexico, my mother called me into the living room to look through the window. There was a Bright "star". Th
Sky City · NM, USA
Greenish and Orange fireball that lasted about 3 to 5 seconds and then exploded making a ring of fire.
Chaco Canyon National Historic Park · NM, USA
Two large, unblinking, silent, extremely bright objects travel in tandem, then disappear over Chaco Canyon.
Roswell · NM, USA
Humming, oscillating sounds outside of Roswell, NM