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)
Santa Fe · NM, USA
It was 9:03 PM and I was looking up and I saw what looked like a satellite going by and then I saw another one ((Starlink satellites?))
Los Lunas · NM, USA
Donut shaped object to the west of Los Lunas moving extremeley slow in a northward direction.
Aztec · NM, USA
15 lights traveling SW to NE, high altitude. ((Starlink satellites?))
Deming · NM, USA
All total, I counted 15 aircraft flying in single file with no audible noise ((Starlink satellites?))
Cochiti Pueblo · NM, USA
Lights flashing from teal to red to white and making triangles and symmetrical lines across the sky while others fly
Taos · NM, USA
There was a flash of light then approximately 30 seconds later another flashlight and after that several smaller lights appeared and tr
Albuquerque · NM, USA
small shape traveling north to south above airport
Hobbs · NM, USA
I spotted a tic-tac shaped UFO floating across the sky. I started recording it with my phone camera on video. The next day upon close
Corrales · NM, USA
Amateur astronomer views a large arrow-shaped, fast moving craft traversing the moon's surface during the daytime.
Albquerque · NM, USA
Very star like, white glowing sphere object travelling very fast but also swift. Looked exactly like a star except just a little less b
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Flashing green, red foreign object hovering in sky. ((NUFORC Note: Sirius?? PD))
Lad Cruces · NM, USA
((Starlink satellites?))
Alamogordo · NM, USA
Spotted 21 points of light flying in identical flightpath in ~45 second intervals. ((Starlink satellites?))
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Long train of lights going over las vruces heading towards Mexico. Looked very high altitude. ((Starlink satellites?))
Las Cruces · NM, USA
20 lights moving from NW. to SE. In chain formation same path evenly spaced. ((Starlink satellites))
Elephant Butte · NM, USA
A fleet of crafts clearly seen over elephant butte nm golf course bidding in the clouds.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
me and my family saw evenly lights moving across sky in orderly fashion. ((Starlink satellites?))
NM · USA
3 People in 2 states witness flying cigar, disc and triangular shaped objects across sky. ((Starlink satellites?))
Tome · NM, USA
Continuous flickering light appears to be slowly moving.
Lovington · NM, USA
We then used a iPhone camera to zoom in on the object and were surprised with what we saw. It was a circular shaped with a circular typ
Moriarty · NM, USA
UFO in front of the moon.
Carlsbad · NM, USA
Outside at 6am and looked up abd saw what appeared to be a largwr rgan normal bright star. I watched it for about 3 minutes, then notic
Dixon · NM, USA
A string of lights symmetrical in distance apart, moving quick across the sky and then fading away. ((Starlink satellites?))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
UFO - Red light hovers over Sandia Mountain then at low it changes to two different colors and dissappears!!
Santa Fe · NM, USA
MADAR Node 78