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)
Roswell · NM, USA
low iredescent V shaped light
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Three extremely bright objects observed in various locations over the skies of Santa Fe and Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Chama River (El Vado dam) · NM, USA
Brighter than a falling star...appeared to leave a light trail...parallel to the horizon
Albuquerque · NM, USA
do you remember those long,pointed paper planes kids used to make -the one i saw had the sun glaring upon it. the craft was quite high
Tularosa · NM, USA
A light that changed color, that moved at a high rate of speed and hovered, that was silent.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
First look, I knew it wasn't something human made.
Socorro · NM, USA
Object seen in western sky stationary at 7:00 o'clock position from the Moon. Sky was light blue as the Sun was already behind the Moun
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Upon driving from Albuquerque to El Paso, TX I came upon two red lights that were going across the sky following a star pattern. They m
Hobbs · NM, USA
AT APPROX 19:50, I WAS OUT SIDE IN MY FRONT YARD, I FELT AND HEARD A SONIC-BOOM. I IMMEDIATELY LOOKED UP AND SAW THREE TO FOUR JETS FL
((unspecified)) · NM, USA
Short timed sighting over mountain
Cloudcroft (outside of) · NM, USA
White beams that shot high into the sky and a bright red glow that seemed to be coming from behind a mountain.
Farmington · NM, USA
lg green fireball!
Santa Fe · NM, USA
large cigar shaped craft
Las Vegas · NM, USA
Green fireball, falling from 15 to 20 degrees above the horizon in a straight line to the horizon from my view, leaving a trail.
Roswell · NM, USA
Helicopter into a triangle at Roswell
Carlsbad · NM, USA
We saw two very fast-moving objects take off.
Cerrilillo · NM, USA
Secret Jet propulsion system seen in New Mexico Sky
Mesquite · NM, USA
glowing orbs no sound with communication, missing time involved, entity seen.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Seven red orbs followed by two F15s.
El Paso and Alamogordo (Between ) · NM, USA
A dark cigar-shaped object with no lights that was at least 100 meters wide.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
TRIANGLE VERY LARGE THREE LIGHTS AT POINTS SHADOW BUT EVER FEW SECONDS YOU COULD SEE A FLASH FROM POINT TO POINT FACING TO THE NORTHEAT
Alma · NM, USA
Light goes into cloud and what comes out on the other end as three MEGA Size lights 2x the size of our 28 ft. trailer.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
i was shooting photographs of the balloons and one of the pictures had this disk at the very top of the image.
Alamogordo · NM, USA
Grey Metallic Aircraft Floating Behind the Clouds.
Roswell · NM, USA
In Sept of this year my wife and I took a road trip back to Illinois to visit our daughter we decided to go through Roswell NM as we ha