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)
Lordsburg/Deming · NM, USA
Spotted a hovering, color-changing object over the desert east of Lordsburg, New Mexico on Sept. 12, 2000 from I-10.
Ruidsoso · NM, USA
2 points of light, diplaying bizzare behavior, while travelling throught the sky.
Pinos Altos · NM, USA
An orange ball of light moved out from behind a far off cliff - stopped and stayed in one place for about a minute (my feeling was that
Albuquerque · NM, USA
At twilight we saw through binoculars three bright lights arranged in an inverted triangle making small darting movements in place.
White Sands · NM, USA
Older relative has picture taken at dusk with 3 glowing white round lights with cone shaped metal tops barely visible. Was vacationing
Albuquerque · NM, USA
i was taking pictures of the sunset and didn't notice until later what had passed in front of my lense.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
I am a college graduate and I was an officer in the US Army. I am almost 60 years old and I have never seen a UFO before. The date th
Deming · NM, USA
Huge beam of light comes from sky, no craft of any kind visible that could produce it.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
On a clear cloudless summer afternoon in the summer of 2000, I was hiking alone in the Sandia Mountains just east of Albuquerque, NM.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Huge triangular object in Jemez Mountians, New Mexico
Placitas · NM, USA
Translucent balloon moved INTO the wind.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Saw a large, bright, spherical object being stationery in windy skies over the Albuquerque International Airport.
Bluewater Village · NM, USA
update on previous report
Bluewater Village · NM, USA
Large, bright, stationary, oval object spotted in Western New Mexico skies, that the sighting lasted about 40 minutes.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
the star in the night sky stated dancing, only to return back, hidden.
White Sands · NM, USA
bright lights playing tic-tac-toe in the sky for over 2 hours
Los Alamos (Near) · NM, USA
Meteor Sound
Sedillo Hill · NM, USA
Ball of light eminating several red "beams".
Albuquerque · NM, USA
saw first light, then second light, parked car to better observe, and saw third light light seemed very high alt. light intensity fluct
Santa Fe · NM, USA
I was closing the kitchen curtains when I glanced upward and saw a bright, yellow cylinder, very sparkly moving slowly--I thought it wa
Aztec (northwest of) · NM, USA
Black triangular object emits buzzing sound.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
white/silvery elliptical craft seen 45 degrees above horizon, due west, circling in the air rapidly before speeding off northwest.
Las Vegas · NM, USA
female called our office advised that about 2045 she saw a "very pretty green light in the sky" was north of Las Vegas NM
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
Black object hanging in the sky possible cause of geese flock disappearance
Sante Fe (near) · NM, USA
3-5 round yellow lights appearing on parallel course at tip of wing of commercial aircraft then changing position to parallel back of w