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)
Deming · NM, USA
Driving I10 west of Las Cruces NM a random shape object visable for more than 60 mins seem to follow my U-Hall truck.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
UFO floats over, truck stops, distributor is stuck to inside of roof, magnetized.
White Sands · NM, USA
A starlike object descended vertically for 2 minutes changing color from a very bright white to gold the closer it got to the ground.
Chaco Canyon · NM, USA
Viewed a single craft, followed in approx 1 minute by three more. The crafts were long thin enlongated rectangles, appearing as flying
Santa Fe · NM, USA
while driving east something unusuall grabed my sight to the sky, there was 3 objects (plus 2 fighters afar)i kept looking at them and
Clines Corners (I-40 Eastbound) · NM, USA
Was traveling eastbound on I-40 in New Mexico around 3:00am. Noticed to the southwest and southeast numerous flashing bright blue light
Los Lunas · NM, USA
I saw a bright flash through my skylights (facing West) in my home on August 15. I verified that I checked out a movie on that day rece
Socorro · NM, USA
Falling object.
Rio Rancho/Bernillo (between) · NM, USA
my mom and i were driving home from work we saw the sky lite up almost like day light a few seconds later we saw this trail like thing
Jemez Springs · NM, USA
Brightly lighted clouds observed.
Las Cruces · NM, USA
a close friend of mine witnessed the same phenomenon (sp?) that was reported in northern new mexico 250 miles south of albuquerque, in
Albuquerque · NM, USA
An extremely bright flash of light lit up the sky and groud and appeared to travel from SW to NE.
Aztec · NM, USA
I saw an incredibly brilliant bluish white light traveling at an uncomprehendable speed!
Gallup/Albuquerque (between) · NM, USA
We were driving East on I40 toward Alb when I saw a flash of blue light that lit up the whole sky. I saw no craft with this light. li
Tularosa · NM, USA
Just to let you know the light over Aztec N.M. was seen here also. It was reported by Joel Vincent on AM 1270 for several days after
Bosque · NM, USA
Bright bluish-greenish-white light trail splitting into multiple radians
Albuquerque · NM, USA
It looked like a long silver gray parasail canopy. Huge. Swooped down over the city & quickly shot up where it stayed on a fairly e
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Fireball streak across the sky; and two semi-trucks stopped side by side in the desert in the middle of the night on I-40 E in New Mexi
Albuquerque (near) · NM, USA
Two VERY bright "stars" ...one on left suddenly moved across sky to left in downward arc and up then stopped abruptly. Object on right
Cuba · NM, USA
two women witness a triangular shaped craft
Navajo Lake · NM, USA
shiney object moved across the sky horizontally & did not appear to be a plane.
Herron Lake State Park · NM, USA
2 separate sightings- just minutes apart, may have been the same object.
Portales · NM, USA
Briefly observed an asymmetrical v-shaped formation of 7 solid, silent, unblinking lights.
Tijeras (south of) · NM, USA
Very bright amber sphere traveled just above tree top level. Size of dime @ arms length. Object 50 - 300 yds away. Observed by myself &
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Black disc with greenish/bluish/white corona traveled parallel with I10 between Las Cruces and El Paso.