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)
VLA Radio Telescope (near · Hwy. 60), NM, USA
LIGHT THE SIZE OF SILVER DOLLAR AT ARM'S LENGTH SEEN HOVERING JUST ABOVE HIGHWAY. RAPIDLY CHANGING COLORS FROM WHITE-RED-BLUE-GREEN-ORA
New Mexico (southern) · NM, USA
witnessed 5 to 6 aleins glowing red in color on the ground under crafts lights.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
A red & green light streaked across the sky, south of Osuna, from East to West then dissappeared.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
I was looking out the east facing window of my bedroom when I noticed three dim amber colored lights that seemingly appeared out of now
Albuquerque · NM, USA
I saw a silver sphere shaped craft that was following in the contrail of a passenger or military aircraft.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
object hovered due east.flickering brightness.disapeared.reappeared in different but close proximity C130's landing .
Las Vegas/Montezuma · NM, USA
Two horizontal, parallel rows of lights, approximately 1/4 mile up, moving from the south to the north.
Coyoty Canyon · NM, USA
My brother in-law and i were coming back from gallup and we were going east bound on hwy 9 and i saw to the south east a object that wa
Alamogordo · NM, USA
LARGE BRITE WHITE SAUCER SPED ACROSS THE SKY; STOPPED HOVERED APROX.5 MIN. SHOT STRAIGHT UP;DISSAPEARED.
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
Driving east from Rio Rancho into Albuquerque on Paseo Del Norte, I viewed a perfectly lit circle above the Sandia Mountains. The circ
Albuquerque · NM, USA
large cross shaped ship flew over the city .
Albuquerque · NM, USA
5 u.f.o objects seen in sky.One comes close to ground where i ride a bicycle .In daytime.
Las Vegas · NM, USA
observed green star moving from the right to the left below the constellation of Leo through telescopes
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
Sighted during the major meteor shower last year.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
VERY bright white light, appeared to be about half the diameter of the moon.
Heron State Park (between Dulce and Taos) · NM, USA
Watched a strange light for about an hour. During its flight, it made numerous odd flight changes, including bouncing up and down like
Los Alamos (viewed from) · NM, USA
Went outside at approximately 18:40, and witnessed a very large non-random group of white lights located to the east to slightly southe
Roswell · NM, USA
My sister and I were driving south to Carlsbad and were about 5 to 10 miles outside of Roswell, NM. All of a sudden a bright, pulsat
Belen · NM, USA
Mass sighting after flashing headlights at main UFO.
Cedar Crest · NM, USA
Walking our dogs at 10:00 pm 9-22-98 looking south a large ball of light with a tail 3 times larger than the ball that sparked and flic
Bosque Farms · NM, USA
Well I was looking at the cresent moon with my celestron 4.5 telescope and I saw a shadow traveling across the moon.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Triangular UFO over South Valley High School
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Object seen streaking across sky, leaveing huge contrail, it was across the horizon over head, and heading east to west, along hwy40(ro
Albuquerque · NM, USA
light in the sky heading west that changed color and like a rubberband it zipped back heading east into space disapearing in the stars
Albuquerque (Outside of) · NM, USA
My family and I were driving through the United States, and my father took a back road...and we stopped the car to take pictures of the