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)
Ocate · NM, USA
4 observers view 2 point of light above horizon moving erratically up and down. Darted off very rapidly. Miltary aircraft buzzed.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Three disk shaped objects appeared to the north. Objects were blue in color, nearly the color of the background sky. They were about ha
Raton · NM, USA
Two men installing TV dish witness strange obj. in clear sky. No visible wings, exhaust; silent. Very good view. Obj. drifted off.
White Sands · NM, USA
Large, unusually-shaped metallic object over White Sands NM, May 1995
Deming (south of) · NM, USA
travelling westbound on amtrak.....recorded object on video tape.....never timed it...just guessing....just found your website
Tucumcari · NM, USA
Man at mile marker 337 on I-40 sees strange light in distance descend to horizon. No tail or explosion.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Man calls to report large disc witnessed by occupants of 7 cars 40 mi. NW of Albuquerque. Streaks off fast.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Retired Sandia Labs. engineer calls seeking plans for building UFO detector.
Aztec · NM, USA
Saw many oval lights zigzagging in the night sky and then disappear.
Tucumcari (on I-40 westbound) · NM, USA
WAS TRAVELING WEST BOUND I-40 WEST OF TUCUMCARI NM AND OBSERVED A TRINGULAR OBJECT MOVING AT MY SPEED CLOSER TO ME THAN THE BACK DROP T
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Large white glowing shape size of moon appears in sky at sunset in ABQ for 5 seconds; suddenly disappears.
Farmington · NM, USA
Triangular object seen in Farmington .
Albuquerque · NM, USA
I was on my way down from the Sandia Mountain peak ( on a tramway) when I saw a bright orange flash and an ornange ball of light speed
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Glowing sphere makes figure eight around two people.
Capulin Mountain · NM, USA
Globe shaped object decends at above normal speed, makes impossible turn, and changes colors in flight.
New Mexico · NM, USA
flashing bright lights following 60mph auto at its level
Albuquerque (30-60 miles west of city) · NM, USA
Saw triangular craft approaching from horizon from the N.W., approached slowly, silently, and low to the ground. Passed directly over
Albuquerque · NM, USA
A colorful object was hovering over the Petroglyphs, which backed up to my back yard, and it had no sound.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Triangle.
Clovis · NM, USA
Early morning around 0100; I couldn’t sleep and was looking out the window and noticed 4 blinking red lights, above the horizon, that w
Alamogordo · NM, USA
strange, amber lights unlike conventional airplane lights
Los Alamos/Pojoaque · NM, USA
Three very large disks seemed to land in a hole in the ground and could be seen from 15-20 miles away.
Deming (I-10 NEAR · RT 11), NM, USA
SAW LARGE GRAY CIGAR SHAPED OBJECT HOVERING OVER DESERT AREA SOUTH OF I 10.NOT A BLIMP NO LIGHTS NO CABLES NO MOTORS TO LARGE TO BE ANY
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Six Spheres of light move into my vision over the 92 Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta,then vanish straight up.
Tinnie · NM, USA
Lights flying in the formation of the shape of a small aircraft, split into 3-4 seperate and different colored orbs and flew off fast!