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)
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Las Cruces lights.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Groups of bright shiny lights in the sky moving around during the daytime.
Las Vegas · NM, USA
luminous object hangs in air, disappears rapidly in the distance
Albuquerque · NM, USA
My friend and I were relaxing in a park during the summer of 1986 not far from a friends house where we had left about a half hour earl
Pecos · NM, USA
Large craft, suondless hovers quietly over mountains near Pecos NM
Cimarron · NM, USA
three males observed a low altitude craft pass silently overhead and was then joined by three others in incredible aerial manuevers. l
Carlsbad · NM, USA
This is my UFO experience in 1985 I work for a potash company out of Carlsbad New Mexico is about a 30 min. to the road that heads to t
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Disc close enough to almost touch no sound or air, no feet or legs cloaked until about 6' from it
Medanales · NM, USA
tHIS IS ALL I SAW.. LOOKING WEST FROM WINDOW AT NIGHT , I SAW A RED BRILLIANT LIGHT ON LAND ABOUT 11/2 ACRE AWAY. AS I STARED AT THE LI
Deming area · NM, USA
Cylindrical object hovering above the car as we traveled in the New Mexico desert.
Clovis · NM, USA
it blocked out the stars as it slowly tracked across town towards Cannon AFB, so I could make out its giant triangular shape easily
Albuquerque · NM, USA
mother ship
Carlsbad · NM, USA
Huge red lights appear over Carlsbad, NM.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Rectangular, checkmark shaped craft in NM near Albu. in Dec. 1981
Hobbs · NM, USA
ufo came from thu8nderstorm
Mondel · NM, USA
We did not make out an object, the light was too bright.
Roswell · NM, USA
It was back in 1980.....we were four girls driving trough New Mexico, when we suddently saw a light. It was a big flash, and even thoug
Pecos · NM, USA
two florescent triangles, huge
Albuquerque · NM, USA
The night when I saw the disk UFO!
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Near encounter (100 feet) for 1 minute.
Clines Corners/Tijeras (between) · NM, USA
25 minute event of a Triangle shaped object seen by many on Interstate 40 in New Mexico, between Clines Corner and Tijera,New Mexico
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Flat, Round, Fully Illuminated UFO over Neighbor's House - Dec 1978 - Albuquerque, NM
Pecos · NM, USA
Carrier craft picks up scout ship
Santa Fe (Pecos Wilderness) · NM, USA
Dull red giant "bracelet" at Santa Fe Baldy mountain,summer 1978, Pecos Wilderness, New Mexico
Farmington · NM, USA
Daytime ufos that appeared above Farmington New Mexico in 1978.