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)
Rural New Mexico (no city) · NM, USA
A witness in rural New Mexico reported three triangular craft at around 3:15 a.m. in April 1971, during a sighting lasting about thirty-five minutes.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
An unusually shaped object was reported over Kirtland Air Force Base near Albuquerque, New Mexico, in December 1970, observed for a few minutes.
Placitas · NM, USA
Gaseous ball of pink light turquoise blue gaseous center, noiseless, in Placitas, NM, about 50 ft over village dirt road.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
A property search and a "close encounter" with unknowns?
Albuquerque · NM, USA
three terrified kids
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Former wife and I saw a saucer shaped craft, rotating counter clockwise, as seen from under-full moon night, or near- 1/4 to 1/2 mile a
Santa Fe · NM, USA
My sighting in Santa Fe,New Mexico
New Mexico · NM, USA
In New Mexico in 1966, a witness reported being followed for about 15 minutes by a saucer-like object that disappeared at low altitude across the desert.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
In Santa Fe, New Mexico in June 1966, three witnesses reported a disk-shaped object, and a photograph of the sighting was later published in a local newspaper.
Desert · NM, USA
While traveling at night we saw what appeared to be a glowing dish in the distance about 600 yards away and 200 ft high. The car light
Tularosa · NM, USA
Object in the skys, 1963 or 65?
Deming · NM, USA
Near the center of Deming, New Mexico around 1965, witnesses reported a large round silver disk and an acorn-shaped craft hovering low for several hours.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Traveling in a pick up truck, we saw a bright glowing green disk fly over us. It made the engine & electrical of the truck stop immedi
Acoma · NM, USA
On this date my Mother and cousin and I were traveling west on the interstate40 ,between albuquerque and the lava fields outside acoma.
Roswell · NM, USA
In 1959, witnesses near Roswell, New Mexico, reported an unidentified object in the sky, an event that lasted about 45 minutes and left those present puzzled.
Lake Bonita · NM, USA
It landed and lit up the mountian like day. there were some sort of peoplw with lights that where they put them it wasa like daylight.
Hobbs · NM, USA
In 1959, a witness in Hobbs, New Mexico, reported a bright triad of moving dots of light in the sky, visible for about two minutes before fading from view.
Dona Ana · NM, USA
Saw this in 1954 at the Dona Ana Army rifle range in New Mexico. When the separation of targets from the shooter is large, at each targ
Artesia · NM, USA
Burnt orange spheres.
Roswell · NM, USA
My oldest sister was born at Walker AFB (Roswell) NM in 1952, I was born there as well in 1954. My Dad, now deceased, was an Air Force
Holloman AFB · NM, USA
What I saw was reported in the Albuquerque newspaper as a "green fireball". It streaked across the proving grounds at a very low eleva
Roswell · NM, USA
I saw ufo
Roswell · NM, USA
Link to declassified, redacted, USAF document (March 22, 1950), which alludes to UFO recovery at Roswell, NM.
Roswell · NM, USA
Roswell dates vs. USAF Question
Roswell · NM, USA
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