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)
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Saw a white egg shaped orb above I-25, in between Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
Corrales · NM, USA
A very bright point of light move ffrom E to W very quickly. No trail of gas behind it. Bright white. ((anonymous report))
Bernalillo · NM, USA
5 large round bright orange objects appeared one by one in sky close to fireworks hovered silently for a minute and a half.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
The craft was first spotted in a completely stationary position about a hand below the moon, flashing as a very bright rectangle.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Orange orb traveling at low altitude from north to south, seen by three people
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
For 30 min, early morning, two people saw an oval light about 30 ft wide, circling, and shinning down through a sparse cloud cover.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
night, little cloud, pulsating blue with dark blue arc on border,every 15 sec then some red plumes gently shot out of one side.
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
I was letting my dogs out at 12 midnight and I stood outside shocked. I saw this object with bright light moving very, very fast. I kno
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Disappearing and flashing lights maneuvering and changing speed periodically.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Flashes in clear night sky.
Artesia · NM, USA
Five orange, and yellowish circular lights appeared in the night sky.
Ruidoso · NM, USA
Outside of Ruidoso, N.M. there were 4 round objects in my camera lens. The object were moving in twos near each other.
Ruidoso · NM, USA
There were four, they were spaced exactly the same distance vertically , the top two were orangish yellow the bottom two weer blueish
Carrizozo · NM, USA
I was driving and saw three glowing orbs is the best I can describe it. I was driving trying to keep an eye on it and as I watched it,
Socorro · NM, USA
On June 13th I was coming home from the grocery store with my daughter. I was driving down a local Street when I looked to my right (ea
Ruidoso · NM, USA
We saw two bright yellowish orange lights, then as soon as we noticed them they spread out in a perfect line two in the center.
Belen · NM, USA
4 bright white lights.
Belen · NM, USA
I was the passenger in a car, in the back seat on the passengers side. We were driving south on I-25. Our destination was Belen. My unc
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Bright clear sky and very little breeze, I noticed something flashing, it was even sparkling, flitting erratically.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
saw what looked almost like a rocket, very high elevation, shoot across the sky in 3 bursts of speed and color from rear of whatever it
La Mesa · NM, USA
5 separate large fireballs with bright white light in the middle of them each. At one time it looked as if it left a smoke like trail.
Cochiti Lake · NM, USA
Color shifting of several craft in night sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly "twinkling" stars?? PD))
Taos · NM, USA
3 “stars” in a straight line calmly moving in a linear path! ((NUFORC Note: Space Link satellites. PD))((anonymous source))
Los alamos · NM, USA
3 lights connected by red string. ((NUFORC Note: Space Link satellites. PD))
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Two oval-shaped stationary orbs brightly reflecting light. ((anonymous report))