UFO Sightings in New Jersey
2,697 UFO sightings reported in New Jersey since 1950, peaking in 2019 (193 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 2,697
- Span
- 1950–2030
- Peak year
- 2019 (193 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1950–2030 · peak 2019 (193 reports)
Top cities in New Jersey
Toms River
1962–2022 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Brick
1980–2021 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Newark
1950–2022 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Edison
1967–2021 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Jersey City
1980–2021 · peak 2000 (3 reports)
Jackson
1975–2018 · peak 2004 (4 reports)
Clifton
1989–2022 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Norwood
2019–2022 · peak 2019 (23 reports)
Atlantic City
1991–2020 · peak 2008 (4 reports)
Cherry Hill
1968–2020 · peak 2014 (9 reports)
Howell
1995–2021 · peak 2020 (5 reports)
Bridgewater
2000–2020 · peak 2005 (4 reports)
North Bergen
1981–2020 · peak 2009 (4 reports)
Freehold
1986–2019 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Woodbridge
1974–2021 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Wayne
1975–2022 · peak 2003 (2 reports)
Bayonne
2001–2020 · peak 2016 (3 reports)
Paterson
1957–2019 · peak 1980 (2 reports)
Carteret
1960–2014 · peak 2001 (14 reports)
Elizabeth
1966–2020 · peak 2008 (3 reports)
Ocean Gate · NJ, USA
((NUFORC Note: Witness, who elects to remain totally anonymous, provides no information. PD))
River Vale · NJ, USA
MADAR Node 146
Atco · NJ, USA
((NUFORC Note: No information provided by witness. PD))
Mullica Hill · NJ, USA
bright round light! Just hovered still and then had a bluish and red light next to the bright light as it took off
Bridgewater · NJ, USA
Large blue light streaming and disappearing in midair very low to the road
Norwood · NJ, USA
MADAR Node 145
Edison · NJ, USA
DURING ISS PASS VIEWING SMALL OBJECT APPEARS THEN WINKS OUT
Norwood · NJ, USA
MADAR Node 145
Brick · NJ, USA
Large orange glowing ball floating across sky
Waretown · NJ, USA
Low-flying light formation hovers and then disappears.
Audubon · NJ, USA
Blob and green light seen near moon.
Laurel Springs · NJ, USA
I took 4 pictures of a cylinder shaped craft in the sky.
Trenton (abovd) · NJ, USA
Moving flying object filmed from flight from Orlando to Albany
Princeton · NJ, USA
I am an educator at a boarding school in Princeton, NJ. I was scheduled to interview prospective students by skype from China so I was
Blackwood · NJ, USA
I was driving down the road and looked up and saw a super bright red light in the sky. It looked close and was very big. It looked lik
Vineland · NJ, USA
I seen sky blue huge circler light drop straight down out of the sky. It maneuvered under power. I was sitting at a stop sign when i n
South Plainfield · NJ, USA
White hovering sphere with some green and red lights
Gloucester City · NJ, USA
BRIGHT RED LIGHTS OVER PHILLY/SOUTH JERSEY AREA (FORMATION)
Glassboro · NJ, USA
Blue-green burst of light traveled horizontally in the sky for 3 and completely disappeared.
Carlstadt (above) · NJ, USA
Hovering bright light like a strobe light. Hovering. Possible drone.
Avalon · NJ, USA
Diamond shaped ship gliding along avalon blvd. Abruptly stopped and hovered over newsroom 40 building for atleast an hour.
Jersey City · NJ, USA
Purplish, orange sunrise, metallic taste in mouth , travel timing. & the grayish ufo that’ll be imprinted in my mind forever!
South River · NJ, USA
My son reported that for a three seconds he witnessed a bright light that was above the clouds move in an arc curve. It disappeared as
Bloomfield · NJ, USA
From my car I saw a bright white orb moving slowly near a cloud bank. I attempted to film it and it disappeared. I put the phone down a
Harmony · NJ, USA
large slow moving craft with colored lights in Harmony, NJ.