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)
Berlin · NJ, USA
Bright white pulsating light in the night sky with red and green blinking lights underneath.
Carneys Point · NJ, USA
I saw 3 disk/saucer type objects flying erratic around one another for about 5 minutes and then ascended into the atmosphere.
Wanaque · NJ, USA
The planes and the object headed north, then turned very sharply east. It was exactly 12:50 PM.
Somers Point · NJ, USA
We where out on the back deck facing west smoking a cigarette. There were about 6 jets with contrails as we watched them we saw it. Alm
Bayonne · NJ, USA
Strange lights over Newark airport.
Somerset (?) · NJ, USA
I was in a car with my family on our way home and it was during sunset. I'm not completely sure if it was a ufo, however I believe it w
West Deptford · NJ, USA
4 round lights moving together.
Vineland · NJ, USA
Two shapes see descending toward earth.
Pompton Plains · NJ, USA
Two orange fireballs silently glided overhead seperately
Toms River · NJ, USA
Very low fireball, leaving a sparking trail, that was short-lived.. only a few seconds. Traveling sideways toward the ground..
Pompton Plains · NJ, USA
Consecutive slow moving silent orange objects, may have been on fire.
Mount Laurel · NJ, USA
Laser detector activated on radar detector followed by doughnut-shaped cloud in otherwise completely clear sky
Waretown · NJ, USA
Driving S on NJ Parkway when straight away as driving looked up and saw a shiny silvery shaped disk flashed light hovering flashing.
Mays Landing · NJ, USA
10/9/15 @ 8:10pm from my position in mays landing nj I observed a faint light that Can only be compared to a star. I was looking at the
Califon · NJ, USA
I was outside my house at approximately 8:45 PM and so some very bright lights flying in the NW sky, headed SW.
East Hanover · NJ, USA
Circular blue UFO.
Freehold · NJ, USA
Earthbound object.
Lakewood · NJ, USA
I saw a blue fireball shoot down from the sky. The tip was orange and it headed from 10 o'clock to 5 clock towards the ground then it d
Paramus · NJ, USA
7 fireballs, meteors or comets in the western NJ sky October 19th 2014 EST
Lawrence · NJ, USA
My brother and I just got out of the gym. Driving back home we saw 3 white lights in a triangular formation. I got a good look at them
Cherry Hill · NJ, USA
6-8 Red-Orange glowing lights were headed from west to east over Cherry Hill around dusk on 10/25/14
Mahwah/Ramsey border · NJ, USA
Me and my girlfriend were in the parking lot of our complex talking to her friend when I caught a blue circle heading west over the sky
Mount Laurel · NJ, USA
While driving north on the NJ turnpike a green sphere appeared above treeline, then angled downward and disappeared behind trees.
Atlantic City · NJ, USA
Strange light off of Atlantic City ocean.
Cape May · NJ, USA
An object not progressing in a normal path, and changing both elevation and direction was observerved for a prolonged period in w sky.