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)
Cape May · NJ, USA
It was decently close and silent, it disappeared and reappeared and was bright red and moved around the sky in an unexplainable way.
Ocean City · NJ, USA
Red orange fireballs, Ocean City, NJ.
Newark · NJ, USA
A dark large round object extremely high move left,move right and then almost like dance in and out of the cloud making a figure eight
Washington Township · NJ, USA
Yellow/Orange glowing bell-shaped object moving North to South in residential neighborhood.
Ocean City · NJ, USA
Three orangish lights in a triangular formation sighted while sitting outside on my balcony.
Morristown · NJ, USA
Boomerang shaped craft in New Jersey.
Colonia · NJ, USA
Orange circle no noise hovering for 30-40 seconds, moved a little, hovered then moving very slowly until out of sight.
Sayreville · NJ, USA
A perfect blacker than black circle move from west to east right over the car in broad daylight.
Ringoes · NJ, USA
Saturday night 8:20 pm August 23, 2014. Objects align & coming from E to W dir. Neshanic Station, Flemigton, Ringoes, NJ.
Brick · NJ, USA
Six total reddish lights moving westward in dark NJ sky.
Piscataway · NJ, USA
Bright reddish/orange craft, looked like it was coming right at me & my husband.
Newark (near; on NJ Turnpike) · NJ, USA
Driving towards E on NJ turnpike at the vicinity of Newark Liberty Int airport towards the eastern sky saw 2 lights move from north.
Colonia · NJ, USA
Multi-colored aircraft sighted in Colonia, NJ.
Woodbridge · NJ, USA
Pulsing Multi COLOR Object Flying Low Over Rt1 WOODBRIDGE, NJ
Monroe · NJ, USA
Large green ball flies across the sky, south to north.
Cherry Hill · NJ, USA
Two objects, tube shaped, each a solid yellow-white light.
Pompton Lakes · NJ, USA
3 red-orange lights over Pompton Lakes, NJ
Route 22 · NJ, USA
Medium sized and grey oval shape when it left it was going about 1,500 mph.
Jackson · NJ, USA
2 circles in the sky with illuminating lights and storm coming.
Cherry Hill · NJ, USA
Orange pulsating light travels slowly then reverses direction and blinks off.
Linden · NJ, USA
4 Bright Orange/Yellow balls of light keeping the same path 3 minute intervals, no noise, west to south.
Cherry Hill · NJ, USA
Bright orange fireball seen traveling across night sky from Cherry Hill, NJ, traveling at pretty fast speed. No sound involved.
Old Bridge · NJ, USA
Saw 9 red lights going across sky not blinking or making any sound. Most came by one at a time except for two which were side by side.
Point Pleasant · NJ, USA
Bright orange circular shape. Watched it going north up the beach. Glow of object went off but could still see outline of object.
Paterson · NJ, USA
Hard to believe by word but with the video you will believe it. ((NUFORC Note: Lens flare from car's taillight. PD))