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)
Newton · NJ, USA
I heard something walking outside i walked into my back yard when i saw to aircrafts triangular-shaped ships .
Dover · NJ, USA
Large oval light hovers then shoots off like lightning.
Bloomsbury · NJ, USA
Three lights moving slowly and then just disappeared!
Wayne · NJ, USA
2 Glowing circular crafts high in sky, not satellite or plane by deductive logic, disappeared in a flash.
Shamong · NJ, USA
Two red orange balls traveling silently at the same speed.
Howell · NJ, USA
2 circle yellow w/ red glow silent moving steady over the Manasquan Resevoir.
Toms River · NJ, USA
It was red and orange glow looked like a fire ball it vanished instantly.
Lawrence Township · NJ, USA
Powerful, low-frequency throbbing. "Presence" in daughter's doorway.
Montgomery · NJ, USA
((HOAX??)) Mysterious ufo flying.
Little Falls · NJ, USA
((HOAX??)) My self and one other person watched three unidentified flying objects flyby in a V shaped formation last night
Phillipsburg · NJ, USA
It was scary.
Marlboro · NJ, USA
Unknown shape flying sraight line.
Cherry Hill · NJ, USA
Rectangle moving left to right right.
Ocean City · NJ, USA
3 lights (1 red 2 white) zig zagging fast around each other but moving slowly across the sky in oc, nj.
Deptford · NJ, USA
Sparkling strings of lights floating in the sky.
Lawrenceville · NJ, USA
Fiery ball evading jet.
Edison · NJ, USA
Multiple flashing lights.
West Orange · NJ, USA
((HOAX??)) Saw a smooth tear drop/triangular craft traveling NW directly over head
North Plainfield · NJ, USA
Large blue light observed traveling at a slow steady course from north to south over northern New Jersey.
Manalapan · NJ, USA
UFO sighting in suburban NJ, close enough to see the shape, details and color of the object.
Deptford · NJ, USA
Diamond shaped UFO hovering in the sky witnessed by 8 people.
Florham Park · NJ, USA
Orange diamond "kite" like object spotted over NJ.
West Milford · NJ, USA
I was riding in the car with my mom and out of no where this triangular spaceship flies very low right over our car. It had 4 lights in
Neptune · NJ, USA
3 glowing bright Red/orange orbs fading out and reapearing in same location.
Glen Rock · NJ, USA
Looked up and saw one object hovering then a second but had white likes then a third joined them which had a green light.