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)
Hoboken · NJ, USA
2 people standing in same place and one sees UFO and other doesn't but photos tell what she saw was real
Wildwood · NJ, USA
Orange glowing orb floating in the sky.
West New York · NJ, USA
Very clear high quality shots of a UFO over West New York. This is not a joke.
Little Falls · NJ, USA
Twinkling ufo in sky.
Brick · NJ, USA
White circular object with trail over head than vanishes into night sky !
Monroe Twp · NJ, USA
Bright circle moving across the sky
Manchester · NJ, USA
Brilliant light in sky, switched to pulsating red and blue, then ascended.
Leonardo · NJ, USA
Two very large orange spheres/circles sat motionless in the sky over the Sandy Hook Bay
Alloway · NJ, USA
I woke up right after being sound asleep from a weird dream. Went downstairs in the house to get a snack right after i woke up. Walked
Sicklerville · NJ, USA
Red lights and grey objects floating in and across the sky after disappearing.
Sewell · NJ, USA
Over 100 lights in formation traveled from east to west slowly at a low elevation.
Bayonne · NJ, USA
We observed 1 object which was bright red traveling at a high speed past any planes that were in the area. The object stopped and then
Carteret · NJ, USA
Large triangle object with rotating colored lights, motionless.
Carteret · NJ, USA
Craft still in sky in same position as 1 hour ago. ((NUFORC Note: Possible star?? PD))
Berkley · NJ, USA
Illuminated round orb like object jetted very fast, quick and low over my car on GSP South between Berkley and Toms River exits.
Toms River · NJ, USA
UFO dancing in the Toms River NJ sky takes off at unbelievable speed.
Dayton · NJ, USA
Saw a shooting star but this object was bigger and brighter.
Woodland Park · NJ, USA
2 circles chasing each other in sky.
Sicklerville · NJ, USA
Large orange lights in formation over south jersey.
Ocean City · NJ, USA
2 Objects on bay between parkway exits 10 and 25.
Lincroft · NJ, USA
Light fluctuating and darting across the sky while blinking a red light.
Metuchen · NJ, USA
fast moving orange lights in triangle fomation flying with one point facing backward, two points forward
Elizabeth · NJ, USA
For several nights, for the last 2 weeks, there has been a craft hovering over the City of Elizabeth. The noise of the craft gets loude
Elizabeth · NJ, USA
Extremely loud noise hovering over our house for over 20 minutes.
North Arlington · NJ, USA
Red fireball..