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)
Whitehouse · NJ, USA
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Toms River · NJ, USA
Cigar shaped haze with two rectangular windows.
Piscataway · NJ, USA
Object seen over Interstate 287 in Piscataway NJ
Chatham · NJ, USA
Orange light glowing in the sky, it was twice the size of Jupiter
Eatontown · NJ, USA
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Cape May · NJ, USA
Black Craft broad daylight at the beach, captured in photo, no one saw it at the time.
Secaucus · NJ, USA
Black Sphere in Hudson County Skies
Metuchen · NJ, USA
3 swift moving dark eye-shaped attached segments of shimmering grey/silver fly abreast smoothly change to single file nnw to w
Westfield · NJ, USA
Orange fireballs in New Jersey heading northeast.
Freehold (Canada) · NJ, USA
UFO spotted over Freehold, New Jersey.
Pittstown · NJ, USA
Object may have landed in area that saw similar circumstances 4 years ago. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly Venus? PD))
Atlantic City · NJ, USA
Multicolored light in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a "twinkling" star. PD))
Montclair · NJ, USA
Parallel flashing lights sighted in Montclair, New Jersey.
Manahawkin · NJ, USA
Shiny metallic upside down cone shaped object over Jersey Shore.
Cape May · NJ, USA
highly reflective cylinder
Rutherford · NJ, USA
Starships. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly satellites. PD))
Wanaque/Oakland · NJ, USA
Pulsating light blue orb falling straight down to the ground.
Hamilton · NJ, USA
Lights in the sky during Fireworks show July 2, 2010
Phillipsburg · NJ, USA
50 red fireballs flying over NJ.
Red Bank · NJ, USA
Unknown Self luminous Red Obj obve fireworks display
Toms River · NJ, USA
Two brilliant orange colored objects engulfed in a flame-like orange glow.
Swedesboro · NJ, USA
One red fireball, and seemingly teardrop shaped object.
Belford · NJ, USA
speeding object followed by a second object three minutes later with red glow
Beach Haven · NJ, USA
We were in our hotel on vacation at the beach. I walk out on the deck of our hotel room and I see 3 bright lights in the distance. I r
Cherry Hill · NJ, USA
orange lights