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)
Bridgewater · NJ, USA
Repeated daylight sightings of high altitude box kite shaped object over central NJ
Sea Bright · NJ, USA
Skate Fish Egg shaped object followed by a transluscent sphere, disappered over the ocean.
Howell · NJ, USA
Sperixal red and orange extremely bright glowing object lasted two to three minutes and left the atonsphete as white in 3 seconds.
Hazlet · NJ, USA
I was taking phone videos OF STORMS in my area,when 21 seconds INTO VIDIO a ROUND RED object went from north to south, I checked my pho
BAYONNE · NJ, USA
Triangular shaped unidentified flying object with three lights at its corners hovering over the Hudson River for roughly 45 seconds bef
Oak Ridge · NJ, USA
Patterned High Altitude Fast Moving Lights Over 35! ((Starlink satellites?))
Brick · NJ, USA
Bright white light due north.
Maple Shade · NJ, USA
was sitting outside and looked up. it was a black oval disk and it was it was turning sideways as it flew. It was still light out.
Hawthorne · NJ, USA
My wife and I were sitting on my porch and I noticed what looked like a light in the distance. It was hovering and moving in different
Wantage · NJ, USA
Bright light moving extremely low and slow with periodic bright shards of colored lights beaming down periodically.
Springfield · NJ, USA
Yellow light floating across my grass as it descended it set off my Ring lights. The image can be seen on the Ring doorbell camera for
Brick · NJ, USA
Irregular shaped craft hovering stationary then moving at incredible rate of speed.
Vineland · NJ, USA
It had a red eye and I think it new I was looking at it
Vineland · NJ, USA
Round Bright Red flaming ball of light.
Pompton Lakes · NJ, USA
8-10 very distant orbjects that looked like a star moving perfectly in a line with each other and vanishing. ((Starlink satellites?))
Fort Lee · NJ, USA
Huge bright light appears and moves like it’s inspecting the earth below.
Burlington Co. (Presidential Lakes Estates) · NJ, USA
Bright red orb from all sides. 10 seconds. Then disappeared. Have video
Monroe township · NJ, USA
There was an inner red light with a larger outer blue light that was much taller
Perth Amboy · NJ, USA
The object was bright white at times stem like branches, object moved in various vertical and horizontal movements very slow.
North Bergen · NJ, USA
snake shape bright light
Neptune · NJ, USA
Bright light that hovered for hours, resembled a very bright star.
Montville · NJ, USA
Very bright light. Much larger than a star I took a picture and video. It appears to have a halo effect around it. ((Venus??))
West Deptford · NJ, USA
Immensely bright light hovering in West Deptford, New Jersey’ ((NUFORC Note: Venus. PD))
Interlaken · NJ, USA
It would zig zag and fo up and down not the first tome I’ve seen. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))
Swedesboro · NJ, USA
On this day and time as I was leaving work is when I saw a bright object in the sky. It was raining and the skies were grey with clouds