UFO Sightings in New Mexico
1,559 UFO sightings reported in New Mexico since 1944, peaking in 2014 (110 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,559
- Span
- 1944–2029
- Peak year
- 2014 (110 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1944–2029 · peak 2014 (110 reports)
Top cities in New Mexico
Albuquerque
1965–2021 · peak 2013 (33 reports)
Santa Fe
1966–2021 · peak 2020 (17 reports)
Las Cruces
1987–2020 · peak 2017 (8 reports)
Roswell
1945–2021 · peak 2008 (4 reports)
Rio Rancho
1991–2022 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Taos
1996–2021 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Deming
1965–2020 · peak 2018 (5 reports)
Farmington
1978–2022 · peak 2011 (4 reports)
Alamogordo
1988–2022 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Carlsbad
1982–2020 · peak 2006 (5 reports)
Silver City
1997–2021 · peak 2006 (4 reports)
Clovis
1944–2021 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Hobbs
1959–2020 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Socorro
1996–2021 · peak 2016 (3 reports)
Belen
1998–2021 · peak 2011 (2 reports)
Gallup
2002–2017 · peak 2008 (3 reports)
Truth or Consequences
2002–2020 · peak 2002 (1 reports)
Los Alamos
1944–2021 · peak 1973 (2 reports)
Los Lunas
1972–2020 · peak 2020 (2 reports)
Edgewood
2001–2021 · peak 2001 (1 reports)
Santa Teresa · NM, USA
large craft with other smaller crafts moving fast with trails in photos.
Cuba · NM, USA
Like Steve glowing Celtic Cuba for 20 minutes then vanished no sound no nothing
Farmington · NM, USA
Orange UFO passing over my house
Grants · NM, USA
We are above Grants New Mexico stationery and moving every single night
Alvarado · NM, USA
Orange line turned into green oval
Alamogordo · NM, USA
Hovering Bright white light overhead then disappears
Contreras · NM, USA
Light moving L to R in sky above mountains, NNE of my location. After a short bit it just vanished.
Sante Fe · NM, USA
MADAR Node 78
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
Started out with two lights then separated out into multiple lights. Video has been cleaned by pro, results remarkable.
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
Sent to Linda Moulton Howe, she can't ID
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
My daughter (27 years old) was looking out the living room window and said “are you seeing this shit”. I then looked out and saw them
kirtland · NM, USA
saw a bright plane shaped object high in the sky
Bernalillo · NM, USA
Silver missile
Alamogordo · NM, USA
Saw 6 lights, 2 separate aircrafts
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Very large with a uniform band white lights. moderate movement No sound , came from the west moving east. It was huge.
Cannon AFB · NM, USA
Line of about 20 white crafts moving in formation.
Acoma Pueblo · NM, USA
Disk shaped object over Acoma Pueblo,New Mexico
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
Witnessed bright object high in sky that changed colors randomly.
Rio Ranco · NM, USA
MADAR Node 161
Albuquerque · NM, USA
It looked like a very large, slow satellite, and then it disappeared.
Lordsburg and Silver City (between) · NM, USA
Observed a very large, iridescent, green, ball fall from sky and disappear behind a mountain range to my right as I was driving north.
Placitas · NM, USA
Oblong shaped flying object
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Space craft caught on film
Taos · NM, USA
Cigar object that caught my attention
Alamagordo · NM, USA
Golden lights spotted in the sky over white sands national park.