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)
Clovis · NM, USA
Traveling down back airport highway seen object flying opposite direction had 3 white lights red light in middle of craft.
Alto · NM, USA
Four mysterious, large lights appear in night sky over Alto New Mexico.
Alburquerque · NM, USA
MADAR Node 23
Santa Fe · NM, USA
MADAR Node 78
Ruidoso Downs · NM, USA
Blue Electric Ball
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Fast moving triangular craft observed through a third generation night vision scope while observing the Perseids meteor shower.
Santa fe · NM, USA
The night of August 19th 2021 around 3:00 in the morning I look towards the ski base Santa Fe New Mexico and I saw a ball of light in t
Roswell · NM, USA
Photographed something I can not explain 8/30/2021 NW of Roswell NM.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
I went outside to smoke a cigarette and looked up to see all this happening. Tonight approximately 00:00 I saw the same thing I will se
Eagle Nest · NM, USA
Bright light flying in sky
Albuquerque · NM, USA
I was in my grow room approximately 11:15 at night. I was trimming my plants and watering them.I looked over to the left of the grow te
Albuquerque · NM, USA
I was in my grow room approximately 11:15 or so. I was trimming my plants and watering them.I looked over to the left of the grow tent,
Abiquiu · NM, USA
Blue orb crosses sky near Abiquiu
Edgewood · NM, USA
White circle, above clouds, moving slowly against wind
Albuquerque · NM, USA
I thought I was looking at Cassiopeia with its 'W' shape, then I released that it was a series of lights moving silently across the sky
Silver City · NM, USA
I saw seven flying craft with lights all flying in a line and then disappearing within seconds with no lights
Arroyo Seco · NM, USA
I saw eight moving slow light in the sky "Fleet" ((Starlink satellites??))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
A string of lights going from south to north.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
I was at frenchy's field park here in town. About 9 in the evening. I was hanging upside down from the pull up bar, doing my regular ca
Los Alamos · NM, USA
Bright gold ball low in the sky in a perfect straight line going east
Belen · NM, USA
As I pulled to the light on my way into the city for work I noticed a big silver metal sphere in the sky not moving so I pulled over an
Near Jemez · NM, USA
Slow moving triangle shaped ship near Los alamos in broad daylight
Clovis · NM, USA
Rectangle shape light near Air Force Base.
El Rito · NM, USA
Multiple changing colored lights following a path
NM · USA
When the craft first appeared, it had two lights on top blinking and a red light on bottom. Another craft flew directly in front of it,