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 Fe · NM, USA
Santa Fe Tear Drop hovering over 40 minutes. ((NUFORC Note: High-altitude, helium-filled balloon, with scientific package. PD))
Silver City · NM, USA
Bright, very red, light flies south to west near Silver City, NM.
Clovis · NM, USA
When at work myself and 5 other employees saw a very bright white light in the sky that looked like a very big star almost to big to be
Clovis · NM, USA
Upside down triangle three light changing color object.
Clayton · NM, USA
Bright white object in western sky just after sunset.
Mimbres · NM, USA
Multiple lights over Mimbres, NM. ((NUFORC Note: High-altitude balloon. PD))
Clayton · NM, USA
large white orb light flying over northeast NM
Ojo Caliente · NM, USA
I saw what looked like a large silvery beach ball rolling down the center line of the road.
Espanola · NM, USA
Bright white hot light hovering low in early morning and suddenly moves hundreds of miles away in the blink of an eye.
Roswell (35 miles south of) · NM, USA
SR-71 Blackbird seen near Roswell?
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Multiple objects above Santa Fe, NM.
Placitas · NM, USA
My husband and I were outside searching for a missing pet, and we noticed a stationary bright light, which appeared to us upon first gl
Santa Clara · NM, USA
A light was situated just E of Santa Clara, NM. I first noticed it from Vaughn, NM, I noticed a light high in the sky. ((Venus??))
Santa Rosa · NM, USA
Single moving lights in the night skies south of Santa Rosa, New Mexico.
Deming · NM, USA
Orbs over Deming, NM, nightly!!
Okhay Owingeh · NM, USA
Large rectangular object with blue lights in 2 triangle patterns on the outsides flying slowly
Farmington · NM, USA
Aircraft was a shiny metallic cigar shape and slowly moved across a city league softball game.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
This morning, while stopped at a red light at Academy and Wyoming, I noticed what looked like an airplane at 35000 feet (traveling NE),
San Isidro · NM, USA
2 red lights gliding across sky, then green and red lights flickered on and rotated around the object.
Taos · NM, USA
Slowly dimming light,oval shaped metallic object bigger than 2 747's drops out of sight in east sky.
Alamogordo · NM, USA
Two objects gliding in circles over Alamogordo.
Interstate 10 · NM, USA
Strange shaped objects above New Mexico sky.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Like an average star but binoculars show it to be strong flashing lights of white, blue, red. ((NUFORC Note: "Twinkling" star? PD))
Clovis · NM, USA
6 red lights that changed it to a stream of gold light that simply disappeared.
Hobbs · NM, USA
Three circular craft changing shape SW of Hobbs, NM