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)
Gallup · NM, USA
Bright light about the size of 20 stars seen west of Gallup, NM. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus?? PD))
Anthony · NM, USA
Object would move n stop.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Falling lights.
Cuba · NM, USA
Two propellor like motors w green revolving lights. Also red flashing light.
Taos · NM, USA
In 2013, during the months of September through November, I experienced paranormal phenomena of a spiritual nature and a UFO sighting.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Lights in the sky in a diamond formation with additional trail of lights bgeneath or behind the diamond lights traveling Northeast
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Reddish-orange lights in diamond formation with a trail of lights following behind or below seen by family in Santa Fe skies
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Multiple orange lights ascending then disappearing at a consistent altitude.
Carlsbad · NM, USA
Observed two reddish orange objects moving from west to east above Carlsbad New Mexico about four or five minutes apart. Both objects a
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
Unidentified foreign obeject was seen flying over New Mexico
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
My daughter and I saw a triangular shape object with blue, then green, lights over some housing in Rio Rancho, NM.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Three red lights in horizontal formation.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Triangle shaped hovering lights.
Carlsbad · NM, USA
Bright fireball object.
Arroyo Seco · NM, USA
Traveling fire ball in the sky.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
2 orange/red lights in a line were traveling North
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Five lights plusing over ABQ sky.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Numerous blue white shimmering spheres moving rapidly from northwest to southeast over Albuquerque.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Pulsing light of red, green and white seen in western and southern sky over Albuquerque.
Santa Fe · NM, USA
((HOAX??)) Some kind of aircraft with a HUGE wingspan was flying very low over my neighborhood in Santa Fe, NM.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
3 flashing green lights in formatiom of a triangle to big to.be stars
Albuquerque · NM, USA
While getting off freeway on Eubank exit a bright flash of light went in front of car had to brake apparently vehicle next to us disapp
Albuquerque · NM, USA
A flickering clump of lights, alternating green, red, white, and occasionally blue.. Due east, high above Sandia Mtns. Stationary.
Truth or Consequences · NM, USA
Green Red, White and occasionally Blue spinning lights that appear stationary.
Clayton · NM, USA
Bright white fast-flying UFO.