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)
New Mexico (abov; In-flight) · NM, USA
Two motionless star-like lights appear for at least a minute then disappear
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Star like craft with wings just hovering in one spot in the sky, airplanes flying near it and dogs are barking like crazy.
Deming (near) · NM, USA
Orange glowing orb west of Deming, New Mexico.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Something fell to earth in new mexico last night, craft like.
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
Unmoving pure white light turned to orange then faded over Rio Rancho. ((NUFORC Note: Helium-filled balloon at high altitude. PD))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Large bright cylindical UFO observed for 15 min. ((NUFORC Note: Helium-filled balloon at high altitude. PD))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Bright light hovering east of Albuquerque. ((NUFORC Note: Helium-filled balloon at high altitude. PD))
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Santa Fe , NM UFO 9/21/2013
Albuquerque · NM, USA
A brilliant, white, nonmoving light or orb seen in Eastern sky over Albuquerque for about 2 or more hours.
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
Bright white, round object in eastern sky seen from church doorway.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Bright light on eastside of Albuquerque nm
Santa Fe and Albuquerque · NM, USA
Still, bright light - too bright, large to be a star -seen during storms in Albuquerque. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus. PD))
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Bright fading in and out light above town, second time seeing in a span of couple days.
Clines Corner & Moririty (between) · NM, USA
Date: September 27, 2013 Time: Between 8:30 and 8:40 Mountain Time Location: Viewed looking West from Interstate 40 about 5 miles west
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Extremely fast and agile green light over Albuquerque.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Red and green lights of different sizes pulsating then "turning" upside down and moving direction rapidly on I40 at Wyoming e
Portales · NM, USA
A big orange/grey circle type object appearing before and after storm.
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Hovering Lights over Las Cruces.
Tucumcari · NM, USA
Pulsing white light over the horizon and a small moving light in the opposite direction.
Edgewood · NM, USA
A store in Moriarty had their strobe lights on and we watch for a half hour as everytime the longest strobe came around it would shine
Albuquerque (southeast) · NM, USA
THE SKY SOUTHEAST OF ABQ THERE WAS A GROUPING OF LIGHTS JUMPING IN ONE AREA FOR OVER AN HOUR
Farmington · NM, USA
Three lights that formed a triangle moving across clear skies.
Naschitti · NM, USA
Triangle lights formed and were all moving at the same speed!!!!
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Whirling group of lights NW of Santa Fe,NM : moving fast in a huge circle.
Lybrook · NM, USA
A triangular star cluster shot off an egg shaped craft southwest on 7/24/13 at 2:31 in the morning over Lybrook NM.