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)
Ranchos de Taos · NM, USA
Four large objects moving fast and in the same direction seen in middle of UFO swarm.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
KRQE Albuquerque news report. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect that a "twinkling" star was observed. PD))
Carlsbad · NM, USA
star-like lights zipp across the sky out of Aries.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
One craft at altitude that remained stationary for length on observation. It appeared to be lower than commercial air traffic, because
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Green swoosh/check-mark gliding over NMSU
Albuquerque · NM, USA
I was in my bedroom in bed. I happened to look at my window and saw a deep blue horizontal light shaped like a bar flashing across the
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Redsish star or Mars appeared to fade away
Buckhorn · NM, USA
Bright flashing object near Buckhorn, NM. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a star or planet. PD))
Albuquerque · NM, USA
White Circular object seen over Albuquerque, NM
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
At 9:50 PM i was heading home from a park near Riverview Drive. As I was leaving the park, turning West, I noticed a red light in the W
Las Cruces · NM, USA
About 1000 light or more see traveling in a horizontal line traveling south
Farmington · NM, USA
Bright ball traveling east up high, big and fast. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of the ISS? PD))
Vado · NM, USA
WHITE OBJECT COMES OUT OF BRIGHT LIGHT IN CLOUD
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Did not see an object, just long and fast bursts of extremely bright, white light; some of which shot off at different angles.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Two dimmed lights traveling at insanely high speeds with no noise.
Pecos · NM, USA
Saw nonmoving silver sphere for 10 seconds, then it just disapeared.
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
Circle of light drops from the night sky toward earth then disappears
Lemitar · NM, USA
Star-like light in west sky over Lemitar for past month
Taos · NM, USA
Several blinking red lights circling Taos, NM valley.
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Glowing orb like object. Very bright yellow and red. Low western sky. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Jupiter and Venus? PD))
Deming · NM, USA
Black, hovering object over the mountains of New Mexico
Lovington · NM, USA
Rectangle boxes in form of a train, varrying colors. Red and white hovering dots above and on the sides. Suddenly dissapears in 1hr.
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
A long beam of light extending from a light in the sky towards the earth, which disappears suddenly.
Silver City · NM, USA
Red/orange orb interacts with jets, chased by more jets, re-appears 4 days later.
Rio Rancho · NM, USA
Rio Rancho, New Mexico UFO spotted on Christmas Eve