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)
Espanola (outside of) · NM, USA
A witness near Espanola, New Mexico reported a saucer-shaped object about 10 feet in diameter, observed for about five minutes in June 1947.
Roswell · NM, USA
A witness in Roswell, New Mexico reported a sphere-shaped object moving across the sky, observed for about one minute in December 1945.
San Antonio · NM, USA
THE CRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE DECENDED AT AN ANGL, SKIDDED OVER A HUNDRED YARDS PUSHING THE DIRT IN FRONT OF IT AND BURIED IT'S SELF
Los Alamos · NM, USA
A witness reported a disk-shaped object hovering over Los Alamos, New Mexico during the development of the atomic bomb, observed for more than an hour in June 1944.
Clovis · NM, USA
A witness reported seeing a disk-shaped object over an airbase near Clovis, New Mexico in April 1944, observed for about 90 minutes.
Santa Teresa · NM, USA
large craft with other smaller crafts moving fast with trails in photos.
Dulce · NM, USA
Three saucer shaped craft in a triangular pattern lifting off behind some pinon/juniper tree approximately 20 ft in height. Observered
Blue Water · NM, USA
object was bright, not natural, IT was not a planet or star, or weather balloon. I HAVE PHOTO's!
Santa Fe · NM, USA
Craft floated over, truck stopped, while I was getting truck off road, left. Truck wouldn't start. Pieces magnetized and stuck on ins