State Report
UFO Sightings in New Mexico
2,497 sightings on record from 1929 to 2023, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.
Total sightings
2,497
Share of US total
1.16%
Peak year
2013
161 reports
Top shape
Light
495 reports
Years active
94
Sightings by decade
reports / decadeTop shapes reported
all-timeLatest 20 sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | Shape | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-26 | Columbus | oval | 30 minutes. | Blimp or hot air balloon like object just below cloud line, never moved for 30 minutes. Dark to metalic depending on... |
| 2023-11-25 | Belen | diamond | .05 Seconds | 3 videos available. One Video it's Coming to my house. Next video it's there for several seconds LOUD BUZZING . 3rd... |
| 2023-10-30 | Tijeres | orb | 5 minutes aprox | 1 orb with hazy aura |
| 2023-10-30 | Santa Fe | orb | approx 5 minutes | Glowing pure white circular orb with halo and small brighter circular center that comprised about 10% of the area of the... |
| 2023-10-30 | Bosque Farms | light | 4-5 minites | I large light, no blinking lights, obscured by a fog in the sky moving to the southeast with no sound. 360 deg pressure... |
| 2023-10-30 | Albuquerque | light | aprox 5 min | Slow moving light with antenna in back while moving sprayed particls in shape of smoke ring/circle in front/downward of... |
| 2023-10-23 | Mountainair | orb | 30-40 seconds | One bright red and white pulsing light dividing into 3 separate lights and then blinking out. |
| 2023-10-15 | Cleveland | circle | Hours | This lights comes down from the sky. They move around the sky and disappear then come back |
| 2023-10-09 | Albuquerque | circle | — | Remained in a circle area turning different colors. Then left. |
| 2023-10-02 | Santa Fe | orb | Up to three minutes | Was originally noticing a flying object which looked peculiar, but a bright, stationary orb in direct path began to move... |
| 2023-09-21 | Albuquerque | orb | blink | Fast Moving Light ball appeared out of nowhere and shot straight up and disappeared |
| 2023-09-19 | Grants | circle | Single Photograph | I was snapping photos of the surrounding area, and didn’t notice I had photographed two objects, one donut shaped, and... |
| 2023-09-08 | Santa Fe | orb | 5 seconds | 3 balls of diffused white light in a triangle formation silently shot across the sky at a mid-level flight altitude |
| 2023-09-07 | Belen | teardrop | 2 hours | Bright light at first with naked eye. With decent binoculars it was a teardrop large shape. W/ Telescope huge orange... |
| 2023-09-04 | Rio Rancho | unknown | Aprox 30 seconds | 19 green objects moving at a mid rate of speed |
| 2023-08-26 | White Sands National Monument | sphere | 2 minutes | Bright slow moving craft w/no blinking lights and sound flying in restricted air space. |
| 2023-08-26 | Loving | light | A minute long | Walked outside saw a very bright light. It was moving across the sky from right to left and disappeared as it approached... |
| 2023-08-14 | Taos Canyon | other | 15 to 20 seconds | An object in the shape of a vertical dorsal fin about 60' top to bottom, very fast with an extremely bright blue flame... |
| 2023-08-13 | Glenwood | orb | 2 hours | 6 or more flying craft moving extremely fast and capable of changing direction quickly. Emitted weird light. |
| 2023-08-07 | Albuquerque | light | 10 Minutes | It was a line of light that was just circulating but it wouldn’t come out from the behind the clouds whatsoever. It was... |