Last updated on June 1, 2024

New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2019

This page aggregates and analyzes all UFO sighting reports made in New Mexico during 2019.

How many New Mexico UFO sightings were there in 2019?

  • There were 89 officially reported UFO sightings in New Mexico in 2019.
  • In 2019, New Mexico ranked #26 on the list of states with the most UFO sightings for that year.
  • Adjusted for population size, New Mexico ranks #4 in the list of states with the most reported UFO sightings in 2019, with an average of 4.32 reports per 100,000 residents.

New Mexico Cities with the most UFO Sightings in 2019

Rank City Number of Reports
1 Albuquerque, NM 18 UFO Reports
2 Santa Fe, NM 9 UFO Reports
3 Las Cruces, NM 8 UFO Reports
4 Rio Rancho, NM 5 UFO Reports
5 Taos, NM 4 UFO Reports

New Mexico UFO Sightings Analysis

We analyzed all 89 UFO sighting reports in New Mexico from 2019 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:

New Mexico UFO Sighting Reports in 2019

This is a sampling of 20 New Mexico UFO reports from 2019, presented as they were submitted other than paragraph breaks added for easier readability where necessary.

You can click the 'Report' link to view the original report along with any photos that may have been submitted to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC).

Deming, NM

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I saw and photographed an object hovering about 1000 feet in the air for about an hour. I was driving through Deming NM and about 30 miles prior I saw a hovering object out to the south of Deming. I couldn't figure out if it was a blimp or a weather balloon but it was stationary.

As I got to Deming it was in the same area but it did appear to have moved a little bit further south. I took pictures of it with my phone and it appeared roundish from that view. I went into the store.

came out and it was still there. As I drove West on I-10 I got a different and better view of it. It wasnt round.

I stopped on the side of the road and took more pictures. It was either white or Silver and it looked like it had 2 areas on it. Not round.

There were no wings or propellers and it just sat there moving a bit back and forth but nothing drastic. It just propelled there. I don't believe it was a drone.

What could stay up there that long? It had to be at least 1000 feet in the air and it wasnt small. At least the size of a commercial plane.

12/22/19 4:00 PM

UFO Shape: other

Lasted: 1 hour

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Deming, NM

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Large stationary object for over an hour I was driving eastbound on I-10 in New Mexico. the sun was rising I noticed a large black spot in the southeastern sky. It's shape was somewhat round but seemed kind of like a blob.

The object did not change position at all for the next hour or so other than where I saw it in my windshield and then passenger window. This object was far away and seemed to be quite large.

12/22/19 7:00 AM

UFO Shape: cigar

Lasted: 1 hour or more

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Valex, NM

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Chain of lights- move steadily then disappears. I saw what first appeared to be a satellite, a small, star-like light moving, unblinking across the sky from W-N-W towards N-N-E . I noticed another one a hands-width away, and then another and another.

We watched for approximately five minutes as the lights moved in sync, equidistant apart disappeared around the star Cyg in the constellation Cygnus.

12/21/19 6:43 PM

UFO Shape: unknown

Lasted: 4.5 mintues

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Albuquerque, NM

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While enjoying our outdoor firepit, I first noticed 3 aircraft (no noise or typical aircraft strobes) travelling SW to NE in a steady straight path and evenly spaced. These lights weren't bright, their flight path was high. As each light reached a certain point, they would dim then disappear.

This continued for 10-15 minutes. My entire family saw, we even showed the neighbor. Planes appeared to investigate.

12/21/19 6:30 PM

UFO Shape: light

Lasted: 10-15 min

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Rio Rancho, NM

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Triangle UFO seen over Rio Rancho Residential Area (NM528) While heading Northbound on NM528 I observed two lights (mint green) quickly approaching from the West on my 10 o'clock. I first thought it was a helicopter because it came to a complete stop over at my 10 o'clock, but as I got closer I noticed that it was triangle shaped w/ one red light and two green on the corners. It stayed low and stationary but soon after it moved away going south at a high rate of speed.

12/16/19 6:43 PM

UFO Shape: triangle

Lasted: 5 minutes

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Tierra Amarilla, NM

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Unlit object cast shadow on road, chased by plane seconds later A friend and I were traveling East by car on US HWY 64 between Tierra Amarilla and the Carson National Forest. We had intentions of getting to a lookout point in the higher elevations of the Carson to look at the full moon, hence the road and surrounding landscape was pretty well lit. As I was the passenger it was my job to keep an eye out for Elk or Deer, so my eyes were focused towards the shoulder on the right.

At 10:09 PM MST she leans forward and looks up and to the left and says "did you see that?" after which I also lean forward and look up and left to see a low plane no higher than 200 feet flying over the road in a northern direction. She says she didn't even notice the plane, she looked up because something cast a shadow on the road ahead of us and she thought it must have been a giant bird or something. While I'm still watching the plane fly North, she tells me there was a dark pointed shape she couldn't really describe beyond that flying North and by the time I looked up the plane came into view on the same flightpath.

Based on where the moon was and how much time passed between her catching my attention and my looking up, I can only assume she actually saw something up there. We were nearly directly underneath the plane by the time our paths crossed, so for the 3 full seconds or so before the plane showed up, she was focused on whatever it was the plane was apparently chasing. I will be sending a marked map to show a more precise location.

The plane itself wasn't remarkable other than being pretty low for how close some higher elevation to the East was. One red light on the end of one wing, a green light on the end of the other.

12/11/19 10:09 PM

UFO Shape: triangle

Lasted: 6 seconds

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Albuquerque, NM

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Object was large and very shiny, remained stationary and showed no signs of lights or windows. Then just seemed to vanish into thin air.soon after I noticed jets were scrambled towards it's direction as well as a c-130.

12/03/19 8:30 AM

UFO Shape: other

Lasted: 2 - 5 mins

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Ranchos de Taos, NM

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Blue orbs photographed over Rio Pueblo My son, husband and I were hiking the slide trail in the Ranchos de Taos area. I took several photos of the Rio Pueblo from where I stood at the top of the overlook. When I got home and looked at them since I was shooting on live on my iPhone.

I was able to take the photo on my iPhone and loop it. Three photos showed moving blue orbs. I did not see them when I took the photos, but they showed up when I looked closely at the images.

11/28/19 3:00 PM

UFO Shape:

Lasted: 1 minute

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Nageezi, NM

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Large rectangle like shape My boyfriend at the time and I were hauling wood near the flat like wall Mesa. We noticed the Hallogram, Rectanglish shape. Some kinda huge ship or something.

But it was blended in against the Mesa Wall. It kinda looked like Heat Waves coming off the pavement in mid Summer.But you could see the large shape move right to left.

We kept watching it and even looking at it with binoculars.Before we seen the object, my Ex swore he seen about 6 short white or furry looking creatures running like people amongst or into the trees below us. That's why we took the binoculars out and started looking around.

That's when we noticed the large shape. Then we got scared and got back in my truck and left because we heard buzzing noises above us. But couldn't see anything around us.

The large shape was about 400 yards away from where we were parked. East off the highway about 8 miles.

11/22/19 1:00 PM

UFO Shape: other

Lasted: 10 minutes

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Cibola, NM

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11/21/19 12:00 AM

UFO Shape: disk

Lasted:

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Dzilth-na-o-dithle, NM

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Strange lights flashing through windows and skylights.Wake up with red or blue Lazer lights beaming through small holes or cracks.Close off everything and managelights stills to shine through.

Started making noise walking on roof and sounds like trying to open door and windows. Constantly hear a buzzing noise flying around. But can't see.

!?! But notice shadows. And movement. Seams to be draining power from Solar batteries.

11/17/19 1:00 AM

UFO Shape:

Lasted: 5 hours

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Santa Fe, NM

Full Report Text:

MADAR Node 78.

11/16/19 8:13 AM

UFO Shape:

Lasted:

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El Paso, NM

Full Report Text:

8-12 objects seen from plane, above them at over 34,000' While flying at an Altitude of 34,000 feet over the SW US in a westbound direction, witnesses saw a series of about 8-12 lights in a horizontal line about 10-15 degrees above their level attitude. The lights faded and returned in a shallow V position only to fade again. The experience lasted about 20- 30 seconds for the reporting witness.

This sequence of lights caused a lot of chatter on the radio and was confirmed by 4 other aircraft in the area at different altitudes and headings.

11/11/19 8:30 PM

UFO Shape: light

Lasted: >30 seconds

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Santo Domingo Pueblo, NM

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Shimmering pyramid shaped UFO descending over apartment across the street. A little over a year ago, my brother and I saw a pyramid shaped UFO outside my house. We had just gotten home from spending the weekend at a friend’s house.

We were smoking a cigarette and when we were almost done smoking my brother said “what the hell is that?” I looked around and immediately saw what got his attention. There was a pyramid shaped UFO slowly descending from the sky. It was about a football field away.

While it was descending it was shimmering like light over choppy water. Initially my brother thought it was a black plastic bag stuck on a pole. It descended behind a two story apartment building across the street from my house.

Only the pointy part of the UFO was now visible. It stopped descending and suddenly 2 bright lights shot out of the top. The two lights moved very fast swirling in different directions.

This happened for so long that I was fixated on the swirling lights and noticed that the lights were moving in a grid pattern. Suddenly! the two lights stopped in place after 5 minutes of swirling. After the two lights stopped, the UFO started slowly cartwheeling with the two lights fixed at that one point of the pyramid.

It cartwheeled past the building it was behind showing the whole UFO. As it was cartwheeling, it was slowing becoming transparent. It cartwheeled horizontally for half a football field, getting more transparent and disappeared.

We stared in its direction waiting for something to happen. Nothing ever did.

11/01/19 10:00 PM

UFO Shape: triangle

Lasted: 10 minutes

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Albuquerque, NM

Full Report Text:

V-shaped formation of multiple white lights over Albuquerque, NM In Northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, at approximately 12:30 am, October 28, 2019, I saw a v-shaped formation of white lights traveling west to east, south of the Sandia mountain range. The lights were tightly but somewhat haphazardly in formation. No solid or linking structure could be seen.

I was unable to hear engine sounds or see a blinking aircraft light. I tried looking on the web to see if anything had been reported. It did look similar to a report made of a sighting in Lubbock, TX on August 25, 1951.

10/30/19 12:30 PM

UFO Shape: formation

Lasted: 1 minute

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Albuquerque, NM

Full Report Text:

2 light orbs were seen in the sky moving in and out.

10/26/19 7:00 PM

UFO Shape: light

Lasted: 30 minutes

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Truth or Consequences, NM

Full Report Text:

This morning I was leaving my house and heading to work when I noticed a bright flashing circular light low in the northern sky. It appeared to be changing colors rapidly, which is what caught my eye. I immediately took out my phone and started to record what I was seeing.

My partner was also on the way out the door for work. We both stood there in awe, looking at this mysterious flashing light. It didn’t appear to be moving.

I got in my car and headed to work. The entire way their I watched the light and it didn’t appear to move until I arrived at work and got out of my vehicle. At this point in was in motion and headed straight towards Turtleback mountain.

It flew right overhead, as it went over I could see it’s entire shape of it from its underside, at which point I realized it was a triangle. It had 3 white lights on the underside. One in each corner of the triangle.

It appeared to have color changing lights on top of the craft. The craft was completely ! silent as it flew overhead.

10/17/19 6:25 AM

UFO Shape: triangle

Lasted: 10 mins

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Farmington, NM

Full Report Text:

About 5 lights in a row with different colors that looked as if they were connected by a foggy transparent ribbon Very low to the ground about 2stories.

10/16/19 12:45 PM

UFO Shape: changing

Lasted: 2mins

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Albuquerque, NM

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My sister and I were driving north on corrs Blvd in Albuquerque NM. We were near the montano Rd exit when we saw three 'brown balls' in the sky equal length apart, floating in the sky in a line. We drove toward it and by the time we reached the top of the hill they were gone.

No chem trails, no crafts flying away from us.nothing. I hope this helps someone.

and I hope we weren't the only one who saw them.

10/15/19 11:20 AM

UFO Shape: circle

Lasted: About 2 min

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Las Cruces, NM

Full Report Text:

A large black pencil shaped object sped by the width of the moon as observed through my telescope at 23:30 hrs on 10/09/19. I was looking at the moon about 23:30 hours on October, 09, 2019 when I observed a large black shape quickly shoot past from my left to right through the lens. I was using a Twinstar F500mm scope with a 6 in mirror and a 25mm lens with a barlow attached.

The moon almost filled my whole view when all of a sudden and without any lights I could see and no noise, a black pencil shaped object swooped across the screen from left to right. Through my lens it appeared to be 1/16 of an inch thick and about 1 inch long. It happened so fast, very fast.

It was alone that I could see and appeared to be slightly thicker toward the tail end. There was no noise. I continued to follow the moon for another 15 minutes with no other sightings.

It was not a bird, airplane, or any other object known to me. It was not visible to the naked eye because I looked in the sky after I saw it.

10/09/19 11:30 PM

UFO Shape: cigar

Lasted: 1 second or less

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New Mexico UFO Sightings From 2019 By Shape

This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.

Shape / Appearance Sightings % Of Total
Light 20 reported sightings 22.47% of all reports
Circle 11 reported sightings 12.36% of all reports
Triangle 7 reported sightings 7.87% of all reports
Formation 6 reported sightings 6.74% of all reports
Oval 6 reported sightings 6.74% of all reports
Other 5 reported sightings 5.62% of all reports
Teardrop 4 reported sightings 4.49% of all reports
Sphere 4 reported sightings 4.49% of all reports
Unknown 4 reported sightings 4.49% of all reports
Changing 4 reported sightings 4.49% of all reports
Cigar 3 reported sightings 3.37% of all reports
Rectangle 3 reported sightings 3.37% of all reports
Disk 2 reported sightings 2.25% of all reports
Fireball 2 reported sightings 2.25% of all reports
Egg 1 reported sightings 1.12% of all reports
Flash 1 reported sightings 1.12% of all reports
Diamond 1 reported sightings 1.12% of all reports

New Mexico UFO Sightings From 2019 By Month

This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.

Month Sightings % Of Total
September 18 reported sightings 20.22% of all reports
October 16 reported sightings 17.98% of all reports
August 10 reported sightings 11.24% of all reports
June 10 reported sightings 11.24% of all reports
July 8 reported sightings 8.99% of all reports
November 7 reported sightings 7.87% of all reports
December 7 reported sightings 7.87% of all reports
May 4 reported sightings 4.49% of all reports
January 3 reported sightings 3.37% of all reports
April 3 reported sightings 3.37% of all reports
February 2 reported sightings 2.25% of all reports
March 1 reported sightings 1.12% of all reports

New Mexico UFO Sightings From 2019 By Weekday

This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the day of the week the sighting occured on.

Weekday Sightings % Of Total
Saturday 17 reported sightings 19.10% of all reports
Tuesday 15 reported sightings 16.85% of all reports
Sunday 13 reported sightings 14.61% of all reports
Thursday 13 reported sightings 14.61% of all reports
Wednesday 13 reported sightings 14.61% of all reports
Monday 11 reported sightings 12.36% of all reports
Friday 7 reported sightings 7.87% of all reports

New Mexico UFO Sightings From 2019 By Date (Top 5)

This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the date the sighting occured on, limited to the top 5 dates with the most sightings.

Date Sightings % Of Total
08/12/19 4 reported sightings 4.49% of all reports
10/05/19 3 reported sightings 3.37% of all reports
10/09/19 3 reported sightings 3.37% of all reports
09/28/19 3 reported sightings 3.37% of all reports
09/01/19 3 reported sightings 3.37% of all reports

New Mexico UFO Sightings From 2019 By Time

This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the time of day the sighting occured during. We took logical 4 hour windows in order to split the day into early morning, morning, afternoon, evening, night, and late night buckets for this analysis.

Time Of Day Hours Sightings % Of Total
Night 20:00 - 23:59 38 reported sightings 42.70% of all reports
Evening 16:00 - 19:59 19 reported sightings 21.35% of all reports
Early morning 04:00 - 07:59 9 reported sightings 10.11% of all reports
Afternoon 12:00 - 15:59 9 reported sightings 10.11% of all reports
Morning 08:00 - 11:59 9 reported sightings 10.11% of all reports
Late night 00:00 - 03:59 5 reported sightings 5.62% of all reports

All New Mexico Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2019

These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in New Mexico, in 2019

City Number of Reports View Reports
Albuquerque 18 UFO Reports Albuquerque UFO Sightings in 2019
Santa Fe 9 UFO Reports Santa Fe UFO Sightings in 2019
Las Cruces 8 UFO Reports Las Cruces UFO Sightings in 2019
Rio Rancho 5 UFO Reports Rio Rancho UFO Sightings in 2019
Taos 4 UFO Reports Taos UFO Sightings in 2019
Deming 3 UFO Reports Deming UFO Sightings in 2019
Ruidoso 3 UFO Reports Ruidoso UFO Sightings in 2019
Belen 2 UFO Reports Belen UFO Sightings in 2019
Carlsbad 2 UFO Reports Carlsbad UFO Sightings in 2019
Roswell 2 UFO Reports Roswell UFO Sightings in 2019
Artesia 2 UFO Reports Artesia UFO Sightings in 2019
Ranchos de Taos 2 UFO Reports Ranchos de Taos UFO Sightings in 2019
Alamogordo 2 UFO Reports Alamogordo UFO Sightings in 2019
Colmor 1 UFO Reports Colmor UFO Sightings in 2019
El Paso 1 UFO Reports El Paso UFO Sightings in 2019
Bosque Farma 1 UFO Reports Bosque Farma UFO Sightings in 2019
Aguirre Springs 1 UFO Reports Aguirre Springs UFO Sightings in 2019
Corona 1 UFO Reports Corona UFO Sightings in 2019
Dzilth-na-o-dithle 1 UFO Reports Dzilth-na-o-dithle UFO Sightings in 2019
Los alamos 1 UFO Reports Los alamos UFO Sightings in 2019
Cibola 1 UFO Reports Cibola UFO Sightings in 2019
Cochiti Lake 1 UFO Reports Cochiti Lake UFO Sightings in 2019
Red Hill 1 UFO Reports Red Hill UFO Sightings in 2019
Bernalillo 1 UFO Reports Bernalillo UFO Sightings in 2019
Carrizozo 1 UFO Reports Carrizozo UFO Sightings in 2019
Hope 1 UFO Reports Hope UFO Sightings in 2019
Socorro 1 UFO Reports Socorro UFO Sightings in 2019
Mescalero Indian Reservation 1 UFO Reports Mescalero Indian Reservation UFO Sightings in 2019
Fairacres 1 UFO Reports Fairacres UFO Sightings in 2019
Tierra Amarilla 1 UFO Reports Tierra Amarilla UFO Sightings in 2019
La Mesa 1 UFO Reports La Mesa UFO Sightings in 2019
Corrales 1 UFO Reports Corrales UFO Sightings in 2019
Espanola 1 UFO Reports Espanola UFO Sightings in 2019
Dexter 1 UFO Reports Dexter UFO Sightings in 2019
Moriarty 1 UFO Reports Moriarty UFO Sightings in 2019
Santo Domingo Pueblo 1 UFO Reports Santo Domingo Pueblo UFO Sightings in 2019
Farmington 1 UFO Reports Farmington UFO Sightings in 2019
Nageezi 1 UFO Reports Nageezi UFO Sightings in 2019
Truth or Consequences 1 UFO Reports Truth or Consequences UFO Sightings in 2019
Valex 1 UFO Reports Valex UFO Sightings in 2019

Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in New Mexico

These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in New Mexico.

Year Number of Reports View Reports
2024 11 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2024
2023 52 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2023
2022 53 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2022
2021 50 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2021
2020 82 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2020
2019 89 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2019
2018 60 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2018
2017 83 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2017
2016 79 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2016
2015 78 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2015
2014 110 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2014
2013 90 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2013
2012 72 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2012
2011 35 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2011
2010 38 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2010
2009 51 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2009
2008 59 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2008
2007 49 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2007
2006 61 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2006
2005 33 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2005
2004 40 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2004
2003 45 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2003
2002 46 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2002
2001 29 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2001
2000 36 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 2000
1999 32 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1999
1998 26 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1998
1997 23 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1997
1996 10 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1996
1995 12 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1995
1994 9 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1994
1993 5 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1993
1992 4 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1992
1991 9 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1991
1990 3 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1990
1989 4 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1989
1988 7 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1988
1987 2 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1987
1986 3 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1986
1985 3 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1985
1984 3 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1984
1983 2 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1983
1982 2 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1982
1981 3 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1981
1980 2 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1980
1979 3 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1979
1978 6 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1978
1977 6 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1977
1976 3 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1976
1975 5 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1975
1974 3 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1974
1973 4 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1973
1972 2 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1972
1971 1 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1971
1970 1 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1970
1969 1 UFO Reports New Mexico UFO Sightings in 1969