Documented sightings in New Mexico, sorted from most recent.
The Air Force allegedly filmed a UFO landing at Holloman AFB and offered the footage for a documentary before withdrawing it at the last moment.
Police officer Lonnie Zamora witnessed a landed egg-shaped craft with two figures that left physical traces investigated by the FBI and Project Blue Book.
Approximately half the population of Farmington, New Mexico witnessed hundreds of silvery objects maneuvering across the sky in a massive two-day aerial display.
Pluto discoverer Clyde Tombaugh observed a formation of yellowish-green rectangular lights moving silently across the New Mexico sky, baffling one of history's most accomplished astronomical observers.
Declassified file documenting 209 green-orb and disk sightings around the Sandia Base atomic-weapons complex, 1948-1950; released May 22, 2026 via PURSUE Release 02.
The US military initially announced recovery of a 'flying disc' near Roswell, NM before retracting the statement, creating the most famous UFO controversy in history.