Changing over Las Cruces, NM
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Las Cruces lights.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 1987-10-25 → 1987-11-11
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November 5, 2022 · 9:38 PM · FORMATION
Las Cruces, NM
We were camping in Aguirre Recreation area, spot #19 and enjoying a bonfire looking at the stars. My boyfriend looked up and said “wtf is that do you see that?” I looked in his direction and instantly recognized what he was talking about. We watched a large cluster of stars (8-12 lights at different times appearing to mimic a constellation) move locations in the sky as a unit. The constellation/object moved from a lower point and seemed to be moving higher (to be directly over our heads) I got freaked out that it seemed to be getting closer, grabbed my dog and got in the car freaked out. We saw what looked like a plane fly in the vicinity and at this point my bf started recording to try and have some sort of evidence. The video is so hard to make out but we began recording and once the airplane was around the object appeared to stall, only moving slightly in comparison to before. The object remained in a relatively stationary position until we went to bed. The “constellation” would not show up on constellation finding maps as an existing star and seemed to have some “stars” or lights idk what they were that blinked on and off. They were not moving in a straight line - this was not an Elon satellite
October 28, 2022 · 1:00 AM · CIRCLE
Las Cruces, NM
My wife and I saw this 3 circle shape lights in Las Cruces NM. I have a video but I was not able to upload the 2:30 min of video
October 26, 2022 · 11:27 PM · SPHERE
Las Cruces, NM
I was driving home and about to turn into my driveway at around 11:20pm when I noticed the lights in the sky . They caught my attention due to there being 3 in a triangle position and the yellow color unlike the white stars . I stopped in the cul de sac and paused the car to study them. My car headlights were directly at them. They then began to move which frightened me so I shut off my lights ( as if they saw me) and continued to watch. One moved toward the other and blended into the other . As the movement started I thought perhaps I should take a picture but was too frightened to step out of the car so I took it through my front car window . Then the third one began moving toward the newly blended two until it joined into it as well. Now there was only one sphere for the next minute or two where it then just disappeared from sight.
September 28, 2022 · 5:55 AM · LIGHT
Las Cruces, NM
I went out to my front porch after putting on a pot of coffee + looked South. Then I looked at Jupiter or Saturn to the West and looked back south + saw an orange/yellow object that was huge and on the Low horizon perhaps 20 degrees above horizon + approximately 160 degrees South of my location. It looked like a planetary configuration but where one shouldn’t be. It’s size was 4-5 times the size of Jupiter or Saturn in the same morning sky. I observed it hovering approximately where White Sands Missile Range is located. It was observed for about 30 seconds + I thought got to go in + get my phone. I looked towards the screen door and looked back + the object was gone, vanished with no vapor not diffused. Then as I continued to look in the sky there were at least 2 Jets presumably from AFB in Alamogordo way up also circling the area. Maybe they were there all along but not observed until after object disappeared
April 14, 2020 · 6:00 AM · LIGHT
Las Cruces, NM
20 lights moving from NW. to SE. In chain formation same path evenly spaced.
April 14, 2020 · 5:45 AM · FORMATION
Las Cruces, NM
Long train of lights going over las vruces heading towards Mexico. Looked very high altitude