Disk over Deming, NM
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Orange glowing disk south west of Deming NM on night of 11/04/03
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 2003-11-01 → 2003-11-18
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November 23, 2022 · 6:20 PM · CHANGING
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September 3, 2020 · 7:30 PM · OTHER
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Driving through Deming New Mexico my girlfriend noticed something stationary in the sky. She asked me to look. I pulled over to the side of the road. All I could make out was something white in the sky. After looking for what I guess was about 30 seconds the object rotated. The rotation was slow and turned from left to right. About midway through the turn the sun reflected off of it. I could tell it was oddly shaped for an aircraft looking square and oblong. After turning lengthways facing what I think was south, it started moving south. The movement seemed slow at first then moved out of site. After returning to my truck we were wondering why no one else was seeing this and stopping. After driving off, it reappeared. I stopped again looking out the window. It did this exact same maneuver I think three times over a period of about 30 minutes. Then didnt reappear. My girlfriend and myself didnt know what to make of what we had just seen. Excited and amazed at first. It just seemed so surreal. The following day after telling a couple friends, the reality set in for me and almost had a panic attack. I took a xanax I had and it calmed me down. I know this for sure, I'm not talking about this anymore. I know I'll never be the same, and scared to look towards the sky.
May 2, 2020 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Deming, NM
I was looking straight up in the sky about 9 pm when I saw a very distant faint light similar to a faint star moving NW. As I was watching, I noticed another appear on the same path but very far apart (with both arms extended up pointing with index fingers about 18 inches apart). All total, I counted 15 aircraft flying in single file with no audible noise that I could detect. I tried to take video with cell phone but nothing appears.
December 22, 2019 · 4:00 PM · OTHER
Deming, NM
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.
December 22, 2019 · 7:00 AM · CIGAR
Deming, NM
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.
August 15, 2019 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Deming, NM
I live in Deming, NM, and my boyfriend and his little nephew went up into the Florida Mountains to watch the lights of the city up in the mountains one night. It was very dark as it was overcast and we had been their watching the town and decided to get out of the vehicle. We got out, found some rocks to sit on and just started talking and enjoying the night. As we sat there, we noticed four lights all in a row light up very close to the mountain. The Florida Mountains have a park you pay to enter, but at the time the gates are locked and no one should be up there. We watched them for a few minutes and then the lights started moving along the mountain. At this point we left very quickly because we were scared. I would also like to mention that this is not the first time that I personally have seen strange lights moving in the sky and around the mountain. I love relativity close to these mountains. On the drive home we started talking about the event and we at one point said maybe that they are trying to communicate and the lights to our vehicular device were already on bright and they stared to get brighter. I also work as a bartender and recently one of the regulars at the bar I work at came in and was talking to some other people and he said that he lives in the foothills on the west side of the mountains and him and his wife regularly see these lights in the nighttime between 12:00 midnight and 4:30 am and he claimed that the frequency is about 3-4 times a week. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD