Las Cruces, NM
New Mexico · Doña Ana County · Las Cruces Metro
Las Cruces is a large city in New Mexico with a population of 112,612. Residents earn $55,176 per year, which is 27% below the national average.
3.2
/5.0
B
Good
112,612
Population
1,464/sq mi density
$55,176
Median Income
$30,804 per capita
$217,400
Home Value
$286,242 Zillow
$946
Median Rent
35.6% income on rent
66°F
Avg Temperature
353 sunny days/yr
497
Violent Crime/100K
3,581 property/100K
B
Overall
3.2 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
B
Economy
3.2 / 5.0
$55,176 median income, 4.4% unemployment
A
Affordability
4.5 / 5.0
$217,400 home value, $946/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
497 violent crimes/100K (31% above avg)
B+
Education
4.0 / 5.0
37.3% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
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Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Mines
2
Active and inactive mining sites tracked by the Mine Safety and Health Administration
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UFO Sightings Near Las Cruces, NM
49 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Las Cruces, NM.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Las cruces, NM | 2014 | There were blue lights in the night sky. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2014 | flashing sky fireball falling down. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2014 | Saw a large fast moving red and yellow light that came to a complete stop and slowly faded. Then one more right after the first one. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2014 | Blue ball, followed by a flame. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2013 | Bright fading in and out light above town, second time seeing in a span of couple days. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2013 | Hovering Lights over Las Cruces. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2013 | Out side wal mart several people were watching a slow moving fire moving from east to west. They said it has been going for 2 minutes. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2013 | 5 orange glowing orbs forming triangles and lines. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2012 | 4 fireballs side by side |
| Las cruces, NM | 2012 | Lights appear and then rotate upwards into the sky. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2012 | About 1000 light or more see traveling in a horizontal line traveling south |
| Las cruces, NM | 2012 | Green swoosh/check-mark gliding over NMSU |
| Las cruces, NM | 2012 | Glowing orb like object. Very bright yellow and red. Low western sky. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Jupiter and Venus? PD)) |
| Las cruces, NM | 2012 | 3 fireballs over mnts, triangle formation, random blinking on & off for 6 min. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2012 | 4 fireballs in sky side by side |
| Las cruces, NM | 2011 | Enormous yellow sphere seen rising over the Organ Mts. before midnight 8-18-2011 |
| Las cruces, NM | 2010 | Several lights appeared in a line and disappeared one after another. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2009 | A very large brightly lit object floats over buildings without a sound and disappears. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2009 | On April 23, 2009 I saw three objects with bright lights that follow our vechicle on the freeway. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2009 | Bright diamond shape craft stayed in one place . Looked like it changed from 1-3 crafts, appeared for about 20 min and tucked away behi |
| Las cruces, NM | 2009 | Light oval shaped or circular object. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2009 | bright orbs in triangular formation over NASA facility in Las Cruces, NM 7:45pm 5/17/09 |
| Las cruces, NM | 2009 | Large white cylinder UFO around passenger jet |
| Las cruces, NM | 2009 | Orange Fireball Traveling Northbound Over Las Cruces |
| Las cruces, NM | 2008 | SOMETHING ON FIRE MOVING RAPIDLY AWAY SILENTLY AND DISAPPEARING |
| Las cruces, NM | 2008 | Two seperate lights hovering and moving in circular motion. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2008 | Two unexplainable lights over the southern horizon near Las Cruces, New Mexico. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2008 | Saw 2 white lights fly very close to airplane then disappear by fading away. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2008 | UFO's Over Las Cruces? |
| Las cruces, NM | 2007 | Approx. 2200. 11/01/07 large defined bright oval traveled across Las Cruces from East (White Sands) to West before Aggie game ended. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2007 | Bright object in sky moving at extremely fast speed and changing course abruptly |
| Las cruces, NM | 2007 | Triangular UFO with tentacles. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2006 | 09/30/06 Las Cruces NM Triangle spoted under the Pleiades for 30 min |
| Las cruces, NM | 2006 | Made me think of UFO. Unsure what this was. No camera available. Solitary witness. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2006 | White disk hover over New Mexico |
| Las cruces, NM | 2003 | Along I-10 about 15 miles south of Las Cruces, large triangular craft outlined with very bright, white, lights. There was a lighted dom |
| Las cruces, NM | 2002 | Huge bright lime green Cylinder Shaped Object |
| Las cruces, NM | 2002 | White ball of light moving fast to the norheast. |
| Las cruces, NM | 2002 | More than one saw the object over Las Cruces |
| Las cruces, NM | 1999 | a close friend of mine witnessed the same phenomenon (sp?) that was reported in northern new mexico 250 miles south of albuquerque, in |
| Las cruces, NM | 1999 | Black disc with greenish/bluish/white corona traveled parallel with I10 between Las Cruces and El Paso. |
| Las cruces (on interstate 10,west of), NM | 1998 | Driving west on I-10 in N.M. we watched a HUGE object hover without moving for about 2 hours. |
| Las cruces, NM | 1998 | My father and i were driving home from El Paso, Texas, to Las Cruses, New Mexico. Half way to las cruses,(which is about a 30 min. driv |
| Las cruces, NM | 1997 | Orange, glowing ball moving at height of 50 to 300 feet over and around a city park (Apodaka Park). Pursued by 2--3 helos w/searchlight |
| Las cruces, NM | 1997 | Witness reports an "orange ball of light" at approx 500 feet from ground, was surrounded by helicopters circling it repeatedly. Number |
| Las cruces, NM | 1997 | It was never anything I have seen before. |
| Las cruces, NM | 1997 | Circle shaped red fire ball in Las Cruces, NM |
| Las cruces, NM | 1991 | a hollow blue ball of lighting that turned to a fireball then took and umbrella shape and loomed for a second then disapeared. |
| Las cruces, NM | 1987 | Las Cruces lights. |
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