New Mexico

A state in the Southwestern United States known for its extensive military and scientific infrastructure, including Los Alamos, Sandia, and White Sands. It is arguably the most famous state in UFO lore due to the 1947 Roswell incident and numerous sightings around its sensitive atomic installations. The high concentration of classified aerospace and nuclear testing made it a primary focus for early military UFO investigations.

Ground zero for the modern UFO phenomenon, hosting the Roswell crash and numerous mid-century sightings near top-secret nuclear facilities.