UFO Sightings in New York
5,489 UFO sightings reported in New York since 1930, peaking in 2012 (383 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 5,489
- Span
- 1930–2030
- Peak year
- 2012 (383 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1930–2030 · peak 2012 (383 reports)
Top cities in New York
New York City (Brooklyn)
1946–2022 · peak 2014 (19 reports)
New York City
1950–2022 · peak 2001 (18 reports)
Rochester
1966–2022 · peak 2014 (16 reports)
Buffalo
1960–2022 · peak 2021 (12 reports)
New York City (Manhattan)
1959–2021 · peak 2002 (8 reports)
New York City (Bronx)
1950–2021 · peak 2013 (10 reports)
Syracuse
1947–2022 · peak 2015 (9 reports)
Albany
1972–2021 · peak 2002 (11 reports)
Staten Island
1977–2022 · peak 2015 (10 reports)
New York City (Staten Island)
1982–2011 · peak 2001 (6 reports)
New York
1974–2022 · peak 2020 (14 reports)
New York City (Queens)
1956–2019 · peak 2007 (8 reports)
Utica
1966–2022 · peak 2019 (10 reports)
Binghamton
1952–2022 · peak 2012 (9 reports)
Ithaca
1979–2020 · peak 2004 (4 reports)
Pine City
2020–2022 · peak 2021 (19 reports)
Poughkeepsie
1965–2019 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Levittown
1970–2020 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Kingston
1983–2020 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Schenectady
1960–2017 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Selden · NY, USA
Triangular hovering unknown "tracked" by multiple craft
Walden · NY, USA
Silent rotating dazzling object in low altitude with spiral trail.
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
While standing on the broad channel train station platform looking north i observed 40 -50 ufo's (fireballs) traveling in military like
Smithtown · NY, USA
Large green light flying over Western Smithtown, Suffolk County Long Island
Brookhaven · NY, USA
I saw a star like object moving in swearls with light on and off
Millbrook and Pleasant Valley · NY, USA
Object spotted in the sky in Dutchess County, NY
Pawling · NY, USA
It was the bigest craft i have evet seen.
Russell · NY, USA
Six Orange-Yellow Orbs in Horizontal Formation
Saranac Lake · NY, USA
Was driving, saw 7-10 very bright lights in a curved row, all evenly spaced, then half of the lights disappeared one by one, reappeared
West Bangor · NY, USA
Three orange spheres located in upstate N.Y.
Hopkinton · NY, USA
Orange-red lights above tree tops
Hogansburg · NY, USA
2 to 3 Orange fireballs randomly swerving in northeast, southern sky
Malone · NY, USA
Strange glowing lights in triangle formation
Mahopac · NY, USA
Star like object moving flying over Mahopac NY
Brasher Falls · NY, USA
Series of 5 stationary horizontal lights evenly spaced apart fading in one at a time then fading out all at once.
Malone · NY, USA
Flares
NY · USA
On the night of 1/19/2012 me, my mother, brother,aunt,a family friend all across town decribed a oval shaped flying saucer in the sky.
Hunter · NY, USA
Massive rectangular craft in between two mountains hovered for a minute and disappeared
Tonawanda · NY, USA
Craft with 3 lights on belly of craft slowly traveling over tonawanda, new york
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Saw 3 separate bright orange twinkling lights ascend rapidly into the sky.
Bath · NY, USA
Lights over Bath, NY
Lackawanna · NY, USA
Heard a very high pitch sound hovering above of the house then moving slowly to each side of the house.
Lafayette · NY, USA
Bright light from the sky to the ground
Ronkonkoma · NY, USA
One big spot of white-fluorescent light flying from west to east: light faded while object made a U-turn.
Mastic · NY, USA
Bright circle object with dark spot in the middle very fast.