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)
Mechanicville · NY, USA
3 fires hovering over the hudson river in a triangle formation.
New York City · NY, USA
11/3/11 New York City NY circle Hours white and touch of red a few people saw it. ((NUFORC Note: Jupiter? PD))
Fulton · NY, USA
dancing "star??" in morning sky...
Rochester · NY, USA
Rochester NY lights in the sky two sightings
Orchard Park · NY, USA
2 Unexplainable luminous or reflective objects filmed by chemtrails
Utica · NY, USA
Three Objects in differant parts of the sky, All changing color and two that moved around. ((NUFORC Note: Twinkling stars? PD))
Albany · NY, USA
11 bright orange objects that were all flying in the same line over Albany, NY
Uniondale · NY, USA
5 orange, round sphere shaped, objects, float across sky remaining in pattern.
Astoria · NY, USA
One bright light apearing to be a bright flash light or a star. Then the two of us noticed how bright the light was i noticed another p
Moriches bay area · NY, USA
Two huge red spheres over Moriches, Long Island, witnessed by officer.
Uniondale · NY, USA
Humongous craft seen in Nassau county long island
Watertown · NY, USA
Black triangular object scene in Watertown New York.
East Durham · NY, USA
The triangular craft was in the sky hoovering and seemed to have strange red/orange lights at the bottom.
Saratoga Springs · NY, USA
Going from west to east over Saratoga High School 3-4 individual fireball type sighting moving across the sky.3 more in a triangle
Slingerlands · NY, USA
Orange spheres seen in the Albany County, NY, area.
Lyndonville · NY, USA
A white filled circle, half the size of a full moon, appeared over Lake Ontario, north of Lyndonville, NY. I reappeared 5 more times.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Unexplained red and white light, like a star, visible for 10 seconds then fades out very quickly
Staten Island (over) · NY, USA
Huge bright fireball descends over Staten Island.
Auburn · NY, USA
Unbelievable star that turns into a UFO.
Ghent · NY, USA
Multiple colored lights with erratic movements. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a "twinkling" star. PD))
Staten Island · NY, USA
Bronze oval craft with bright flashing lights witnessed in vicinity with airplane in daytime sky
Binghamton · NY, USA
Multiple red lights over Binghamton,NY
Binghamton · NY, USA
Oct.08,2011 Red Orb's sightings in Binghamton,NY
Coeymans · NY, USA
Rapidly descending bright light over river. ((anonymous report))
Staten Island · NY, USA
After a closer look and seeing the moon was in the opposite sky as where this was, and planes flying what looked to be way under it, i