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)
Troy · NY, USA
Red, green & orange blinking triangle formation. ((NUFORC Note: Probable sighting of a twinkling star, possibly Sirius. PD))
Ashville · NY, USA
Amber object in night sky during full moon, or the day before full moon
Canandaigua · NY, USA
Round brite silverish light
Center Moriches · NY, USA
Large black triangle with pulsating, flashing white and red lights over north Center Moriches
West Walworth · NY, USA
Very large aircraft with lights as bright as the sun hovered near West Walworth New York
Jamaica · NY, USA
Bright Round Circle by the moon
Centerport · NY, USA
Two bright orange balls of light moved silently overhead.
West Seneca · NY, USA
White Sphere seen in West Seneca NY
Ithaca · NY, USA
I saw a fireball over ithaca
Ithaca · NY, USA
Meteorite lands close to ithaca
Ronkonkoma · NY, USA
10/30/2011 21:00 Ronkonkoma NY bright reddish orange round lights triangular formation UFO's 10/30/11
Ronkonkoma · NY, USA
10/30/2011 21:00 Ronkonkoma NY bright reddish orange round lights triangular formation UFO's 10/30/11
Castleton on Hudson · NY, USA
White orange falling star turning to blue green as it descended. Northwest over Hudson River, Albany, NY
Hamburg · NY, USA
Bun shaped object hovering over parking lot and then darting back and forth at high speed.
Watertown · NY, USA
4 lighs in shape of box over city
Ovid · NY, USA
it stopped and much quicker began to go the opposite direction suddenly plummeted toward the ground shot back up to where it was before
Syracuse · NY, USA
a color changing object that left a trail of light
Rochester (Town of Chili) · NY, USA
8-18 red/orange lights seemingly rising from the distant tree line above I-490 westbound after chili center exit south/southwest of my
Kings Park · NY, USA
6 glowing spheres in the sky, moving in exact uniform formation
Savona · NY, USA
I am at a loss to rationally explain what my girlfriend and I have seen, not once, not twice, but three times in a week!
Ashford Hollow · NY, USA
i was at my parents cabin in ashford hollow ny for the holliday weekend. my kids were gonna meet me out there but didn't make it. so of
Nassau County · NY, USA
Blue light "explosion" as if viewed within a dome or planetarium
Rochester · NY, USA
Amber/orange balls 1 following the other changeing direction at unbeliveabley fast speeds
Montauk · NY, USA
Yellow to orange colors radiating above and below cylindrical or disk shaped object travelling at high rate of speed
Buffalo · NY, USA
My husband was on the back deck and called for me to come out and up in the sky was two orange dots following each other then the first