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)
Tonawanda · NY, USA
Fireball travelling steadily over Tonawanda, NY
Grand Island · NY, USA
A noiseless and oscillating bright light in the eastern sky was moving from the south to the north.
Buffalo · NY, USA
three UFOs seen over Buffalo, NY
Hunt · NY, USA
Triangle lights blinking, then slowly rotating, then blinking again. Then it took off at an unimaginable speed.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
UFO over Brooklyn, NYC, Flatbush Avenue.
Hamburg · NY, USA
This was a large craft all black. Mt daughter and I sat down at Applebees in Hamburg when we both seen looking outside the window over
West Seneca · NY, USA
Strange orange-red fireball moving erratically, almost bouncing, several thousand feet in the southwest sky.
Port Jefferson Station · NY, USA
Orange circular type object flying smoothly over the nightime sky in Port Jefferson Station, NY.
Prattesville · NY, USA
Too close to be a planet and too bright of flickering to be a star. Constellations dont react to one another. So what was it.
Niles · NY, USA
3 Fireballs Spotted in Triangle Formation Spotted in Niles NY 8:44pm 08/20/11
Lindenhurst · NY, USA
red to orange flickering lights/flames attached to some type of object sailing fast in the sky over Lindenhurst,NY
Henrietta · NY, USA
On the night of August 21st 2010, roughly around 1:30 am heading home after work. I saw a bronze sphere in the eastern sky. I pulled up
Cutchogue · NY, USA
large black triangular craft seen over Interstate 80 in north west New Jersey.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Large wing seen moving quickly over Brooklyn 08-24-11
Herkimer · NY, USA
add on to earlier report
Herkimer · NY, USA
orange bright light moving across sky chasing smaller bright white light
North Woodmere · NY, USA
Invisible, Helicopter-Like, Strange-Sounding Flyby
Wellesley Island · NY, USA
Luminous orange object moving across the night sky over Wellesley Island State Park
Fairport · NY, USA
SHOCKING
Buffalo/Freedom · NY, USA
Grayish star/object moving across sky and then moving upward near Freedom NY
Utica · NY, USA
Daytime UFO sighting 8/27/11 Utica, NY
Lockport · NY, USA
Yellow lights in formation traveling silently across the sky, faded away one by one.
Nissequogue · NY, USA
round silver object hovering over long island bay during hurricane Irene
Tonawanda · NY, USA
3 redidish organge cicle/spheres seen over Tonawanda NY
Blue Point · NY, USA
10 fire like balls over south shore long island headed NE.