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)
Yonkers · NY, USA
Moving light with no sound or blinking/pulsating.
Lysander · NY, USA
Cubical obect sighted 15 miles north of New York State Fair, 8-30-11, 10:16 pm.
Mount Sinai · NY, USA
Vertical disk shaped craft with red/white light very low scanning area
Montauk · NY, USA
Came out of restaurant on south Edison in Montauk, ny. My husband went to get our car when I happened to look up in the sky and saw an
Montauk · NY, USA
Undulating ball of fire over Montauk that went high and disappeared, 5 minutes later a 2nd one appeared and did the same thing.
Dansville · NY, USA
Witnessed an object in the night sky while camping that was orange like the sun fly overhead two times in a span of twenty minutes
Ontario · NY, USA
ORANGE GLOWING OBJECT, HOVERING FIRST, THEN RAPIDLY ACCELERATING IN ONTARIO, NY
Albany · NY, USA
Glowing amber fireball hovering over Albany, NY, 7-1-2011
Washington · NY, USA
I saw 7 metallic disk type hovering above the Washington monument. There were 7 total at one point. Two were on the left side hovering
Esperance · NY, USA
Group of UFO's witnessed over Esperance, NY, on 3 July 2011
New York · NY, USA
Bright lights over New York!
Greenport · NY, USA
Multiple bright circles oscillating across the sky for hours at a time
Franklin Square · NY, USA
Round object that appeared to have fire inside it
Bellport · NY, USA
9 Red Lights that appeared in the night sky......
Levittown · NY, USA
20-25 Orange Lights move from West to East and then disappear.
Rochester · NY, USA
Orange Balls Swiftly Gliding Through The Sky In Rochester, N.Y.
Verona · NY, USA
3 light ufos over central ny
Liverpool · NY, USA
A light in the sky blink red and green.
Horseheads · NY, USA
Weird craft
Medford · NY, USA
At 8:00 pm in Medford, NY at my grandfathers (Matthew Accardi)house right before sunset we saw a circular red ufo that look like a red
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Spheres over Brooklyn
Menands · NY, USA
Round flame colored object traveling east to west at great speed, then slowed to a stop, sped up and then traveled slowly west
Canisteo · NY, USA
At around 9:30 PM July tenth 2011 in Canisteo N.Y., I observed a yellow red bright light for about one to two minutes.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Brooklyn UFO / VIDEO AND PHOTO / 7.10.11
Ocean Beach (Fire Island) · NY, USA
4 orange lights low in the sky observed from Fire Island, NY. ((NUFORC Note: Witness include former Air Traffic Controller. PD))