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)
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
randomly looking outside of my window and noticing something strange
Medford · NY, USA
4 Star like objects moving east to west in the southern sky on Dec. 2nd @ 11:22PM
Pine Bush · NY, USA
2 lights hovering over Pine Bush
Newburgh · NY, USA
15-20 tiny points of light moving over Newburgh, NY.
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
Bright circular object slowly changing shape covered with small lights over Staten Island, New York City
Airmont · NY, USA
3 lights zooming through the sky making loud buzzing sounds then vanishing.
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
Round ball of light hovers over Queens, 30min+ ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus?? PD))
Colonie · NY, USA
Flickering red and blue light to the Northwest of Albany. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Sirius?? PD))
Southampton · NY, USA
Spotted 3 red lights (UFOs) over Southampton, NY
Rushville/Canandaguia · NY, USA
bright stationary white light, dimmed to nothing and began blinking red sparaticly, turned right and decended
Forest Hills · NY, USA
Cylindrical air craft firing red lights.
Albany · NY, USA
((HOAX)) I was hanging out with my friends. Suddenly, we saw something don't seems to be the stars.
Arkport · NY, USA
seen large bright orb in western sky
Canajoharie · NY, USA
UFO object with flashing red, blue and green lights. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a possible "twinkling" star. PD))
Boston · NY, USA
seeing flashing ,red,white and green round object. that moves in a cicular motion very fast. ((NUFORC Note: Twinkling star?? PD))
Verona · NY, USA
UFO sighting Verona NY November 10, 2010
Wallkill · NY, USA
Low flying, standing still above tthe trees bowtie unidentified flying object seen driving home from work
Ithaca · NY, USA
One big V shaped object blinking white, red and blue at a stand still with random movements - multiple objects as well.
North Sanford · NY, USA
Round orange fast moving object in straight line with glowing tail.
Washingtonville · NY, USA
The lights, that type of illumination on a plane or jet I have never seen before, and ONLY 2 of them, no others.
Averill Park · NY, USA
Low to the ground... all black around the UFO in a saucer shape going slow then it sped up and it was gone. Had about 8 lights around
North Babylon · NY, USA
I could see 5 lights around the bottom, closest shape would be a rectangle but it isn't. Cannot photograph it, did not come out on dig
Albany (3 hrs W of; on I-90 near Exit 44) · NY, USA
Gun metal black crescent with 6 window-glowing lights.
Gloversville · NY, USA
bright object with jet sound engine stops in sky and engine sound ceases
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
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