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)
Buffalo · NY, USA
Fast moving light curves in sky
Pomoma · NY, USA
Bright light, sometimes two lights and at times with white streams of light emanating from it.
Gowanda · NY, USA
((HOAX??)) very fast fireballs,very scared.
Poughkeepsie · NY, USA
Alien ship appears near synagogue.
Rochester · NY, USA
"Flying Saucer" surrounded by 8 planes
Peekskill · NY, USA
Flashing amber light flying very low over the Hudson River.
Montgomery · NY, USA
4-sided star shaped object hovering beside 84E
Buffalo · NY, USA
Red/green lights seen over Buffalo New York from Fort Erie, Canada.
Preble · NY, USA
Light in the sky on rt. 81 S near Preble NY.
Elmira · NY, USA
It was fast and there was a lot of dots, all blue/ silver.
Wappingers Falls · NY, USA
about 30 points of light traveling in a rope like formation that was whipping back around itself
Hauppauge · NY, USA
Round, circular light moving very quickly
Middlesex · NY, USA
green glowing ball with red spark like tail fell fast through sky at horizon
Latham · NY, USA
Multiple UFOs Flying in 2 Triangular Arrows (Like Geese Flying South)
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
One circular object different color lights traveling north of Staten Island at a very slow pace at a low level went north for about 1 m
West Babylon · NY, USA
I was outside having a cigarette at my friend's apartment (outside), then I saw a bright green disc zoom by, at about 220 degrees from
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
The UFO was a cross with nine lights and was seen in Mannhattan , New York.
Hampton Bays · NY, USA
Black, cresnet shaped object with four dim lights raced across the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD))
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Odd light in sky over North Brooklyn, New York.
Liverpool · NY, USA
3 lighted circular aircraft
Whitney Point · NY, USA
The object moved at high speed up and down and left and right in an oblong pattern. ((NUFORC Note: Probable celestial body. PD))
Fulton · NY, USA
Spinning Bright lights over fulton, ny ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor?? PD))
Rochester · NY, USA
Bright light over Lake Ontario blazing through the early morning sky.
Rochester · NY, USA
Bright light seen traveling slowly west to east over Rochester; no sound or aircraft lights seen. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of ISS. PD))
Phoenix · NY, USA
White light over phoenix, ny made no sound