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)
McDonough · NY, USA
Large bright white light with beam witnessed in New York state. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Fishers Island · NY, USA
Fishers Island, Long Island Sound, a large lamp shade/flashlight in the sky for 10 seconds+ ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
East Hampton · NY, USA
Huge spotlight hovering, disappearing cloud/smoke. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Highland · NY, USA
While driving, clear blue sky, very shinny object. As I pulled off the road object was gone.
Wantagh · NY, USA
A bright light ascending appeared in the sky and than disappeared in to a cone shaped cloud.
New York City · NY, USA
Glowing red/orange light near NYC
Staten Island · NY, USA
3 huge lights over Staten Island that turned and sped off!
Skaneateles · NY, USA
Circular object with white lights and spot light. Was about 10 feet in diameter, and 10-20 ft off ground
Leroy · NY, USA
3 starlike objects in triangular formation change direction of vector across the sky.
Allegany (near) · NY, USA
U.F.O. sighting over the Allegany river in New York.
Johnson City · NY, USA
Dark, soundless triangle low in the sky, that had a solid light in each corner of the triangle.
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
Oval shaped object moves past the sky at high speed creating no noise
Hilton · NY, USA
Blue headlights in the sky
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
I was on phone with my sister and looked out kitchen window to view pond in yard. Towards the north I spotted at first what I described
Bainbridge · NY, USA
Triangular object with three large green lights
Franklin · NY, USA
dancing light (lights) appear to be in a cluster that changes shape and color.
Franklin · NY, USA
light that changed in # and color from 1-4 lights and from yellow-orange-green/blue.
Perryville · NY, USA
we saw a light that was a triangle shape that was in the sly for 30 seconds
Freeport · NY, USA
I was on a train platform waiting for a train. I was looking at the clouds, as I looked up I saw the three small white / silver diamond
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
hugh fireball shape spinning on a clear sky
Liverpool · NY, USA
fast zigzaging light over or around a normal plane clear night over Liverpool NY
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
Large blue dot of light hovers over The Verrazzano Bridge, zooms upwards and disappears.
Niagara Falls · NY, USA
Object viewed from observation tower at Niagara Falls NY, cigar shaped, with row of lights on side and light on each end.
Albany · NY, USA
A white disc in the sky that suddenly dissapears
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
((HOAX??)) Two people were outside of Toys-R-Us and speaking to one another is some very strange dialect consisting of short tones.