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)
Star Lake · NY, USA
Unexplained flashing lights over Star Lake, NY
Vestal · NY, USA
Formation of light colored orb-like crafts dance around one another, then vanish.
New York City · NY, USA
12:11am small greenish streak moving very fast through the sky over Lower Manhattan, traveling west
Yorktown Heights, · NY, USA
"What the heck is this thing I'm seeing!!"
South New Belrin · NY, USA
Bright light with flashing red and blue lights underneath. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Sirius?? PD))
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
It was about 12:30-1:00 in the after noon when I was walking my son threw a board walk. We were talking about airplanes and military we
Canandaigua · NY, USA
I looked up to see these streaks that went up into the clouds.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Possibility of it being a meteor.
Watkins Glen · NY, USA
light seen with air traffic all around not consistintly mobile with too long of a wait for a copter, though still seems to have movemen
Waterloo · NY, USA
Clear night. I saw a very bright light in the western sky. the object moved closer than farther away than just hovered there. It change
Syracuse · NY, USA
extremely bright light moving back&forth southwestern sky Syracuse,NY disappeared upward
New York City (Ridgewood; Queens) · NY, USA
a strange steady ligth.
Oak Hill · NY, USA
Serious Frequent UFO Sightings the past 3 weeks.....
New Baltimore · NY, USA
Very blue light traveling FAST from north to south high in the sky.
Rockland County · NY, USA
Silver Ball hovering in sky with a commercial plane in the sky above it
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Bright light accelerates over Brooklyn New York.
Canandaigua · NY, USA
2 Stationary flashing red lights west of Canandaigua, NY. 500 feet above the ridge west of Cheshire.
Astoria · NY, USA
Light beam in New York City sky.
Shirley · NY, USA
im convinced i've seen a UFO this day in the sky over my house.
Commack · NY, USA
Saw an orange diamond shaped object that disappeared.
East Fishkill · NY, USA
Large circular object stationary with very large white lights around it, more lights underneath & above the circular lights.
New York City · NY, USA
((HOAX??)) round,high,orange.manhattan
Lake George · NY, USA
I have on video a bright light above French Mountain that hovered for several minutes of which I have few minutes on video. The bright
East Norwich · NY, USA
High speed object with bright green light over Nassau County NY
New York City · NY, USA
Orbs over Manhattan