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)
Johnson City · NY, USA
Unknown object seen, followed by military helicopter with a picture of the chopper.
Athens · NY, USA
Bright moving light in Athens, NY
Johnson City · NY, USA
Silver cigar shaped craft sighted flying over Binghamton, NY, headed towards Chenango bridge/chenango Forks area.
Rochester · NY, USA
12 to 15 points of light in formation of 2 triangle shapes, 2 loose ones on the left very fast heading north
Appalachin · NY, USA
inverted objects in Upstate New York
Clay · NY, USA
Something shaped like a big triangle flew slowly and directly over the top of my car
Williamsville · NY, USA
What we saw- 1 large ring with a middle that was not filled in, in the sky with 2 jets in the back and one flashing yellow light in bet
Oriskany Falls · NY, USA
Bright cicrclar objects moved VERY fast
Lindenhurst · NY, USA
Green orb of light on fire
Bohemia · NY, USA
Large object high rate of speed no lights no sound or air movement very low altitude.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
egg shapped craft traveling north to south in Brooklyn
Montauk (Town of East Hampton) · NY, USA
Bright red/orange disc seen moving silently over Atlantic Ocean from East to West on dark summer night.
Mt. Sinai · NY, USA
Fireball accross sky, clear day , no sound, then turned black and lost sight
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
observed hovering basically in one place
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
I saw five strange glowing objects flying in a pattern
Port Jefferson · NY, USA
Glowing orange objects, which you could see were round disk/sphere in shape when glow dimmed completely.
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
in july of that date my little brother was sleeping, and he woke up and had a very powerful impuse to just look out the window and the
Guilderland · NY, USA
Multiple witnesses see UFOs near Albany NY
Eden · NY, USA
3 bright orange lights in a horizontal line hover over some trees for 15 minutes then the lights turned blue and it vanished
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
EGG SHAPED OBJECT W/GREEN NEON TAIL OVER NEW YORK CITY EARLY JULY 2008
Green Island · NY, USA
Four Lights In Upper Atmosphere Moving At 25,000 MPH Could Be Faster Depending On Height
Glenmont · NY, USA
spherical object
Saint Johnsville · NY, USA
big black triangle shaped craft
Merrick · NY, USA
Hovering red glowing oval craft observed over high school.
Buffalo · NY, USA
UFO with Yellow and Red spotlights which sped off or vanished.