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)
Amagansett · NY, USA
((HOAX??)) sighted grey object, it then exploded in light and disappeared
Mumford · NY, USA
My camera picked up a rod-like craft or object.
Buffalo · NY, USA
Bright light moving towards plane getting bigger and brighter, dissapears before contact
Buffalo · NY, USA
First of all let me say that I'm not entirely sure whether what i saw were a UFO or simply aircrafts flying in a unusual formation. --
Buffalo · NY, USA
Low altitude , fast moving cigar/rectangle shaped craft
Bayside · NY, USA
we saw two golden colored stars stream acrossed the night sky side by side in unison. one went up, the other changed course to follow .
Fulton · NY, USA
A star that seems too move in western sky
Fulton · NY, USA
5 men witness floating orange sphere while smoking cigarettes by a field.
East Greenbush · NY, USA
blue and red orb
Seneca Falls · NY, USA
6 of us witnessed alow flying, slow moving orange fireball. It was almost like a low flying plane on fire, however there was no sound.
Northville · NY, USA
While on vacation in the Adirondack Mountains, several of us witnessed a strange light accompanied by two aircraft. We were sitting ar
Leeds · NY, USA
I looked out of the bedroom window and saw a bright light in the sky which looked like a similar object I had seen several times in the
Cold Spring · NY, USA
Bright silent light moving slowly in a curve that disappeared.
Geneva · NY, USA
Light / Star - faint at first. Increasing in brightness, with red / purple strobe light, appearing and disappearing
Rhinebeck · NY, USA
A dark cigar or disc descending, stopping and then going straight down
Rhinebeck · NY, USA
Thin black cigar descending below treeline
Newburgh · NY, USA
Myself and a co-worker witnessed a bright metallic saucer shaped object in the morning while driving on the NYS thruway.
pjs · NY, USA
Light does a J-turn.
Dundee · NY, USA
the object we saw changed multiple colors, hovered/moved like nothing i've ever seen. It also seemed to respond to a led light i had
New Paltz · NY, USA
Dark black flying saucer with 3 VERY BRIGHT lights landed in my backyard for 10 seconds and shot back in the sky very fast.
New York City · NY, USA
Upside down, it flew like that till it was even with me. It hovered for 20 sec., then it flipped over. Much more happened.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Couple of really fast flashing lights seen over brooklyn near JFK AIRPORT.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Strange object in the sky on top of Manhattan
Shoreham · NY, USA
Swooping star, you'd have to see to believe.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Flaming Ball Sighted