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)
Horseheads · NY, USA
THERE WAS 1 CRAFT, HOVERED FOR 2.5HRS IN ONE PLACE OVER HEAD. LIGHTS GOING AROUND, COLORS RED, WHITE, GREEN,GOING. THE CRAFT MOVE VERY
Orchard Park · NY, USA
It got me off. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Riverhead · NY, USA
I noticed this craft was not an airplane but of unknown origin
Thornwood · NY, USA
Bright flickering light up in sky. Looked down, looked back, gone.
Phelps · NY, USA
two large cigar shapped odjects chased off by police helicopter
Maybrook · NY, USA
((HOAX??)) Me and 2 others saw 15-20 saucer like objects that had a dim orange glow.
Bergen · NY, USA
Red chevrons in the sky
Black River · NY, USA
Woman witnesses bizarre, brightly lighted object near Ft. Drum, NY.
Potsdam · NY, USA
Orange light / V-shaped
Yonkers · NY, USA
Silent football field of lights that could be seen for miles
Cherry Valley · NY, USA
Red pulsing light over Cherry Valley, NY.
Liverpool · NY, USA
U shaped lights over liverpool new york
Campbell Hall · NY, USA
2 hovering bright lights, no sound, over NY. Saw manta ray or triangle object flying very slow,whooshing sound
Hamlin · NY, USA
Has anyone along the Lake Ontario USA side aprox. Hamlin NY -also seen several times Amber Strange Lights spinning at night???
Jamestown · NY, USA
bright blue star that moves in strange patterns across the sky(and yellow). ((NUFORC Note: Prboable sighting of a celestial body. PD)
Flushing · NY, USA
Floating object above New York City. Witnessed by my daughter and I.
Sayville · NY, USA
circular disk with smaller circular top pulsating red, green and bluish lights alternately (which differs from planes). moved slowly ac
Mattituck · NY, USA
Bright light over Mattituck, Long Island, NY
New York City · NY, USA
to bright to be a star and motionless
Islandia · NY, USA
Moon like object passing sun and remaining to the right.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
A row of Five bright lights over Manhattan
New York City · NY, USA
Sighting of large object over NYC
Rockaway Beach · NY, USA
UFO at Rockaway Beach,New York
Hastings On Hudson · NY, USA
((HOAX??)) Yellow globe traveling at high speeds
St. James · NY, USA
((HOAX??)) Cloaked UFO making noises and pink flashing lights on february 18th.