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)
Norwich · NY, USA
I walked to the park just to walk and I look up and see 3 reddish orange dots not moving in the sky it was about 2 or 3 miles away from
Brockport · NY, USA
Flash and then a trail in the sky.
Yorktown · NY, USA
All I saw were these bright lights over the tree tops, getting closer and closer. As I was riding on the taconic I kept looking at the
Clifton Park · NY, USA
I was looking out my bedroom window and I noticed an object rotating in the sky and was just rotating in place for 3 -5 minutes then it
Glens Falls · NY, USA
Triangular object glens falls
Suffern · NY, USA
Long Cigar shaped craft seen over mountains in Suffern NY
Brooklyn · NY, USA
I stuck my head out the bathroom window of my 2nd floor home. I looked up as I usually see planes landing at JFK. These were not plan
Smithtown · NY, USA
I saw 7-8 fire balls shoot up out of the Long Island sound. They were spinning and then turns off. Then a fighter jet followed
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Mother and daughter see a "flock" of flashing blue lights traveling over Brooklyn
Massapequa · NY, USA
White dot flew across the sky very high up very fast, direction heading north east Nassau/Suffolk border.
Troy · NY, USA
My son and I were sitting outside in the backyard around 10:00pm. It was a clear night with no clouds and the stars aligned. We both we
Garrison · NY, USA
My wife and I went into the hot tub during a bright sunny day in September. There were no clouds in the sky. The sky was blue. We were
Long Island · NY, USA
White Flash with a Blueish Green line going downwards. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a meteor/fireball. PD))
Ronkonkoma · NY, USA
On September 23, 2020 approximately 10:30 PM we were standing outside looking south when we see a UFO flying a very slow speed headin
Ellicottville · NY, USA
UFO stops by to see Fall Foliage
West Islip · NY, USA
Two bright red -orange centers fly over Long Island. Disappeared within minutes of each other after traveling north.
Ellicottville · NY, USA
They're back and there's more
Ithaca · NY, USA
Right at that time part of our lights went out in the house.... Not all, Just in the living room; the tv went dark.
West Chazy · NY, USA
MADAR Node 85
Staten Island · NY, USA
Grey disk floating in the sky. Completely still, not moving at all.
syracuse · NY, USA
flaming object over Syracuse NY
Seneca Falls · NY, USA
Mysterious lights and contrail in sky at 1 am casting shadows into backyard.
Seneca Falls · NY, USA
Will be submitting two photos of bright object in sky taken on August 6, 2020 approximately at 3 am in Seneca Falls NY.
Kennebunkport · NY, USA
We saw UFOs.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
8 white cross shaped objects flying from west to east, then 2 hovering and moving south.