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)
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
small flat black disc takes odd flightpath over my neighborhood.
Merrick · NY, USA
Father's Day Sighting, Long Island, NY
Newburgh · NY, USA
Two bright lights in the evening sky. Small one trailered thee large light approx 500 feet.Direction ESE. ((NUFORC Note: ISS?? PD))
New York City · NY, USA
Large, intense stationary bright light seemed to fade in and out over New Jersey.
Heuvelton · NY, USA
I since seeing the UFO know that Humans are at a devastating disadvantage in the event of war with that technology and its owners..
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
We saw a triangle UFO fly by our window in Brooklyn.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Strange light in Brooklyn
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
odd looking flashing orb above ground zero-World Trade Center & triangle craft with non-blinking white lights on each corner
Saranac Inn · NY, USA
White Lights in the Northeast sky
Buffalo · NY, USA
Two small, dim orange lights abruptly do a 180 turn, one engaging in eratic zig-zag motions
Syracuse · NY, USA
watched an unusual light in the sky for an hour on a starless night. moved slowly. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus? PD))
Riverhead · NY, USA
A very fast flying object on Digital camera video clip
New York City (Central Park) · NY, USA
It showed up in sunny sky in Central Park, New York City 05/05/2007
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
Brilliant white orbs, similiar to stars, in the sky over Queens, New York.
New York City (Whitestone) · NY, USA
White shperical object seen near New York City
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
Saw a Bluish silver colored spherical object stationary high in the sky over the afternoon sky in the eastern Bronx, New York.
Westchester (northern) · NY, USA
Small disk shaped object high in sky quickly appeared and disappeared on May 8th at 6:21pm.
Larchmont · NY, USA
Invisible Space Craft exposing Super Bright Light at the bottom of craft momentarily before hyperspacing away "night sky"
Stamford · NY, USA
planes chasing light
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
High Flying Metallic object seen over queens, NY.
New York City · NY, USA
I saw two seperate lights that turned invisible and into airplanes.
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
Very bright star like object in the not too distant western horizon. Light emited seams to change. ((NUFORC Note: Venus. PD))
Rexford · NY, USA
Noticed the disc-shaped object only after looking at the picture.
Albany · NY, USA
slow and lighted, it was completely visble in the night sky
Lakemont · NY, USA
Seneca Lake, Memorial day 2007, two jets, circular object approached behind them, then vanished.