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
Ball floating with lights around it then dimmed and flew and dissapeared.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
I was walking down the street and it was such a beautiful day, not a cloud in sight. Blue skies and everything!!! I looked in the sky a
Elmsford · NY, USA
Dark circular object floating stock still in the air. Was not seen when photo was shot. It's not in any of the other photos taken.
Warwick · NY, USA
UFO OVER WARWICK NEW YORK
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
Ufo enters games just above Hess Sign at yankee Stadium. ((NUFORC Note: Disc-shaped obj.. Possible hoax?? PD))
Norfork · NY, USA
A large, black object crossed a country road at night with two huge, round lights at the back of it.
Oswego · NY, USA
Flashing colored lights in sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Sirius or Venus? PD))
Stony Brook · NY, USA
saw 2 lights sort of "dance" with eachother in sky
Norwich · NY, USA
On 04/20/07 at 03:42est observed 2 airborne triangular objects flying overhead in formation at n42/33/99 w75/31/45 on a heading of appr
New York City (Central Park) · NY, USA
star like object above Central park
Jamesport · NY, USA
Oval, star like object moving qucikly over Eastern Long Island
Holland · NY, USA
At about 7:30 p.m. on 3/9/07 saw moving UFO low in sky with 4 main lights of different colors equally spaced in a circular pattern
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
Small white lights seen weekly slight green aura
Portchester · NY, USA
NO SOUND JUST A RED TRIAGLE OBJECT
Winthrop · NY, USA
Bright shiny light-object, changes color and disappears when hit by auto-focus beam from camera...see picture
Bergen · NY, USA
Large groups of lights in the sky.
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
I have take down the photo and film for this issue. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Sunnyside · NY, USA
Circle imprints left in snow in backyard in Queens, New York.
Buffalo · NY, USA
Two red lights (about the width of the pink finger held away from the body) in the sky almost directly moving at a very fast rate.
Rochester · NY, USA
pure white bubbulous object with brilliant tiny red twinkling lights in a small area on the underside
Fresh Meadows · NY, USA
I was driving home from my parent’s house and I notice as I arrived closer to my home a bright star to my left. I continued driving and
Kennedy · NY, USA
I saw 5 flying objects that were light up circling in the sky late at night.
Gerry/Ellington · NY, USA
5 to 6 gray thin disk-shaped "saucers" were flying quickly across the sky.
Huntington Station · NY, USA
Connected. ((NUFORC Note: Location not indicated by the source of the report. We have guessed at the location. PD))
Cuba · NY, USA
Stationary Pulsing White Lights in the Night Sky