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)
Walden · NY, USA
I saw a trainagle with light that were like red on every angle and one red in the center.
Buffalo · NY, USA
Yellow streak seen on Buffalo state college. ((NUFORC Note: Possible Geminid Meteor?? PD))
Unadilla · NY, USA
breath taking view
Lancaster · NY, USA
no sound just lights
Rochester · NY, USA
I seen a caft over the dorms at RIT in rochester for about 10 mins hovering I think i saw another car pull over .my girl friend was wi
Arcadia · NY, USA
On Christmas Eve we saw a large dark craft glide from one cornfield across a road and into another field.
New York City · NY, USA
small, glowing spheres over new york city, during the day on new year's eve
Hyde Park · NY, USA
Quiet Flat Black triangle shaped aircraft
Ithaca · NY, USA
spherical bright light, radiating red, green and white colors, stationary in eastern horizon, then slowly moving south
Flushing · NY, USA
Round Green Light near La Guardia
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
it was cloudy and i didn't see this triangle, but when i look on my pictures i saw this; i am not sure that this is UFO because on athe
Hyde Park · NY, USA
B-2 Bomber hovers! My sister was in her back yard when she heard a "whooshing" sound, very loud. She turned to see the B-2 bomber (Ste
New York City · NY, USA
I was driving home one night at 2:15 am after work with a friend. We were going over the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan and about half
New York City · NY, USA
an immensely extraordinary giant flash of light in the western sky above manhattan
Waterloo (north of) · NY, USA
Triangular Craft with Bright LED-like flashers moving west over I-90
Kingston · NY, USA
White Flash near Exit 19 Thruway Kingston
Albany · NY, USA
Reported on the Early Today Show, channel 13 news, NBC.
Cold Spring Harbor · NY, USA
Large, wide, low-flying, very light object with navigational lights observed over road.
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
matte black glider type craft, no lights, no sound
Orchard Park · NY, USA
Spotted again as before........
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Photos of a UFO above Manhattan.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
"U" shaped formation of 15-20 yellow lights flew from southward above new york city at approximately 11pm on Monday October 2, 2006
Utica · NY, USA
I was looking at the stars,as I stopped on a rest area. At one point i seen these 2 stars moving, at first i thought it was a cloud pas
Johnson CIty · NY, USA
Silver flying cylinder.
Orchard Park · NY, USA
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