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)
Bethpage (Long Island) · NY, USA
2 crafts seen over bethpage new york
Binghamton · NY, USA
upstate NY sighting
Harpersfield · NY, USA
bright orange/yellow lights seen hovering above tree tops,no sound.
Ashford Hollow · NY, USA
Two flying blips of light caught on video.
Petersburgh · NY, USA
Black object over Berlin NY
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
A square shaped object approached the Verrazano Bridge from the north, turned left, and eventually disappeared.
Walden · NY, USA
I spotted a orange glowing object and then it disapeard
Orchard Park · NY, USA
Sudden gas cloud or smell.................
White Plains · NY, USA
driving home, headed south , from pougkeepsie,ny, on lower RT# 684, 3 very bright strobes flew over our car about 150 ft in the air hea
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
Three circular objects orbiting overhead and meeting at a point in their orbits. Than a fourth circular object behaving the same way.
Hamlin · NY, USA
alien Being sighted in Hamlin, NY
New York City (Glandale/Queens) · NY, USA
SHOOTING FLASHBALL appears from nowhere and disappears.
Marlboro · NY, USA
star moved
Rodman · NY, USA
Extremely bright light that shot straight out of sight at amazing speed.
Ithaca · NY, USA
((HOAX??)) Extremely large object. No noise-fast as light. Felt extreme anxiety after the initial sight of obj.. ((anonymous report))
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
never imagined it would be this way
Whitehall · NY, USA
Tall octagon object in the sky during lightining storm
East Elmhurst · NY, USA
I was looking outside and saw a craft going east. I ran to get a camera, but i was late. Then another appeared but it was to late when
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
roof-top UFO sighting
Kingston · NY, USA
Bright light moving quickly before blinking out of existence.
East Meadow · NY, USA
It is to my belief that it appeared to be three or four white lights in a row with RED blinking lights on each end. I have been watchi
Guilderland · NY, USA
Phoenix Lights in New York?
Rome · NY, USA
BRIGHT ORB SEEN STILL IN THE SKY
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
A white object disappears as 3 of the same reappear, is it a UFO?
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Formation of lights moving at a plane like pace-dimmer ones leading brighter ones