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)
East Meadow · NY, USA
Bright Shooting Object Observed Flying North at Rapid Speed and Appeared to Loop Straight Down
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Silver object above Manhattan, NYC
New York State Thruway / Catskill · NY, USA
UFO Spotted over the New York State Thruway !!
Flushing · NY, USA
bright lights in NY sky
Corfu · NY, USA
NOT IN OUR ATMOSPHERE!!! 90-DEGREE TURNS!! FLASHING WITH INCREASED SPEED!!
Atwell · NY, USA
Five friends camping see four UFOs in one evening, and one the next night.
Elmsford · NY, USA
Sunday, August 7 2005, aprox time: 10:05pm.Location: Elmsford, NY, 30 minutes from NYC. I was outside with my husband in our ba
Ridgewood (New York City · Queens), NY, USA
Strange object seen standing still for more then 30 seconds.
Bayside · NY, USA
Triangles searching with light. 46yard sphere comes along and beams down at triangles, Then they r gone..
Montauk · NY, USA
bright flash followed by white light suspened in sky in montauk
Hamburg · NY, USA
glowing lavender orb slowly disappears over fair
Constableville · NY, USA
Two magenta colored objects appearing over tree line and disappearing once I saw them.
Hubbardsville · NY, USA
we were camping. It was the full moon. almost 100% cloud cover. Only saw the full moon briefly through a patch in the clouds. Saw objec
Rissequogue · NY, USA
Craft high above earth's dome shoots off into space
Brookhaven · NY, USA
Wierd neon green object.
Chestertown · NY, USA
Appeared to be silver and cigar shaped with opaque field rround it
Lindenhurst · NY, USA
8/27/05 at 11:00 pm friend and i was talking,sky was clear,saw falling star,then it just stoped short in the sky,then zig zaged.
So. Farmingdale · NY, USA
It was Sunday the 28th of Aug. at 7:40PM. I was with my family out in my parents back yard in Farmingdale NY talking with my girlfr
Fairport · NY, USA
A couple of friends and my self were sitting in the park in the village when I looked to my left and noticed a ball of orange like ligh
Spencerport · NY, USA
Black Triangular Craft with Seven Dim Lights Sighted Over Spencerport, NY
Flushing · NY, USA
Slow moving Cigar shaped object sighted while waiting for 2005 Macy's fireworks to begin from a distance of 10-15 miles
Queensbury · NY, USA
Strange purple light seen in night sky moving erratically
Lima · NY, USA
This is my sky observation report of objects seen at night. All look like lights.
Lancaster · NY, USA
The crown object and balls slowly came out of the West and moved to the Northeast
Saint Johnsville · NY, USA
2 police officers observe oval shaped object in sky in Saint Johnsville, New York.