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)
Oceanside · NY, USA
Saucer shaped disc surrounded by brilliant light
Bellerose · NY, USA
Silent, goldish-brown craft
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
Meteor seen in NYC midnight sky
Barneveld · NY, USA
I was in bed and I heard what sounded like a high winds os, I look outside my bedroom window. As I looked out, I saw a very large black
Buffalo · NY, USA
Two sets of red lights loop around the sky before disappearing.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
The objects moved slowly from east to west
Wading River · NY, USA
Followed object in sky while driving, saw the colored lights as I got closer....
Walton · NY, USA
Saucer shaped craft with green lights flies across highway
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Craft above field outside NYC, black torpedo glowing lights, flashed then disapeared.
Commack · NY, USA
boomerang shaped object moving steady and quietly
Jamestown · NY, USA
horizontal ovular formation of white lights rippling through clouds
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
we were stood outside and it came and went
Bainbridge · NY, USA
I was driving West on NY state I88 when I spotted a UFO in the shape of a disk/saucer hovering above a field. It was silver/gray with b
Greenwood Lake · NY, USA
3 lights moving very fast from east to west. First 2 lights merged then moved out of sight.
Savanna · NY, USA
There were 4 lights in a row and they kept flashing as if each one was a strobe light!
Binghamton · NY, USA
This may not be reportable, but I feel that I must publish it. While going east to west in Binghamton, I was watching what appeared to
East Islip · NY, USA
Incredibly fast moving bright light in an oscilloscope-like path
Garden City · NY, USA
I saw a white light in the sky flare brightly, then dim, then flare again, less brightly, then disappear.
Wellsville · NY, USA
Bright orange glowing object that hovered, moved across the sky and down, then disappeared.
Syracuse · NY, USA
unidentified light source seen moving in rapid "zig-zag" motions across clear night sky
Syracuse · NY, USA
light zig zags irradicaly in various directions at high rate of spead, (high altitude)
Syracuse · NY, USA
Two points of light in formation glide across the sky.
Bethpage · NY, USA
Silver disc flies across the sky
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
4 metallic silver, disc-shaped objects gliding over Manhattan...
East Patchogue · NY, USA
Glowing white oval object on the horizon. Stationary,never moved.Disappearing and reappearing in the same location