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)
Saratoga · NY, USA
3 lights flying at high altitude in a "V" or triangle formation. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a sighting of the U. S. Navy satellites. PD
New York City · NY, USA
((NUFORC Note: Possible optical anomaly caused by the Sun? PD)) UFO flying by the Flatiron building in NYC.
Buffalo/Williamsville · NY, USA
Trio of lights seen over Buffalo/Williamsville NY
Buffalo · NY, USA
We observed 7 circular lights in V formation traveling WNW-ESE. Lights in the rear were criss-crossing within the formation. They trave
Buffalo/Williamsville · NY, USA
Unknown light moving above Buffalo/Williamsville area, second sighting in a week
Pine Bush · NY, USA
Flying rectangle over Pine Bush, NY late last September?
Batavia · NY, USA
Tear-dropped shaped, butane colored craft/fireball descending from SE to SW across sky.
Middle Island · NY, USA
A bright light in the clear night sky disappeared.
Astoria · NY, USA
2 objects in the Sky- Sunday, August 1st, 2004
Queensbury · NY, USA
i saw a bright light that dissapeared then another light wich dissapeared.
Scio · NY, USA
The object floated for a matter of secounds then took off very fast.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Saw object in picture after viewing it on the computer.
West Hampton · NY, USA
Star-like lights visible in daytime sky over beach.
East Williston · NY, USA
UFO over Long Island ((Venus??))
Rochester · NY, USA
Cigar shaped object in sky
Guilderland · NY, USA
triangular shape hoverd over the road with lights on the points
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
saw 6 oval disks close to the ground
Gardiner · NY, USA
Taking picture of the last of sunset , something shows up on image , that I did not see.
Whitesboro · NY, USA
A little glowing moving dot in the middle of the day
Cairo · NY, USA
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
East Amherst · NY, USA
Saucer shaped disc floating above suburban neighborhood
Peekskill · NY, USA
A clear Sunday afternoon,Me and my girlfriend saw what looked like an amorphous color changing metallic//silver/red shaped object w
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
the hazy white four objects traveled in a circle and came together about a dozen times in the center like they were playing a game.
Utica · NY, USA
triangle shape over utica ny aug 2004
Hunter · NY, USA
perfect triangle very dark and dim white lights on each point of the triangle.