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)
Celoron · NY, USA
Sky Blue Manta
Delhi · NY along route 10 going towards Walton, NY, NY, USA
Bright white orb of light aprox. 10 yards away, seen very well with naked eye by 4 witnesses.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Large orange hazy light traveling swiftly north over NYC.
New York City · NY, USA
8/29/04 1:30pm Eastern -Triangle over Empire State Building with protests below.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
11 hovering objects one very large(oval) daylight 3:15 pm Aug,29,2004 very high altitude due north
Herkimer · NY, USA
"H" shaped object, green mist all around it, Upstate NY ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Verona · NY, USA
figure 8 in the sky ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Malden Bridge · NY, USA
A shallow disc of light in cloudy light 45 deg, above hor., 8:45PM, Columbia Co., NY. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Endwell · NY, USA
Linked parabolic shapes with blinking light ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch from Cape Canaveral. PD))
Romulus · NY, USA
White blur with two lights, changed directions often, faded in and out; over the big dipper. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
New York City · NY, USA
3 NYC professionals saw an oval, slightly green glow that stood still in the sky ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Aquebogue · NY, USA
Aura or haze emitting light in the shape of a dove. ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Au Sable Forks · NY, USA
Object repoted on 8/31/04 on your website ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Cortland · NY, USA
20+ fast moving objects in the span of about an hour, upstate NY, 7/2/04
Hudson · NY, USA
Large triangular object hovers thein streaks across sky.
Clarkson · NY, USA
Triangle UFO over Clarkson NY
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
The object moved from south to north at a very fast rate of speed stopped briefly did cicles then disappeared
Hilton · NY, USA
Saw object in sky moving erratically.
New York City (Yonkers) · NY, USA
Mind Controlled by Aliens
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
Strange White Neon Light UFO Staten Island 7-17-04 @ approx 5:00pm Annadale
New York (upstate) · NY, USA
upstate weirdness
New York City · NY, USA
I'm a truck driver and I got in acsident in Tenessee after the acsident I was taken pix of my crashed truck after I deveped them on 3 o
Flushing · NY, USA
My husband took it on home digital video camera on that night. I was out with my friend's wife. My husband and my friend were smoking o
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Massive UFO over World Trade Center Disaster Area
Buffalo · NY, USA
Saw black oblong oval shaped object which turned into a shining metallic color and dissappeared.