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)
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
blue shiney sparkle ball.Far away clear and slow moving.
Endicott · NY, USA
Glowing stationary sphere
Flushing · NY, USA
4 Eggs shaped UFO in NY 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Richmond Hill · NY, USA
The UFO was a saucer shape, and it had bright red lights. It didn't stay around too long.
Buffalo · NY, USA
I watched 2 objects fly from east to west. Much faster than the speed of commercial jets and military jets are a rarity in this area. A
Fairport · NY, USA
Odd orb like object hovering very closely above the canal that was joined by another and took off suddenly after a couple moments.
Sound Beach · NY, USA
lunar crossing event
Webster · NY, USA
Dancing lights in the night sky over Webster, NY.
New York City · NY, USA
Fireball flashed and streaked across the Manhattan sky northward and disappeared in a little over a second
Gardner · NY, USA
Glowing red lights, 2, sespended in place
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Orange sphere with metallic object circling around it.
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
4 round UFO's spun very fast in circles and then came togetter and broke apart every 10-15 minutes. ((Advertising light??))
Rome · NY, USA
triangluar shaped lights
Utica (~20 miles north of) · NY, USA
Triad of lights, maybe satelittes in formation, moving across the sky.
Ithaca · NY, USA
Triangle With USAF in Grey on Black on Underside of Fuselage
Victor · NY, USA
Red and green flashing lights.spinning travaling fast.
Lockport · NY, USA
Wierd moving lights in the sky
Farmington · NY, USA
fireball came out of northern sky toward the south and vanished
High Falls · NY, USA
High Falls, NY, UFO Sighting
Mohawk · NY, USA
White circular saucer, flashed an intense bright light, then disappeared.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Pyramid UFO
Plainview · NY, USA
I witnessed a UFO while night riding in the woods on my mountainbike.
Kingston (NY Thruway · I-87), NY, USA
Object seen traveling over NYS Thruway. Bright pink/red top with bright white lights along the rim. Seemed to travel back and forth
Ithaca · NY, USA
Gigantic body in space appears to blow up and dim several times.
Bethpage · NY, USA
TRAINGLE OBJECT WAS FLYING NORTH TOWARD AIRPLNE DIRECTION