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)
Oneida · NY, USA
yellow triangle with yellow pulsing lights
Mahopac · NY, USA
Brightly lit craft comes very close to us and then disappears in the woods
Center Moriches · NY, USA
2 white objects traveling closely behind a plane
Glen Cove · NY, USA
bright slow moving object that started to dim then disappear as another faint "star" slowly fell to where it disappeared in the nw sky.
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
Last evening at exactly 8pm, myself and my landlord witnessed a bright white light moving from a southeastern to northeastern direction
New York City · NY, USA
Unknown circular objects moving over manhattan
New York City · NY, USA
Recorded UFO siteing by the empire state building
New York City · NY, USA
I saw and video recorded 3 metalic sacuer shape objects flying by the empire state building.
Chazy · NY, USA
2 lights in the sky
West Sand Lake · NY, USA
Bright orange plasma like ship
Rochester · NY, USA
Colored Lighs
Rochester (west of) · NY, USA
color blue red 1 too 3 lights 2 slow moveing satilites or ufo moved by it. it would jump around it loo
I-90 (along) · NY, USA
Triangular shaped craft seen in upstate New York along I-90
Rochester · NY, USA
Bright Light
Rochester · NY, USA
Bright light seen in the northeastern sky over New York tonight.
Syracuse · NY, USA
three bright lights sighting
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
one of the kids said look a ufo
White Plains · NY, USA
Small disk near Westchester Airport
Bohemia · NY, USA
ufo in diamond shape and the bottom was spinning and had hummingbird type winds on the outside.
Monroe · NY, USA
Orb- brilliant white on Rt 17, NY
Rochester · NY, USA
on aug.29th i woke up in the morning to go get something to drink after doing so i open my kitchen door which faces east to see how nic
Holland · NY, USA
Flashing red,blue,green and yellow light's appeared
North Java · NY, USA
three lights flew overhead at night
Duanesburg/Mariaville · NY, USA
The objects we saw appeared at first to be satellites, but would change direction and drift back and forth.
Sherman · NY, USA
Chrome appearance; slow moving