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)
Massena · NY, USA
first sighting, felt compelled to report to an agency. this was not an airplane as far as i know.
Ithaca/Dansville/Batavia/Weedsport · NY, USA
unexplained light
Centereach · NY, USA
The object seemed to cause the numbness in my hands.
Lloyd Harbor · NY, USA
Light turns to triangular craft when in focus. Continues above our heads. Then heads out at rapid speed.
Rochester · NY, USA
I saw this white light flash 3 times and move to the right, flashed 3 times and moved to left and then flased again and dissapered.
Marion · NY, USA
A dark bell or teardrop shaped object hovered in the sky and disappeared behind some clouds.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
BALL SHAPED OBJECT HOVERING IN FRONT OF.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Brilliant starlike object (Unidentified Flying Object) visits south of Manhattan
Selden · NY, USA
TRIANGLE SQUARE SHAPED OBJECTS OVER SKYS OF SELDEN
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
Silver egg shaped UFO low flying in New York
Long Island · NY, USA
I was driving east on hemstead turnpike approaching farmingdale and I looked up in the sky and saw a trail, pretty fat trail in the sh
Smithtown · NY, USA
Transparent object, only visible by it's effect on the atmosphere
New York City · NY, USA
UFO buzzes Mets Game at Shea Stadium???
Flushing · NY, USA
then it gathered into one light. And then it suddenly disappeared
Huntington Station · NY, USA
oval shaped lights moving in circles then coming together as one, with consecutive events lasting 10 minutes.
Ballston Lake/Malta · NY, USA
BALLSTON LAKE/ MALTA/ BALLSTON SIGHTING, Possible government UFO
Glen Head · NY, USA
It was many blinking lights in the ski.
Bay Shore · NY, USA
My friend and I were in the backyard next to the fire . I looked up and next to the moon I noticed a round whitish silvery object. I sa
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
cigar shaped slender long ufo observed for a minute with subseqeunt absence of the object after just about 10 to 15 seconds of not look
Endicott · NY, USA
Upstate NY sightings
Canandaigua · NY, USA
Light in the ski like a star hovering
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
flying lights
Depew · NY, USA
the fist craft was a triangle aprox. one football field per span on each side. there where lights down each side with on incredible lig
Saratoga Springs · NY, USA
Strange light
Watertown · NY, USA
flashing object moving north across constellation Leo, then turning sharply to the west (a 90% turn).