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)
Buffalo (south of) · NY, USA
I was sitting on my back porch observing the planet configuration,I'm an amateur astronomer 20 years. This seven light boomerang shaped
Bloomingburgh · NY, USA
Numerous objects w/flashing red & blue lights on either side of a white light silently gliding through the night sky.
Cortland · NY, USA
Seven points of light continuously changing position with each other, yet all moving in the same direction.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Above My building 4 metallic crafts were observed flying low level and adjacent to each other. THey changed shapes 3 times before takin
Germantown · NY, USA
They really do look like orbs...?
Oceanside · NY, USA
Checking out the sky as I do almost nightly when I come home from night shift in NYC, I saw 3 strobing lighte wayyyy up there as the we
Whitestone · NY, USA
blue silvery ship, had a calming effect, dog went crazy, i was rooted to the ground, vanished into thin air
Syracuse · NY, USA
Fire ball spotted while on highway
New York City (Yonkers) · NY, USA
I watched a diamond shaped craft hover for about 10 minutes, and captured some of it on video.
Levittown · NY, USA
Watching what seemed to be a meteor shower when we saw this massive ship it was dark stainless steal with bubble top and bubble bottom.
Granville · NY, USA
Strange Lunar Eclipse
Eastchester · NY, USA
Diamond shaped in broad daylight. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting by police officer, with video footage. PD))
Eastchester · NY, USA
Diamond shaped, mid day I videotaped it.
Allegany · NY, USA
Object in the sky
Mineville · NY, USA
Two silent, rounded triangle shapes with a slight aura appeared in uppstate New York on a very strange date...
Schuyler Falls · NY, USA
egg shaped object
Cornwallville · NY, USA
Color emitting, skull shaped UFO - time lapse.
Astoria · NY, USA
i saw three ufo's that reminded me of fireflyes moving anyway at any speed.
Copiague · NY, USA
small blinking circle, move east at high speed, stoped then went west and disapeared
Lynbrook · NY, USA
Another sighting in the SAME field that we saw "UFO's", on 09/02/01
New Hyde Park · NY, USA
Light over Long Island/NYC sky on New Years day.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Single hat shaped disk sighted at 8:40 a.m. for 15 seconds in sky towards the east
Palisades · NY, USA
they landed took off and made noise and lights.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
11/01/02 new york, saucer shaped object captured on film. posted 06-10-03
Scotchtown · NY, USA
Large triangular object glided crosswise over traffic on highway, descending, banked 45 turning 90 and appeared to land.