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)
Greenwich · NY, USA
Two Very Bright Lights, vertical position, of the Hudson River.
Jackson Heights · NY, USA
10 spherical objects..traveling together..almost identcal...
North Tonawanda · NY, USA
About 20 Metalic Objects (No Lights) Moving NE Changing Formation Moving Very Fast
Deer Park · NY, USA
Suspicious flying object on Long Island, January 18, 2002, 21:40
Goshen · NY, USA
orange ball of light moving fast - 1 hour north of NYC - lasted only 1-2 secs before it disappeared - no engine noise !
Binghamton · NY, USA
We saw what appeared to be five or six craft, moving fast and changing color.
Ithaca · NY, USA
Cylinder crosses sky without any vapor trail.
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
Tonight is a clear night, I was in my backyard looking up at the stars when I saw 4 faded red lights in a half V formation streak acros
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
A bright low humming circle.
Camden · NY, USA
Bright, motionless, Orange Circle decended very fast vertically towards the ground behind the tree line.
Port Jefferson Station · NY, USA
Dark object at very low altitude traveling at a high rate of speed with no sound.
Port Jefferson Station · NY, USA
I was heading out to my van for some more tools, {contractor by trade} I heard to helicopter flying overhead about two or three o'clock
Long Island City (Queens) · NY, USA
Many moving star balls
Long Island City (Queens) · NY, USA
Darting lights over NYC on 12/29/01
Bethpage · NY, USA
bright light being followed by fighter jet repeatedly for approx 45 minutes
New York City · NY, USA
fast moving lights jumping all over Manhattan sky
Jewett · NY, USA
Low-flying triangular craft during snow storm
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
white glowing craft with little blue dot chasing it
New York City · NY, USA
An erraticly moving dot in the sky
Carmel · NY, USA
2 Triangular shaped craft in Putnam County
Pleasantville · NY, USA
cigar shaped object, very large and traveling very fast
Cross River · NY, USA
Lights over NY State (shortly after 9/11)
Geneva · NY, USA
Circular craft during the Leonid Meteor Storm
Cross River · NY, USA
The night of the Leonids meteor shower some friends and I (one of which was an Earth Science teacher) were watching the showers in fron
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
chevron shaped object sighting during Leonid meteor shower