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)
Trumansburg · NY, USA
moving light disappears in starry sky
Ocean Parkway · NY, USA
Lighted red Chevron, meneuvering rapidly newar Atlantic Ocean, on Southern side of Ocean Parkway, Long Island.
Valley Stream · NY, USA
I spotted a very fast reflective object not of this world.
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
I was staring out my window wondering if I'll ever see it again now that I bought a camcorder then...
West Seneca · NY, USA
Very small, bright objects, about teh same apparent size as Jupiter or Saturn, 3-12 in number, showing no apparent movement
New York City · NY, USA
I have been following the SCI-FI WTC UFO video for some time. The person in the video is named Barbara Sicuranza. She is an actress, wr
Fire Island · NY, USA
silver orange craft clearly seen..
Rochester · NY, USA
lasting only 3 sec. a nean green glowing object heading north disapeared with out a trace
Ithaca · NY, USA
Gigantic white teardrop plunges into Cayuga Lake, Ithaca, NY in late July, 2000.
Ithaca/Freeville · NY, USA
Very Large Triangle Shapped Object
Mineola · NY, USA
Tear shaped object seen crossing the sky over Mineola, New York
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Satellites searching area before and after 2 chevron UFO 's were seen.
West Valley · NY, USA
the scariest thing i have ever seen.
Levittown · NY, USA
There were neon green cylidrical shapes doing acrobatical stunts in the south west sky over Nassau county. These green objects would c
unsure · NY, USA
I saw a Golden Ball in the sky over upstate NY, looked solid, no openings or lights or smoke.
Saratoga · NY, USA
Silver, silent, oval, quick moving object against a clear blue sky in Saratoga NY-sorry 2000 not 2002
Sunnyside · NY, USA
Odd Glowing Orb in front of Citybank building
Monroe · NY, USA
Large rectangular object with bright lights, flying low, extremely loud, and moving fast above us. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD
New York City · NY, USA
Triangular shaped object, bright white on top and fire red on the bottom. It hovered 5,000 agl above hudsoon river nyc
New York City (Flushing/Meadel Park/Queens ) · NY, USA
that day like around 19:30 hrs me and my family observed this object approximately north east of la guardia airport, i saw it first, th
West Chazy · NY, USA
The object had a dull orange glowing center with between 5&8 white strobe lights flashing very quickly with no noticeable patern.
Buffalo · NY, USA
Sighting of a traingle object the size of a small jet plane with a few light hovering over trees and moving in a slow circular motion.
Bedford · NY, USA
Bright xenon light streaks and zig zags for several minutes over Pound Ridge Reservation.
New York City · NY, USA
flashing lights zig-zag
Triborough Bridge (looking over the Bronx) · NY, USA
Out of the dark sky a green light appeared stopped and shot across the sky towards the G.W.Bridge