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/Amherst · NY, USA
Circular jet black object remained motionless in the sky for 10 minutes then smoothly moved away out of sight.
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
UFO on Staten Island NY WHITE bright and quiet object!
Flushing/Queens · NY, USA
I WAS WALKING HOME FROM THE MOVIES WITH MY FRIEND'S, AND WE SAW THESE EGG SHAPED FLYING SHIP'S IN THE SKY.
Tonawanda · NY, USA
Orange egg shaped object traveling upward at 3 rates of speed and breaking the atmosphere or disintegrating-followed by a black triangu
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
I was walking with my friends when I saw a saucer shaped object hovering about 100 feet above the ocean. It had 8 red lights around it
New York City · NY, USA
I was celebreating with my friends, when I saw spheres flying around. I was ontop of my friends building, I can assure you that it wa
Adams · NY, USA
8 ufos sighted over midnight sky
Rochester · NY, USA
Abduction to underground facility.
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
I was looking up at the sky and saw what appeared to be a very very fast moving star like object moving very fast from west to east
North Syracuse · NY, USA
the object was stationary then moved horizotally and away at the same time across the night sky
Rock Hill · NY, USA
Two lights following an aircraft
Plainview · NY, USA
Saw triangular shaped object w/3 lights.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
large objects hovering over n.y. city unbeleiveable how can this go un seen radars had to pick these objects up.
Poughkeepsie · NY, USA
While standing on the deck of my home, I happened to look up to the NE and saw a large chevron/boomerang object moving from the north t
Jamaica Estates · NY, USA
At night, there were 3, very light, blue lights circling and colliding in the sky with regular patterns. They seemed to be moving from
Jamaica Estates · NY, USA
3 light blue lights circling and colliding at regular patterns and intervals in the sky starting at 8PM and still continuing 3 hours af
Gansevoort · NY, USA
While driving home with a friend, we both simultaneously witnessed a sort of dull greenish ball or sphere with a yellowish center cross
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
Yellow line near Staten Island Mall!
Hauppauge · NY, USA
Strange hovering manuvuers of object over Long Island
New York City/Central Park · NY, USA
it was dark out, and i saw 2 lights flash across the sky before zooming off at a great speed.
Valatie · NY, USA
If there was nothing there, why were the Jet fighters chasing it?
Albany · NY, USA
At about 16:00 myself and a co-woker went outside for a cig break when I looked to the sky and saw what looked like an orange fireball
New York/Philadelphia (between · on aircraft), NY, USA
One bright object ejected 3 others which trailed east slowly with long tails
Hilton · NY, USA
seen 3 bright objects moving from west to east.
New York City/Philadelphia (between · on aircraft), NY, USA
Light bacame bright and changed into elongated form then split into 3 or four objects heading east somewhere around ~20,000 feet