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)
Andes · NY, USA
Craft hovered over a mountain for 15
Wappingers Falls · NY, USA
I saw lota of stars then one started moving
Liberty · NY, USA
While driving with two other people, saw a strange light in the sky.
Purchase · NY, USA
While on patrol for Manhattanville College Campus Safey, I was driving up one of the back roads. I saw what appeared to be a shooting s
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
I witnessed a being in the middle of the day in Manhattan about six and a half feet, its face definately not human?
Endicott/Binghamton · NY, USA
bright lights moving back and forth, they kept comming together and seperating
Lewiston · NY, USA
We were fishing in the lower Niagara River, near the water intakes for the power plant just upstream from the Riverside Inn.
Portville · NY, USA
oval shaped with colorful lights all around with huge windows lite up very colorful most beautiful thing in the sky. in valley area it
Portville · NY, USA
The object was just below the tree line. The object was light up by a yellowish light with blue lights.You could see the windows in it
Portville · NY, USA
Was oval shaped had different colored lights all the way around the center of the object. The top was yellowish with windows with light
Portville · NY, USA
it was a beautiful oval shaped object that had huge windows lite with every color you can imagine. we saw this object to the left of t
Yonkers · NY, USA
I was watching a star like object moving very slowly
Old Westbury · NY, USA
I was home in my room and looked out my window to see this very large, white object gliding across the sky going west to south-east. It
Buffalo · NY, USA
Black triangle with the orange lights at each corner
Moravia · NY, USA
Approximately 20 lights that sometimes flashed red and white were moving through the sky. They did not appear to be flying toward a c
Nassau · NY, USA
Triangular object seen hovering over my car making no sound at alll, viewed by myself and my daughter
Willsboro · NY, USA
perfect circle.s.circle
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
A triangular object moving quietly, larger than anything I've ever seen. And, to close, not to make noise!!
Hudson River · NY, USA
Large craft ...Flu over Hudson River and flashed a red light that"traced from right to left"
Fort Edward · NY, USA
Observed a silent object move across sky flying from a Northwest to Southeast path at about 1000' at a high rate of speed.
Center Moriches · NY, USA
4 or 5 lights on an angle
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
I "dreamed" I was being whisked upward at a tremendous speed. I was frightened. In the morning I found an outline of an oval "burned" o
New York/San Francisco (flight between) · NY, USA
On flight from New York to San Francisco saw series of varying lights buzzing the plane for most of the journey.
Duanesburg (Mohawk Valley) · NY, USA
We could not identify shape since it was night. The lights were identifiable. Not as an airplane, we've seen those often around here,
Cleveland · NY, USA
It looked like a very bright shiney metel, silver color like aluminum foil color. It had a grey colored stripe in the very center and i