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)
Vestal · NY, USA
Light flies over observatory immediatly after MIR.
Dolgeville · NY, USA
Me and my girlfriend were getting out of the car and we started looking at the stars because the sky was realy clear. As we were doing
Rochester · NY, USA
I've witnessed a fast blinking green light that would not blink at times, which disapeared after a total of 10 seconds.The next night I
Sleepy Hollow · NY, USA
Stationary object about the brightness of a small bright star accelerated across the sky in a straight line.
Wallkill (obj seem to be over Pine bush about 15 miles w) · NY, USA
a seemingly wedge shaped craft (isoceles shaped presumably) with bright white lights at the points and another in the center.
Ontario · NY, USA
this was like a massive metor flying over my house with a long and wide tail no noise but it then suddenly disappeared it was amazing t
Great River · NY, USA
disks in a circle overhead
New York City · NY, USA
In Battery Park saw Bronze colored Saucer In sky
Vestal · NY, USA
Observed similar long tubular object on 05/30/99. As it turned, the sun's rays reflected from a row of at least 20 windows along the s
Orchard Park · NY, USA
The saucer floated with lights circling around it, and with a bright flash shot away.
Northport · NY, USA
a total of three objects no sound.
Cherry Grove (Fire Island) · NY, USA
Object looking like a comet spotted over ocean at Fire Island.
Spencer · NY, USA
Light came from over our hill and started circulating above us.
Forest Hills · NY, USA
Very large, fast moving triangular shaped object seen moving from SW to NE over Metro NYC nightsky.
Potsdam · NY, USA
I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND I LOOKED UP AND OUT THE FRONT WINDSHEILD OF MY CAR, WHEN I NOTICED TWO IRREGULAR SHAPPED SPHERES JUST
Douglason · NY, USA
This yellow dot is driving me nuts.
Central Islip · NY, USA
Oval shapped lighted object split off into 4 smaller oval objects, followed me North then West, then East, for 12 minutes.
Bayport · NY, USA
1/2 mile wide Disk hovering at an altitude of 1,250 ft
Vestal · NY, USA
Observed silvery tubular craft with bright white lights along the sides. No sound or vapor trail, no wings or tail structure.
Warrensburg · NY, USA
The UFO we witnessed was shaped with 2 boxed like squares at each end connected by a long like rod between the 2. The back of the UFO h
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
Strange Brush fires near Verazanno Bridge
Manhasset (Long Island) · NY, USA
object was moving away in a westerly direction. very slowly and at times appeared to be standing still. very large and appeared triangu
Saratoga Lake · NY, USA
Observed scintilating oval object rise over treeline at the south end of lake,move left,right and hover then descend below treeline onl
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Travelling by car westerly. We Spotted a Very Fast moving, very bright White Light/Fireball which eventually turned green as it "flew"
Plattsburgh · NY, USA
I saw what I thought was a star, and then a plane....then it started wobbeling. It had plane colors, but it didn't blink and didn't mo