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)
Oneonta · NY, USA
2 Unidentified Objects seen over Mountain
Windham · NY, USA
saw the objects in the sky my wife and I they were still than 2 of the objects movwd south the other four moved east i called the alban
Northport · NY, USA
no crafts were seen, only a brilliant silver-blue light that moved north to south ....
Harriman State Park · NY, USA
While camping on top of a moutain me and 2 friends saw a star start to come at us. As it got closer it shined a white light at the to o
Westhampton · NY, USA
Large, stationary object app. 100ft above ground, with lights
Clifton Park (30 min north of Albany) · NY, USA
it came after me and my dog, i was walking him that night
Callicoon · NY, USA
In the sky a little to my right(1 or 2 :O'clock position) was an object. Oval and glowing. It was huge.
Burdett · NY, USA
saw group of lights (one craft) over top of trees...when I got past trees, it was gone
Ontario · NY, USA
from rt. 104 looking north saw bright orange light that faded away into a clear starlit night. traveling north toward lake ontario saw
Coxsacke · NY, USA
UFO over Correctional Facility
Hudson · NY, USA
One night going to a friends house,I was walking. Then I seen something very bright,i could not reconize it.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Me and my friend were playing soccer and then we saw a big diamond shape with 3 huge lights.Then the shape flashed into the sky.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
One light emits multiple identical lights above Manhattan
Shirley · NY, USA
4 sequentially blinking white lights. Appeared in Southwestern sky, arched almost across my zenith and faded out in the Notheastern sky
Fort Ann · NY, USA
giant ufo over southern adirondacks
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
OBSERVED THREE VERY BRITE LITES FLYING ACCROSS THE NIGHT SKY.
Sodus · NY, USA
awesome and an adventure for such a small town.
Lockport · NY, USA
Low in the eastern sky over a farming area I spotted a ball of bright light, every once in a while it seemed a ring of color would move
Varysburg · NY, USA
Two triangular ships seen at night
Rock Hill · NY, USA
While driving west bound on Route 17 near Rock Hill, New York, my wife,son and myself saw a triangle shaped object moving across the hi
Jefferson · NY, USA
Rural mountain area. Tree covered hill. 1860' MSL. I awoke to see a bright white light approx 1,500' so east of my camper. The circular
Utica · NY, USA
I looked up at the sky, and two or three bright red dots were in the sky, and moving at right angles very fast.
Buffalo · NY, USA
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Syracuse (North) · NY, USA
4 Military planes fly past flying rod, and information blackout still ocurring.
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
Metallic Cylinder Moving thru New York Harbor