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)
Indian Falls · NY, USA
Too close for comfort!
Albany · NY, USA
Man repts. witnessing triangular shaped craft pass overhead on NO 03, 04, & 05. Illuminated clouds; changed shape!
Merrick (Long Island) · NY, USA
Reading text of Lufthansa Pilots sighting that night, jogged my memory, of my own sighting that night.
Moriches (Long Island) · NY, USA
NY Radar Air Traffic Controllers see UFO over Long Island.
FAA (Sector 18) · NY, USA
FAA Boston Cntr. relays 2 rpts: 2 comm. jetliner crews rept very bright light, green tail, pass by them on N side very fast. Close.
Wantagh · NY, USA
Triangle with three large, dim, amber lights flew rapidly overhead and rotated once.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Young man, mother witness watch strange red obj. 45 deg. above horizon w/ binocular. Obj. suddenly fades, disappears from sight.
New York City · NY, USA
Late one evening, on my way home from work, I ran into a few old friends. We started talking about the good old days and hours passed w
Rochester · NY, USA
UFO followed me
Utica · NY, USA
My private plane was followed by a ufo for over 50 miles.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Two males leaving concert in Central Park witness strange moving light close to E. horizon. Moved very precisely, turned, vanished.
Orangeburg · NY, USA
Young couple witness "yellowish white" disc approach their location on remote mtn. top. Streaks off, returns w/ 2nd smaller obj.!
Buffalo · NY, USA
The starlike object moved VV from right to left. Iam a former U.S.A.F. fighter bomber crewchief.
New York City · NY, USA
Woman reports many passengers aboard Staten Isl. ferry witness huge craft rise from, roil water! Excellent report! Video prepared.
New York City · NY, USA
Senior med. care exec. calls to discuss events re 09/15/95 sighting in NYC harbor. Many other responsible witnesses found.
Appalachian · NY, USA
red star like object traveling at very fast speed went across horizon in a matter of 2 seconds or less
Cheektowaga (near) · NY, USA
bright ufo lights up night in new york near buffalo
Monticello · NY, USA
Copied written report: Physicist/astronomer sees huge, pulsing fireball to west of New York City.
Monticello · NY, USA
Physicist (Ph.D) repts. seeing "gigantic light, size of moon, w/ green tint" streak N to S 10 deg. above W horiz. "NOT a meteor."
Olean · NY, USA
low, slow moving Triangular shaped craft with lights on pionts of triangle and one in center on bottom sighted
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
round , noiseless, clearly under the influence of something intelligent
Pendleton · NY, USA
It was a bright sunny day. The wind was wipping about 15-20 mph. I called my wife at about 1:00 p.m. to check in and that is when I l
Buffalo · NY, USA
we saw a britly light sawser decend from the sky and hover about 30 feet from the ground.
Rochester · NY, USA
Two men driving on major hwy. witness a strange triangle overhead w/ red, green, & yellow lights directly overhead. Flew slowly.
Wilton · NY, USA
Possible ufo meeting 01/1995 in Northern New York State