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)
Dexter · NY, USA
large saucer shaped object with many colored lights, very close to me
Dexter · NY, USA
Object was at tree level, approximately 200 feet in diameter and made no noise.
Dexter · NY, USA
craft was close, silent, brightly illuminated, and appeard to be examining the local airport.
Fishkill · NY, USA
Lights over Fishkill N.Y.
Holmes/Pawling · NY, USA
Flyimg V seen over whaley lake/pawling.no ultra lites this time
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
Sphere coming out from the Moon
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
looking up clear as day a huge bright light, that resembled a mini sun.It was huge and I didnt see any particular shape or colors other
Old Bethpage · NY, USA
Mass Sighting over Long Island; 50 thousand calls to 911.
Holbrook · NY, USA
We saw circular object w/ multi-colored lights fading from one set to another floating west-east after dropping down from sky.
Jamesville · NY, USA
I was scared by an errie encounter with a blue light that entered my bedroom through the window at night.
Mumford · NY, USA
Saw neon orange oval craft hovering 3 to 4 ft above road.
Walker Valley(Pine Bush) · NY, USA
Strange creatures in the woods near UFO hot spots
Buchanan · NY, USA
UFO over nuclear reactor- 14 helicopters around it
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
sphere shaped object with rainbow colors surrounding it.
Rome (near) · NY, USA
Orange spheres near Rome, NY
Lackawanna · NY, USA
spotlight at night, 90' away, no sound or wind.
Owego · NY, USA
Large Shaped disk, redish flame around disk.
New York City (Yonkers) · NY, USA
YONKERS, NY
Ossining · NY, USA
My mother Leyda, says something told her to look out the window, and she says she looked out.few seconds later she calls me to the wind
Pleasantville · NY, USA
Event reported over Briarcliff Manor and Pleasantville New York. Extremely large craft. Multiple colored lights.
Wappingers Falls · NY, USA
2nd of 2
Yonkers · NY, USA
Silent rectangular football field sized object fling at about 1000 feet with 6 groups of lights on bottom and across stern
Eastchester · NY, USA
huge dark dimly lit Triangle slowly passes over Platform Tennis Courts in Eastchester NY
Hewlett · NY, USA
LILCO Lot Sighting
Liverpool · NY, USA
Cigar-shaped object with three white lights above LongBranch Elementary School, Liverpool, NY