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)
Brewster · NY, USA
Astoundingly wide Chevron or "flying V" with 7-9 piercing white lights that fade to red as it goes behind trees. Moves slow & quiet.
New York City (Yonkers) · NY, USA
6-8 light formation moving slowly w/o sound
Peekskill · NY, USA
Hudson Valley area. Large, silent, triangle shaped vehicle hovered about 100-200 ft over the house for about 3-4 minutes.
Amityville · NY, USA
small circular craft with lights around it, whizzing back and forth changing shape then lifting off extremely fast.
Ossining · NY, USA
DRIVING IN MY CAR I SAW AN UNUSUAL FLYING OBJECT
Millwood · NY, USA
I was 14 years old and was witness to an extrodinary event. I was with my mother, father, sister, and plenty of neighbors as well. It w
Brewster/Carmel · NY, USA
ME,MY HUSBAND AND FRIENDS WITNESSED AN OVAL FORMATION OF SIX(6)SMALL WHITE LIGHTS WITH ONE LARGER RED ONE BEHIND IT (AS IF GUIDING IT)F
Greenburg · NY, USA
Bright object in NY 1984.
Auburn · NY, USA
5:30 AM PAPERGIRL WITNESSES HUGE, SILENT, GRAY, LOW OBJECT OVER HOUSE TOP ROOFS ON CITY ST.
Newburgh · NY, USA
3/24/84 Newburgh NY circle 25min One large mass. Longer than a football field. Saw it for 25min.
Mettacahonts · NY, USA
Slow moving football-field sized object caused traffic jams on rural Rt. 209 from Ellenville to Marbletown NY.
Rosendale · NY, USA
Mass sighting in 1984, two newspaper reports about it, police and other reputable peole also made reports.
Kingston · NY, USA
1983 Hudson Valley UFO sighting
Mt. Kisco · NY, USA
Large aircraft, size of 747, flying 1000ft, no sound, 10-25 MPH, flew over Mt Kisco NY and many people witnessed the event.
Plattekill · NY, USA
Large Round Liighted Craft hovering over a pond - summer 83 - intersection of Rt32 and New York State Thruway - Platekill NY
Katonah · NY, USA
Driving along Rt.22 approaching the old Cherry Street Bridge, we were the sole witnesses of a craft that hovered silently only 100ft. a
Bedford Hills · NY, USA
Observed a huge black bommerang shaped UFO the size of 2 football fields hovering & moving slowly over the prison.
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
FireBall in the Bronx...... Early 80"s
Poughkeepsie · NY, USA
1500-2000 foot UFO seen above Mid-Hudson Bridge by Poughkeepsie, NY in July 1983.
Shokan · NY, USA
Bright starlike object disappears into space.
Airmont · (formerly Tallman), NY, USA
ENORMOUS, Triangular with outer points blunted, Covered underneath with Pipes and made no noise
Roslyn · NY, USA
Spacecraft hovering with bluish lights from rectangular windows ( 8 ) enormous in size - quiet - peaceful
New Rochelle · NY, USA
As my parents,a friend and myself whom were returning from Conn.,had stop at an main at a traffic light in broad daylight in the evenin
Katonah · NY, USA
Red Sphere seen in middle of day
Yorktown Heights · NY, USA
I was standing in the back yard of my parents house when I noticed, coming from the north a triangular set of seven lights all white in