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)
Athens · NY, USA
A witness in Athens, New York reported a huge, dark rectangular object with some white lights that moved quietly and quickly in June 1969, during a three-minute sighting.
Islip · NY, USA
Sightings/Multiple witnesses
Ronkonkoma · NY, USA
A witness in Ronkonkoma, New York reported an unidentified object with multicolored lights that hovered silently and appeared capable of extremely high speeds, during a one-hour sighting in June 1969.
Buffalo · NY, USA
A witness in Buffalo, New York reported a fluorescent green, cigar-shaped object at close range, about six feet away, silent and lasting about two minutes, in October 1968.
Coxsackie · NY, USA
A witness in Coxsackie, New York reported a circular object that hovered silently before shooting off to the southeast in August 1968, during a one-minute sighting.
New York City (Glen Oaks)(Queens) · NY, USA
I saw a circular object with diameter about the size of a Little League infield and about 20 ft tall slowly rotating towards me at tree
Putnam County · NY, USA
A witness in Putnam County, New York reported a small green orb that moved as though guided intelligently in July 1968, during a thirty-minute sighting reported anonymously.
Binghamton · NY, USA
UFO saucer seen Binghamton, NY, 1968-69
Upper Lisle · NY, USA
A witness in Upper Lisle, New York reported a silent, slow-moving, dark gray triangular object with three lights at each corner in June 1968, observed for one to two minutes.
New York City · NY, USA
I remember it so well to this day. I was in class getting ready for the day's dismissal time at 3 pm. All of us had our coats on and
on plane wing · NY, USA
A passenger reported a shiny, silver, disk-shaped object appearing to sit on the right wing of an airplane over New York, during a 30-second sighting in January 1968.
Saratoga Springs · NY, USA
Two lights hover over my house silently and then begin to drift away rapidly gaining speed disappearing in a split second.
Chaffee · NY, USA
34 years ago and still " seeking the truth"
Syracuse · NY, USA
Witnesses in Syracuse, New York, reported a silent, luminescent disk-shaped object shining in the pre-dawn sky during a two-minute sighting in October 1967.
Coxsackie · NY, USA
Witnesses in Coxsackie, New York, reported a greenish-red, hazy circular object hanging in the sky, likened to a searchlight beacon, during a three-to-five-minute sighting in August 1967.
New York City (Queens)(Middle Village) · NY, USA
Witnesses in the Middle Village section of Queens, New York City, reported a diamond-shaped object that lit up the sky while quickly passing by, during a sighting in the late 1960s.
Davis Park · NY, USA
Witnesses at Davis Park on Fire Island, New York, reported three dim lights in a triangular pattern about 400 feet high, moving slowly from west to east along the shore, in August 1967.
Babylon · NY, USA
A witness in Babylon, New York, reported a circular object with lights around its perimeter hovering overhead during a two-minute sighting in August 1967.
Sag Harbor · NY, USA
Witnesses in Sag Harbor, New York, reported a silent, green, globe-shaped object at close range, within about 200 feet, during a one-minute sighting in August 1967.
Churchville · NY, USA
A witness in Churchville, New York, reported sighting a disk-shaped object around 2 a.m. in July 1967, describing the encounter as a life-changing experience.
Gerry · NY, USA
Witnesses in Gerry, New York, reported a disk-shaped object that flew silently across the sky during a three-to-four-minute sighting in June 1967.
Glens Falls · NY, USA
Passed over our backyard
Westbury (Long Island) · NY, USA
Sighting April 14, 1967
Gibson · NY, USA
aerodynamics-defying object sighted
Stony Point · NY, USA
Witnesses near Stony Point, New York, reported an unidentified object about 150 feet long that appeared over a barn with a vacuum-like sound, then quietly disappeared, in February 1967.