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)
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
In 1961, a witness in Brooklyn, New York City, reported a disk-shaped object with multicolored lights that made no noise, visible for about thirty seconds.
NY · USA
I was 11 yrs old. My Aunt and Uncle and I were driveing from Elmira NY to Bradford PA we were in the hills coming around a bend near a
Patchogue · NY, USA
Object with 2 tiers of curcular disks, one with large white windows and the other colored. Motionless and silent. Observied in daylight
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Strange, cross-shaped, object witnessed over NYC in 1861.
Westbury · NY, USA
Father Mother and son in car stopped in middle of street to see a saucer with lights around the rim hovering above their house.
Chaumont · NY, USA
In 1960, a witness in Chaumont, New York, reported a strange light in the sky over a local vacationland area, visible for about four minutes before it disappeared.
Buffalo · NY, USA
In 1960, a witness in Buffalo, New York, reported an oval-shaped craft making precise movements that appeared to be observing a large tank-like structure nearby, for about three minutes.
Belmont · NY, USA
In 1960, a witness in Belmont, New York, reported a bright circular light following a slow zigzag path from the horizon toward the zenith before making a right-angle turn.
Farmingville · NY, USA
illuminated discs over Long Island
Albertson · NY, USA
In 1960, a witness in Albertson, New York, reported three spherical objects stacked by size, largest on top, smaller in the middle, and smallest at the bottom.
Schenectady · NY, USA
In 1960, a witness in Schenectady, New York, reported an unidentified object and said they experienced what they described as a period of missing time afterward.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
A round object the shape of a bubble hovered by a window of a four or five story building. The object was silent. Some 20 feet os so ov
Troy · NY, USA
In 1959, a witness in Troy, New York, reported a single star-like light zigzagging across the night sky, remaining visible for about fifteen minutes.
Jewett · NY, USA
In 1959, a witness in Jewett, New York, reported a light with a tumbling, zigzag flight pattern resembling a shooting star, observed in the Catskills for 20 minutes.
Seaford · Long Island, NY, USA
huge circular craft, had a dome with red lights at bottom ; flying at level of top of a telephone pole, turned 90 degrees in an instant
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
In 1959, a married couple in the Bronx, New York City, reported observing an oval-shaped object for about half an hour, an experience that changed how they viewed UFOs.
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
Visited.
Cheektowaga · NY, USA
In 1958, a witness in Cheektowaga, New York, reported a white teardrop-shaped object observed in broad daylight for roughly ten to twenty seconds.
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
7 brightly illuminated elliptical discs racing uniformly across the night sky were seen moving NNW to SSE equally spaced apart.
Yonkers · NY, USA
venus' dark side...
Wantaugh · NY, USA
A witness in Wantagh, New York reported an illuminated, sphere-shaped object with protruding rods moving silently east to west at about 40 feet altitude, for about five minutes in January 1958.
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
A witness in Queens, New York reported a tall, unidentified figure entering their home, in an incident lasting two to three hours in 1957.
Ticonderoga · NY, USA
UFO buzzed B-47.
Glens Falls · NY, USA
A witness near Glens Falls, New York reported disk-shaped objects at close range moving very slowly, observed for three to four minutes in June 1957.
Hicksville (Long Island) · NY, USA
My friend and I saw 7 perfectly circular objects fly over us. We were laying in his back yard looking up to see any shooting stars.