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)
Alden · NY, USA
I was taking out the garbage at around 9:45 p.m. what's my daughter who is 11 years old. I saw a red light up in the sky with two white
New York City · NY, USA
Sphere shape flashes in the sky with colorful trail behind it.
Rocky Point · NY, USA
Green/Teal Lights up night sky, fast moving light
Bayside · NY, USA
Blue/green cylindrical flying object. ((anonymous report))
Delanson · NY, USA
Possibly triangle shaped craft with three lights spotted flying low for a few minutes, lights equidistant, one was red.
New York City · NY, USA
Mysterious Hovering Craft In The New York City Night Time Sky.
Adirondack · NY, USA
We were on the east shore of Schroon Lake, on our deck, when a broght light appeared over the lake. It slowly came towards our positio
Levittown · NY, USA
definitionless / valueless gray circle (not sphere) moving across the sky
Millbrook · NY, USA
We saw what looked like a really bright planet. Unsure of what it was we took out our phone and used the night sky phone app thinking
Astoria · NY, USA
Ufo changed colors while moving around
Walworth · NY, USA
Cyclicly-varying brightness white flashing point-light with 5-second rate and 30-second period moving slowly west-to-east at night.
Appleton · NY, USA
The most unexplained thing I have ever seen in my 36 years of existence.
Astoria · NY, USA
Luminous white light; not a drone, airplane, helicopter or blimp in NYC.
Clay · NY, USA
Flat disk moved slower than a aircraft then tipped right and accelerated up out of sight extremely fast
Hamptons · NY, USA
White shiny box standing still with a small plane next to it in the hamptons
Beacon · NY, USA
My wife and I saw 3 green circle lights, bright inside with an outer glow, bouncing around rapidly. ((anonymous report))
Clayville · NY, USA
Jets Fly Under UFO Craft Or 7 Orbs. ((anonymous report))
Freeport · NY, USA
Bright light, shooting across the sky, "shooting star," on a bright clear day and just disappeared.
New York City · NY, USA
See though triangle shaped craft with lights, silently glides over Manhattan's Upper West Side buildings along the Hudson.
New York (Queens; Woodside) · NY, USA
Crimson light alternating with orange within the clouds at night.
New York · NY, USA
High Altitude UFO sighted over New York City during daylight
Lagrange · NY, USA
4 bluish-white lights moving in a circle then meeting in the middle (objects were moving north-east)
Lagrangeville · NY, USA
4 lights going in a in and out, circling. Moving fast but stopped above Union Vale Middle School field. ((anonymous report))
Daytona · NY, USA
Moving amber lights in the sky, disappeareing and reappearing
New York City · NY, USA
Cigar-like object, brownish in color, seemed to travel in tighter and tighter circles until disappeared, leaving strong odor