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)
White plains · NY, USA
Saw several high altitude objects moving in a similar pattern
Indian Lake · NY, USA
Light appears to notice me, noticing it
Elizabethtown · NY, USA
MADAR Node 168
Utica · NY, USA
2 voiceless objects moving together and undulating as they moved.
Sound Beach · NY, USA
A huge very bright ring shape flying towards my house and changing shape, photograps look like disc and Chevron shape
Buffalo · NY, USA
MADAR Node 163
Buffalo · NY, USA
MADAR Node 163
Corning · NY, USA
We observed a line of bright lights in the sky.
Goshen · NY, USA
Single row of 15 to 20 lights drifting across sky and ascending to fade away
Forest Hills (Queens) · NY, USA
I long string of blinking lights. Impossible to tell if it was 100 feet up or 50,000 feet.
Syosset · NY, USA
OBSERVED A STRING OF LIGHTS MOVING THROUGH THE SKY
Brunswick · NY, USA
Stationary white trapezoidal object seen popping in and out of fast-moving clouds.
Rosendale · NY, USA
At first I saw a blinking light that changed color hovering in place. When it didn't move for several minutes, I videotaped it with my
Syracuse · NY, USA
I was recording some shooting stars and ended up catching a ufo do a 90 degree turn.
Brooklyn · NY, USA
I saw a green meteor like thing with a tail fall out of the sky
Syracuse · NY, USA
“Fireball” of green light, vertically descending then rapidly leveling to fly horizontally and disappearing like a light switch snapped
Cambria Heights · NY, USA
unknown floating object recorded by Ring Indoor Camera
Troy · NY, USA
Object appeared shot towards the ground & took a sharp right turn before disappearing
Derby · NY, USA
A white light moving very erratically.
Syracuse · NY, USA
MADAR Node 164
Buffalo · NY, USA
MADAR Node 163
Pine Bush · NY, USA
MADAR Node 165
Buffalo · NY, USA
MADAR Node 184
New Paltz · NY, USA
A large fireball was observed in the middle distance
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Glowing orbs changing color and staying in place over Brooklyn, NY