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)
Hammond · NY, USA
Several orange balls of light over lake.
Buffalo · NY, USA
At ~1:52 AM, my cousin and I were sitting on the patio and saw an extremely large and brilliantly lit teardrop shape green light.
Buffalo · NY, USA
Bright, oval shape flew silently through lower branches of trees after dark, west-east direction.
Little Neck · NY, USA
Strange object(s) seen over Little Neck NY Sunday morning, June 4th 2017 at 8:30 AM
Huntington · NY, USA
Diamond shape with white lights. Hoovering over Main street Huntington NY. Continued to go over Finely Middle school hovered over it f
Bellmore · NY, USA
Slow flying bright object with white bright light.
Brushton · NY, USA
Went out to feed dogs at noon and saw a flying object shiny and disk shaped.
New York City (Queens)(Flushing Meadows) · NY, USA
Group of about 7 UFO's, with a leader to the side, and a cluster to its north.
Colonie · NY, USA
Black cross-like object spotted in the sky over Colonie, NY
Corinth · NY, USA
I was watching UFO footage vide in library on you tube and went outside to smoke a cigarette and looked at the river all the way north
Holbrook · NY, USA
On my way home (3 blocks away) I saw a triangular shaped craft moving very fast headed SSW I believe as it passed over my car at an ang
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
A black object changed its shape slightly while floating over Manhattan.
Seneca Falls · NY, USA
Red/orange craft zooms by
Williamson · NY, USA
One night as I was on my way to Cheerleading practice and I looked into the sky and I saw a saucer shaped craft in the sky and it flew
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
in the city of new york
Gloversville · NY, USA
My husband and I where both outside in our backyard having a fire. He was looking for satellites going by when he spotted a strange lin
Lisbon · NY, USA
I heard a big jet going over,so I looked up. As i did i saw a bright shiny object near the plane alt. ((anonymous report))
East Norwich · NY, USA
I saw a small plane shaped with out wings fly in to a small cloud. ((anonymous report))
Mastic Beach · NY, USA
Bright white circle shaped light quickly shot across water from S to N over the water then vanished. ((anonymous report))
Huntington · NY, USA
Glow behind clouds followed by four bright glow and fade circles. ((NUFORC Note: Rocket launch from Wallops Island. PD))
Huntington · NY, USA
A round glow hiding behind a cloud slowly faded and then four smaller... ((NUFORC Note: Rocket launch from Wallops Island. PD))
Massapequa · NY, USA
White/yellow motionless circles in sky Long Island, NY. ((NUFORC Note: Rocket launch from Wallops Island. PD))
Lindenhurst · NY, USA
Viewed six large circular bright lights that looked like explosions in space. ((NUFORC Note: Rocket launch from Wallops Island. PD))
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
UFO.
Onchiota · NY, USA
Craft following above car.