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)
Richford · NY, USA
It appeared as if it were a very bright star that was shinning through my bedroom window. So once I say up to look at it it blinked a f
Pine City · NY, USA
MADAR Node 82
Bearsville · NY, USA
Was cloudy but could see clearly. At first 4 white lights on corners of diamond or square shape while I was in car driving. 2 min after
Highland · NY, USA
Massive triangle shaped object flew over head for a few seconds and disappeared
Rochester · NY, USA
MADAR Node 162
Yonkers (Westchester Co.) · NY, USA
Fast moving, small, bright green light sped across the southern Westchester County sky, late afternoon on Saturday November 13, 2021.
Stony Point · NY, USA
Formation pattern of 8 red objects.
Elizabethtown · NY, USA
MADAR Node 168
Pine Bush · NY, USA
MADAR Node 165
Syracuse · NY, USA
MADAR Node 164
Staten Island · NY, USA
Three bright orbs in a triangle formation seen in the sky, during the span of one hour.
New York · NY, USA
MADAR Node 85
Pine City · NY, USA
MADAR Node 82
Buffalo · NY, USA
MADAR Node 184
Buffalo · NY, USA
MADAR Node 184
Irving · NY, USA
Cylinder bullet shaped object very bright blue light shoots across sky
Pine City · NY, USA
MADAR Node 82
Cincinnatus · NY, USA
triangular craft seen distorting star-field above and then leaving as a bright orange ball of light.
Avoca · NY, USA
Sphere seen twice in close proximity and less than 6 months between the 2 sightings .
Pine City · NY, USA
MADAR Node 82
New York City · NY, USA
White round light with no movement and no sound over the Hudson River viewable from the W. 60's in Manhattan
Utica · NY, USA
MADAR Node 170
Walkill · NY, USA
Dots in the Sky in Walkill New York
Macedon · NY, USA
Light moving randomly in sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a celestial body?? PD))
Rochester · NY, USA
Rochester ny bright white ball of light flying fast