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)
Greenville · NY, USA
Clear sky no stars or moon the lights hoverd left to right quick.after 15 minutes it rised but stayed in same area.no noise.object did
Higginsville · NY, USA
White orb seen trailing airplane at same speed.
Fulton · NY, USA
Five bright orange objects.
Hudson · NY, USA
Dark, triangle-shaped craft with shimmering, moving light & five fixed lights, seen over Hudson, NY
Depew · NY, USA
White, circular object in northeast sky. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect object was Venus. PD))
New Windsor · NY, USA
Orange light, no sound.
Rochester · NY, USA
They are Watching and Walking among us and we don't see them in plain sight
Greece · NY, USA
I am NOT a witness, I am only passing on this info. This was reported on Neighborhood Watch Facebook site for Greece NY. Several spheri
Webster · NY, USA
8 descending fireballs over Lake Ontario from Rochester, NY. ((anonymous report))
Clarence · NY, USA
While going up my driveway I thought I saw colorful lights in the North West sky,right after the sun went down. After getting out of
Marine park Bklyn · NY, USA
Flashing red & white lights behind cloud cover above marine park Bklyn
Buffalo · NY, USA
Extremely large bright teardrop shape fluorescent green light flew across the sky horizontally, with a bright white flash of light.
Macedon · NY, USA
Saw red dot far E of Palmyra watched for over 5 minutes and it didn t move then erratic movement spliting into two lights and dimming.
Slingerlands · NY, USA
Black triangle with yellow lights on either side of it. It hovered for 5 minutes and vanished after I took my eye of it for 1 sec.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
A large bright light flew over my house and possibly crash landed because I heard a loud band as the sky went dark again. Cops were hea
Massapequa · NY, USA
Large Bright White Light Moving slowly high above my house, no noise, then Stopped.
Ronkonkoma · NY, USA
Hovering black object seen in Ronkonkoma NY going eastbound on the Long Island Expressway
Woodbury · NY, USA
Blue lights descending for about 2 seconds in Woodbury, New York.
Ronkonkoma · NY, USA
Observed near Ronkonkoma train station. Traveling northeast bound. Very fast, approximately 30 seconds to cross the visible portion of
New York City (upper West Side) · NY, USA
Possible NYC UFO Upper West Side, two sightings separated by four hours.
Rochester · NY, USA
Two bright lights heading south from Lake Ontario, eventually fading out
Islip Terrace · NY, USA
These objects appear every day on a night vision camera during the day. ((anonymous report))
Holbrook · NY, USA
Stationary teardrop shaped light. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus?? PD))
Livonia · NY, USA
As I was driving home, a large green circle appered far in the sky in front of me and shortly after sped across the sky horizontally
New Paltz · NY, USA
7-9 lights crossing the sky in a haphazard formation.