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)
Middletown · NY, USA
Dot of light just brighter than a star, undulating and drifting in the sky unlike any aircraft. ((NUFORC Note: Possible star?? PD))
New York City · NY, USA
((HOAX??)) Triangle, lights, orbs, UFO, helicopters? Opinion.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Three incidents first was, three objects diamond shaped flying in formation same speed. Fastest flying we ever seen.
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
Black teardrop-shaped ring hanging in NE Queens, NY, sky. ((anonymous report))
New York City · NY, USA
UFO spotted next to One World Trade Center tower
Deer Park · NY, USA
Formation of orange/amber lights
Schaghticoke · NY, USA
Triangle object moving erratic 200 feet above tree line, stooped then lowered towards ground and lights disappeared
Mastic Beach · NY, USA
Fishing Narrow Bay facing NW, white spherical object appeared and jetted upward diagonally at about a 20° incline and disappeared.
Webster · NY, USA
Outside doing yard work at about 10:00 AM. My wife, son and myself noticed a light above our roof. This was looking south. We watched t
Albany · NY, USA
((NUFORC Note: No information provided by source. PD))
Kingston · NY, USA
Multi-colored cluster of lights hovering in western sky viewed from Kingston, NY.
Syracuse · NY, USA
5 Orange Starburst Shaped Lights,steady illuminance, no shape change,moving in a direct vertical direction and then horizontal
Harrison · NY, USA
Perfect circle saucer with massive green, red, and blue lights flies right over my head on sleepy road at night. ((anonymous report))
Saratoga Springs · NY, USA
Bronze colored cube. 400-700 feet in the air. Lower than the clouds.
Albany · NY, USA
Was brillant lights and shape like cigar and disc, 3 one step for few and flew quik, the others 2 same. ((anonymous report))
Farmington · NY, USA
Ultra fast cylinder, se to nw.
Hartsdale · NY, USA
Unusual shape. ..100 percent not a airplane. .. did not make noise...it glowed... went over our heads.... it also traveled fast all thr
Granville · NY, USA
Strange white lights close to the ground
Fort Edward · NY, USA
Four lights split into two!
Baldwinsville · NY, USA
Thought it was a cool colored planet. Cyan/green. It wasn't moving. so I took out the telescope. In the scope I saw 2 lights. Then quic
Colton · NY, USA
((NUFORC Note: Adv. Lights? PD)) Bright red lights were close; were doing circles, then suddenly disappeared. ((anonymous report))
Phoenix to Syracuse · NY, USA
Twinkling light with "shooting star" through its center. (could be natural/explained) ((anonymous report))
Amherst/Tonawanda · NY, USA
Bright Green sphere moving slowly west Amherst (Bailey ave.), Tonawanda.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Red strange bright light in the sky traveling slow and stopping ((anonymous report))
Cicero · NY, USA
SIGHTING #1: Three reddish lights in formation, two bobbing around in front of the the third.