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)
Spencerport · NY, USA
Three Flaming Balls Over Spencerport, NY
Camden · NY, USA
Strobe UFO. ((anonymous report))
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
Small flashing/blinking light in the sky moving in a circular/triangular form with red, white, and blue like lights.
Pomona · NY, USA
We saw 3 objects in the sky 2 moving horizontally and one falling at an angle vertically.
New York · NY, USA
Looking up to the sky thought it was a shooting star; realized it was a very intense white light circle in shape.((anonymous report))
Utica · NY, USA
I saw a dark silver circle shaped UFO for like 6 seconds flying very slow.
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
Golden bars shaped like a sphere with a glowing light inside of it, gliding towards us.
Kerhonkson · NY, USA
From the northern skies of the Catskills a bright light started moving thirds us as we sat on our porch in Kerhonkson NY. The lights ar
Wingdale · NY, USA
July 3rd, 2016. Several dim lights moving back and forth countering each other in the Eastern sky over Wingdale, NY.
Herkimer · NY, USA
UFO over Herkimer, NY.
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
We have never experienced something so strange. Just the way it moved has me scratching my head.
Syracuse · NY, USA
Two stationery orange disk shaped flying objects moving around each other before they disappeared.
St. James · NY, USA
2 dark red round objects seen by 2 persons.
Hicksville · NY, USA
Large silver reddish circle passes in sky. Planes are not circles, balloons don't move 60 mph with no wind. ((anonymous report))
Syracuse · NY, USA
Brilliant green light in western sky.
Greenwood Lake · NY, USA
Mysterious three object formation over Greenwood Lake, NY plus a fourth strange object
New York City · NY, USA
Seen from my balcony, two bright red spheres (no blinking lights) followed an erratic flight path, or remained stationary.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
White lights seen flying slowly over Manhattan or Brooklyn, NY
St. James · NY, USA
Cone-shaped light with cluster of lights around it, orange lights. ((anonymous report))
Syracuse · NY, USA
unknown object in photo. ((NUFORC Note: We believe that the blurry, gray object may be a bird or insect in flight. PD))
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
Object hovering over NYC
New York City (over the Hudson) · NY, USA
Huge Egg Shaped Glowing Hovering Behind Manhattan (Seen from Brooklyn: Bushwick Rooftop)
Owego · NY, USA
Object with multicolored lights, 2 times in the last 2 weeks staying in one spot in the sky for a long period of time
Mexico · NY, USA
Orange/redish sphere hovering 1 mile away, dimmed and disappeared shooting upwards made no sound
Kingston · NY, USA
Slow moving, glowing white rectangle with rounded ends and blinking lights at one end.