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)
Dix Hills · NY, USA
Noticed a bright red ball to the east which was heading in a westerly direction. It's altitude appeared very high. The lights appeare
Levittown · NY, USA
Moving lights red/orange; no sound; not fixed or rotoary wing aircraft.
Patchogue · NY, USA
Red Orb like lights, appearing and disappearing abruptly.
Webster · NY, USA
Bright red/orange fireball spotted in southeast sky
Middletown · NY, USA
Glowing orange ball.
Middletown · NY, USA
Orange ball of light circling me as I flashed it with flash light.
Middletown · NY, USA
Orange Glowing light came around and I flashed it with a high powered flash light. It came around 2 more times as I was filming
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Bright light round in shape moving slowly.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Round-orange orb during fireworks NYC.
New York City (Maspeth) · NY, USA
Reddish-orange object over New York City.
Rochester · NY, USA
5 orange lights following the same path, seemed to die out as they progressed, seen by five people w/video.
Lindenhurst · NY, USA
After the fireworks calmed down in the north sky above tree line saw a very didtinct shape that looked like a five pointed star. It a
Schuylerville · NY, USA
Erratic low flying silent single orange light.
Palermo · NY, USA
An object looking like a star that started and stopped; change directions a bit, emitted an occ. wh. lt.
Rochester · NY, USA
I saw 5 red-orange colored, circular shaped slow flying objects with no sound and I was at the Greece Town Hall by the library.
Mastic Beach · NY, USA
Reddish orange ball shaped object. At first, I thought is was a firework, but the object began to rise.
Mastic Beach · NY, USA
Approx. 9 pm I spotted a reddish orange ball shaped object. At first i thought is was a firework, but the obj. began to rise.
East Amherst · NY, USA
Black triangle with six lights.
Coram · NY, USA
Eight pulsating balls of light witnessed.
Farmingville · NY, USA
Orange ball of light moving fast and low; no sound at all.
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
Unusual dark craft moving slow across the sky in the bronx.
Syracuse · NY, USA
Glimmering, silent orange disc
North Tonawanda · NY, USA
Red pulsing lights in triangular shape moving in northeastern sky.
Fishkill · NY, USA
Orange lights moving SW to NE in separate groups of one to three, over a 10 minute period.
Patchogue · NY, USA
An orange glowing ball was hovering near Canaan Lake then disappeared, reappearing and flying silently across the sky.