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)
Johnson City · NY, USA
Witnessed a large object hovering above and then moving away from a power line tower, with lights and no sound.
Tarrytown · NY, USA
Saw out window. Flashing red lights, huge and low to ground, disk shaped.
Holmes · NY, USA
2 hovering bright red lights, suddenly more lights illuminated in two triangle shapes.
Holtsville · NY, USA
A bright light sat there in the sky for 2 seconds and shot across the sky on a angle faster then any thing I've ever seen.
Cambria · NY, USA
Stationary bright white light sometimes flashing also red green at times, sometimes large white middle. ((NUFORC Note: Star?? PD))
New York City · NY, USA
Walking home w/ my sister. I squeeze her arm and yelled look at the blue light. We saw a bright blue glowing ball in the sky.
Astoria (Queens) · NY, USA
Walking to N train on Hoyt ave when I saw a fireball seemed so close then it just fizzled out. Happened so quick.
Elmira · NY, USA
Orange light formation flies over Elmira, New York.
Albany · NY, USA
My husband and I were driving to Walmart in Albany, NY. There was a huge light that was shining in the sky.
Waterloo · NY, USA
Extremely bright white, large, stationary light in west. overcast night. No flashing or movement. Went into store, it was gone when we
Rochester · NY, USA
Saw something shoot across the sky extremely fast.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
I was on my way to work. 1 Object, Flashing lights, could not see body of object. It did not move like conventional aircraft. It moved
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
7 fireballs, 1 every 6 mins flying from the sky through bedstuy, bushwick brooklyn before disappearing to Manhattan.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Undulating orange light.
Baldwinsville · NY, USA
Orange glowing sphere.
Mexico · NY, USA
it took me some time of thinking about reporting this. i have no doubt that there is life from other words who have been and are still
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Long, green tail alternating fireball and not lasting 2-3 seconds moving left to right facing south
Colonie · NY, USA
Over Colonie there is a bright red and green light that moves around but stays in the same place. ((NUFORC Note: Star?? PD))
Ronkonkoma · NY, USA
3 objects spotted over exit 59 on LIE
Mastic · NY, USA
Big orange lights in V formation joined by more lights before turning away.
Newburgh · NY, USA
Strange lights in photograph. lights not seen by naked eye prior to taking pic
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
I was leaving my bushwick apartment in brooklyn around 6:45 Am when something high in the sky caught my attention. It was moving in and
Amherst · NY, USA
Red light stood stable on the sky about 15 minutes, then moved East to west and west to east in straingt line for couple of times came
Branchport · NY, USA
Two orange lights, larger than a star, about 15 minutes apart, moving NE to SW, second actually three lights in 10x50 binoculars.
Shirley · NY, USA
20:50 10/10/14 Shirley NY 2 lights going south to north, visible for 5 minutes