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)
Grand Island · NY, USA
7 identical clusters of multicolored lights. 5 are still, and 2 move rapidly across the sky. Photos captured.
Port Jefferson · NY, USA
Saw about ten bright orange red colored fireball lights in the sky over the harbor that hovered there for about 15 mins before dusappea
Rotterdam · NY, USA
To sum it up it Look like a plane of fire over Lake Erie and then faded out.
Buffalo · NY, USA
Slow-moving diamond-shaped object slowly traverses Southern Buffalo NY sky and winks out.
White Plains · NY, USA
Ovni on Taconic Parkway.
Grand Island · NY, USA
2 seperate instances of Unexplained Lights in the Sky.
Orchard Park · NY, USA
V-formation of dimly white lights heading north just south of buffalo,new york
New York City (Ridgewood; Queens) · NY, USA
Two slowly moving black circles/ balls stopping and changing directions.
Fort Salonga · NY, USA
Large black ball, no sound or markings, in sky moving NE, and two hours later saw orange fireball in same area that turned into black b
Auburn · NY, USA
I saw a solid bright red circular object descending and headed south.
Staten Island · NY, USA
We saw approximately 20-25 orange glowing fire balls. They were moving faster than a jet in the sky. all on a true path.some single an
Freeport · NY, USA
Red/orange lights fly overhead then disappear
Fishkill · NY, USA
Round burning object moving across Fishkill 8/2/14.
Greece · NY, USA
Fireballs hovering in the sky. Bright yellow or orange. Light would go out on one and then turn on on others. Very big. Crafts did not
Rochester · NY, USA
Fleet of lights seen through the clouds.
Buffalo · NY, USA
Black "thing."
Sacket's Harbor · NY, USA
White lights over lake.
Holtsville · NY, USA
Bright orange sphere moves side to side then hovers for 2 minutes flies south and fades out of sight.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Oscillating black-ish/gray spherical object hovering in ther sky and disappeared.
Youngstown · NY, USA
Orange-ish light, no sound, no navigational lights.
Tonawanda · NY, USA
Red to Blue flickering lights that's stationary. ((NUFORC Note: Possible "twinkling" star?? PD))
New York City (Brooklyn; Williamsburg) · NY, USA
Saw 12 bright lights come from Jersey and over Brooklyn where they disappeared by the moon.
Clifton Park · NY, USA
2 bright orange yellow flying objects in night sky flying north to south.
Clifton Park · NY, USA
5-6 bright orange lights in formation across the sky.
Selkirk · NY, USA
I was witness to two silent triangular UFO's flying at exact speed very close to one another. One UFO was slightly ahead of the other.