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)
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
((POSSIBLE HOAX??)) 2 balls of light in sky no sound military chasing it.
Northport · NY, USA
Orange orb leading d diamond shaped glowing orange with green white lights in middle heading N over Eaton's Neck, NY.
Rochester · NY, USA
At approximately 7:30 pm , my wife and I witnessed an orange glow in the southwest sky. The glow became larger as it got closer. There
Corinth · NY, USA
My wife noticed several yellow/orange lights in a west/south west direction. After stopping the car, while using power lines as a refe
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Cylindrical object, glassy/translucent, in vicinity of helicopters.
Hampton Bays · NY, USA
2 others and myself witnessed lights in the southern sky over a 15 minute period. All traveling along the same in the sky. They seemed
Levittown · NY, USA
Three sets of lights seen over nassau county New York.
Schenectady · NY, USA
Orange lite over city.
Kingston · NY, USA
Kingston, NY Two brilliant red stationary lights accelerate quickly in coordinated fashion and disappear.
Pleasantville · NY, USA
Dimond shaped, very bright moving very fast across the sky. Definitely a UFO.
Potsdam (Tupper Lake) · NY, USA
Early December, 2013, I saw two UFOs in the low south-eastern sky while in Potsdam, NY. I’m a big airplane enthusiast and very interes
Auburn · NY, USA
Group of 5 orange lights moving in formation, no sound.
Albany (near) · NY, USA
My friend and I were driving back home to NYC on interstate 87 when I noticed what I thought was an airplane hovering in the sky. How
Westport/Wadhams · NY, USA
Red orb lights in sky.
Ravena · NY, USA
3 fireballs no sound flying low in formation.
New Paltz · NY, USA
Circular object/2 orange, 2 blue lights.
Palmyra · NY, USA
My self and many other witness saw 3 to 4 white lights doing strange circular formations behind the clouds,
Niskayuna · NY, USA
The craft did not look or act like a plane and was silent as it first hovered then moved through sky just above the trees.
Farmingdale · NY, USA
Six orange fireballs in evening sky.
McGraw · NY, USA
3 orange fire balls in Upstate New York.
Lisbon · NY, USA
Cluster of orange/amber lights over Lisbon, NY.
Syosset · NY, USA
5 objects of an amber/orange color moving together from west to east at low altitude.
Waterville · NY, USA
EXTREMELY BRIGHT AND HUGE LIGHT OVER WATERVILLE, NY
Lockport · NY, USA
Single fireball hovering in Lockport at the Niagara County/Erie County border.
Caledonia · NY, USA
Triangular shaped UFO caught on camera in southwest sky Caledonia, NY.