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)
Liverpool · NY, USA
White shimmering spherical object in western sky just above the horizon after sundown
Suffolk · NY, USA
This is some shit you cant make up...I saw a beam of light come out of a star, It beamed at another star which then Went into the o
Deer Park · NY, USA
Bright "star" suddenly moves then disappears. ((NUFORC Note: Possible flare from an Iridium satellite? PD))
Voorheesville · NY, USA
Orange glowing shere seen on 2 successive nights at almost the same time for 30-120 seconds
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
4 reddish/ orange objects seem in the sky.
Riverhead · NY, USA
3 Giant Fireballs over Easter Long Island! UFO Sighting 09/04/2013
Lake George · NY, USA
Reddish-Orange Sphere over Lake George Village NY
Lake George Village · NY, USA
Reddish orange light in the sky over Lake George.
Hartford · NY, USA
Hovering bright purpe/orange/green object, 50 feet above vehicle, farm country.
Staten Island · NY, USA
2 circles following each other.
Brewster · NY, USA
Red Orange glow oval shape Peach Lake NY area
Utica · NY, USA
There were blinking red and blue lights, and they were hovering in circles.
Massena · NY, USA
Triangular aircraft with blue and white lights seen by 3 in upstate NY.
Batavia · NY, USA
Green lights over batavia ny
Palmyra · NY, USA
Me and my dad were night fishing it was a star filled night and clear skys i remember because as i was fishing i kept admiring the star
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
Witnessed a weird glowing cloud approximately 25 stories in the air. What drew my attention , was that two glowing white orbs of light
Watervliet · NY, USA
Silvery, shiny orb hovered above for 20 minutes.
Syracuse · NY, USA
At approximate time given I went outside my front door to observe a flashing stationary object composed of a red and yellow cluster bli
Sag Harbor · NY, USA
Orange light over Sag Harbor.
Lake George (just north of) · NY, USA
I was driving northbound on the nys northway,i came over a hill into a valley where just west of the north way i oberved 2 aircraft in
Pine Bush · NY, USA
Odd lights in the sky over Pine Bush: commercial or extraterrestrial?
New York · NY, USA
Red and green lights on something moving in one direction, stopped, hovered, changed directions, stopped again, then flew out of sight.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Brooklyn--8/21/13--Moving bright light vanishes.
Rhinebeck · NY, USA
6 traveling campfires going NW to NE the night of the Full Moon 8/21.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Orange Orb does a doubletake.