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)
Wantagh · NY, USA
My son and his 2 friends were on a second story deck when one noticed a V-formation of lights. The lights were orange-amber and extrem
Glen Cove · NY, USA
Circular spots lights moving along the edges of serveral cloulds. It appeared as thought it was jumping from clould to cloud.
Bellport · NY, USA
3 sightings by me the 2 by a friend 2 sightings were 3 orange lights in a triangle formation. The third was a horizontal. All 3 sightin
Albany · NY, USA
Green light ball on my picture. ((NUFORC Note: Lens flare? Very small object, with lawn as background. PD))
New York City (Glen Oaks/Littleneck area · Queens), NY, USA
As I was driving my friend and I noticed several dots(lights) in the sky that were shooting in all directions until they disappeared.
Port Washington · NY, USA
Bright orange glow with short fixed wings sighted
Lynbrook (Long Island) · NY, USA
A pea-sized white orb of light passed my window as I was trying to fall asleep.
Goshen · NY, USA
2-3 bright lights suspended a couple hundred feet over the farms.
Buffalo · NY, USA
Glowing sphere at a distance.
Portville · NY, USA
Orange/Red flickering objects in the night sky above western NY
West Babylon · NY, USA
Bright light - Instantly the lights accelerated and disappeared from view.
Rochester · NY, USA
Orange orbs near Lake Ontario.
Green Island · NY, USA
Large Glowing Object Like An Over Sized Bat Cleared Viewing Area In 3-4 Seconds
Long Island City · NY, USA
Fast bright turquoise light moving towards the ground.
North Tonawanda · NY, USA
Bell shaped craft in no hurry sight sees Niagra Falls & Buffalo.
New York City · NY, USA
I am living in Belgium (Europa) and I was visiting the One World Trade Center in New York on the 29th of May 2019.I was on the floo
Glen head · NY, USA
Orange reddish perfect circle flying across the sky at impossible speeds in a straight line.
Green Island · NY, USA
((HOAX??)) I entered a report for NY green island on 5/31.
Green Island · NY, USA
Triangle Shaped Object Glowing Orange/Yellow And Completely Silent - Object Very Large & Very Fast.
Cassadaga · NY, USA
We had 2 sightings of multiple craft within .25 mi area, within a span of one minute, 2 very different types of craft.
Northport · NY, USA
Oval fireball moving in straight line no sound no jet stream.
New Paltz · NY, USA
Three incredibly white, bright lights in a row that did not change their angle as I passed them, despite being incredibly close.
Forest Hills (Queens) · NY, USA
4 bright, round lights hovering above me.
Lancaster · NY, USA
Reddish in color. Seen looking eastward. Object appeared to rise up from behind a distant line of trees, hovered shakily in the sky f
New York City · NY, USA
I have just came home from new york, I live in scotland and I was looking at my pictures from empire state building where I took lots o