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)
Deerfield & Utica · NY, USA
Deerfield/ Utica NY areas.
Hudson Falls · NY, USA
A very bright triangular craft accelerated at impossible speeds in a south west direction.
Kingston · NY, USA
White flaming orb going south over Kingston.
Johnsonville · NY, USA
It was red orange and it changed its shape and just hoverd over the tree line.
New York City · NY, USA
Saucer Shaped Object Seen Near George Washington Bridge NYC
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Big bright light appears and shoots straight down towards the ground.
Clinton · NY, USA
Three white constant bright lights one red blinking light next to white front one , made triangular shape. quiet and slow.
Elma · NY, USA
Low flying, silent, white colored, space shuttle shaped craft flying past my house.
Walworth · NY, USA
Possible Iridium satellite flash and then a high speed object approaches and makes turns then disappears.
Henrietta · NY, USA
I saw a rectangular craft on March 6 of this year, which was not a passenger plane.
Caniste · NY, USA
4 orange lights in the sky appeared were nonmoving for a few minutes then disappeared 1 at a time.
Syracuse · NY, USA
Meandering bright light in sky desends and seems to land.
Fairport · NY, USA
Triangle flies silently over house.
Oswego · NY, USA
A triangular object with three bright orange lights travelled across the sky heading North.
New Paltz · NY, USA
Brilliantly colored orange oval shaped object, seen from very close range.
Staten Island · NY, USA
Object with a glowing blue shield and fire following seen in Staten Island, New York.
Ithaca · NY, USA
Meteor re-entry over Mid-Atlantic States confirmed by news.
Avon/Rushford · NY, USA
Watched as craft travelled through the sky, hovered as we passed on the highway, two very bright front lights, 5 lights on the bottom
Yonkers · NY, USA
Bright pulsating white light on the horizon in the East
Yonkers · NY, USA
Single white light dimming and brightening while stationary
Canajoharie · NY, USA
Black, Triangle, no lights or windows, flying very low, quiet
Poughkeepsie · NY, USA
It came down at a 45 degree angle toward Rt 9 going north between Fox street and Vassar hospital above trees and hovered at an angle
Remsen · NY, USA
There was a flying object seen flying and hovering over and around my town.
Blossvale · NY, USA
6 Tight formation blue lights.
Rochester · NY, USA
Four of us saw 4 fire colored lights flow acctossed the sky, and have video and still pic.