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)
Binghamton · NY, USA
Unknown fire moving in sky
New Rochelle · NY, USA
Bright Orange lights in the Sky above New Rochelle NY
Carlton · NY, USA
Several lights coming from the west over Lake Ontario going east. Groups followed in the back. Some dissapeared and most headed north t
Hamlin Beach State Park · NY, USA
Oval circle glowing lights in the sky over Lake Ontario
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Loud humming/vibrating noise and bright blue light.
Phoenix/Fulton · NY, USA
Object got very bright then vanished. ((NUFORC Note: Possible flare from Iridium satellite? PD))
Fishkill · NY, USA
Orange sphere circles new york night sky
Ulster Heights · NY, USA
VERY BRIGHT SOLID BALL OF LIGHT IN SKY - MOVING SLOWLY - NO SOUND - NO BLINKING LIGHTS - SOMETIMES MOVING ERRATICALLY
Binghamton · NY, USA
Black, triangular, eary glow around the object
Red Hook · NY, USA
Strange noiseless light low in the sky moving south.
Poughkeepsie · NY, USA
As soon as i left my house i saw a white lighted triangle craft which i lost track of then found and then dissapeared.
Hannawa Falls · NY, USA
Bright, glowing red light transitions from hover to clearing the horizon in seconds .
Babylon · NY, USA
Came from the west moving slowly. Bright orange and red fireballs that moved across the sky and just went out slowly and disappeared i
Buffalo (NE of) · NY, USA
Bright orange dots in sky NE of Buffalo NY
Woodstock · NY, USA
Two fireballs flying over New York
Rome · NY, USA
Two fire ball like balls floating high in the sky!!
Lindenhurst · NY, USA
Sitting at restaurant on water in lindenhurst, clear shot if sky.Fire ball moving towards us over what seemed to be as far east as
Cambridge · NY, USA
Strange color changing light in the middle of a town with no power about 50 feet off the ground.
Binghamton · NY, USA
Vessel with huge bright lights stops and turns before Vanishing!
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Orange orbs over Manhattan.
Walworth · NY, USA
4 orange glowing objects seen at night moving east to west.
Chautauqua · NY, USA
3 sucessive silent fireballs in sky sighted over Chautauqua Lake in western New York state on August 19th or 20th.
Commack · NY, USA
Yellowish/orange sphere.
Merrick · NY, USA
Observed a slow moving dark triangle against a clear blue sky 8/22/12
New York City (Fresh Meadows; Queens) · NY, USA
Object was bright-neon-blue colored flying for about 2 minutes