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 Hyde Park · NY, USA
Object flashing yellow orange green lights appeared, hovered, accelerated swiiftly and vanished
Brentwood · NY, USA
12 yrs old daughter and myself were sitting on front porch...watching planes...matching Satellites to ipad app Skywalk.....we saw an ob
Rochester · NY, USA
3 witness a bright star like light at first hover, and then transform into a multi-lighted object which went out of view.
Northport · NY, USA
Large white orb of light hovering/slowly drifting across the sky
Syracuse · NY, USA
Two different craft, broad daylight, shape and flight characterists inconsistent with any known aircraft
Rochester · NY, USA
Bright orange sphere, moved upwards, stopped for about 5-10 sec, then slowly, moved south, stopped & faded away. 3x within 60 minutes
Bolton Landing · NY, USA
4 orange round shaped craft flying over Lake George and ascending into night sky very fast, witnessed by two people sitting on a dock
Fowler · NY, USA
20+ orangish spheres flew over tree line and blinked out one after the other in exact same area except for one.
Cortland · NY, USA
A group of about 10 fireball like objects traveling at about the speed of a normal helicopter with no sound. Ten minutes to cross sky.
Greece · NY, USA
UFO sighting over Greece NY (Rochester area) - red fireball
Hauppauge · NY, USA
Bright orange fireball flying westward over long island
Lake George · NY, USA
Extremely shiny object seen making strange manuevers in a cloudless afternoon sky.
Syracuse · NY, USA
10 floating fireball looking lights flying over parking lot of store in syracuse,ny.
Sag Harbor · NY, USA
Bright red ball shaped object in southern sky.
Syracuse · NY, USA
Silent circular orbs floating west.
Lancaster · NY, USA
Bright green light in Lancaster, NY.
Rochester · NY, USA
Real bright star like object moving north to southeast silently low in the night sky.
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
5 bright white egged shaped crafts
Clarence · NY, USA
Balloon shape object, that appeared to have flames glowing within, traveling over Clarence NY 8/29/12
Amsterdam · NY, USA
I was driving East on Miami Ave, Amsterdam NY around 11:30 when I saw a large bright object in the sky. The occupant I was with record
Hornell · NY, USA
I was sitting in my back yard and watched a grey small cloud in the sky not move at all. I thought it was strange and I watched it for
Lansing · NY, USA
We saw two sets of two orange glowing lights travel from the north to south direction followed by a gray craft.
Babylon · NY, USA
Red pulsating object visualized by my wife and I over Babylon NY, moving due South and abruptly disappearing..
Babylon · NY, USA
At 10:30 p.m., I saw in the sky what looked like an airplane on fire heading south towards the Great South Bay in New York.
Elmira · NY, USA
White orb floating around security camera.