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)
Buffalo · NY, USA
Orange "fireball" witnessed in the sky west-by-northwest of Buffalo.
Hopewell Junction · NY, USA
UFO heading west very very skow ,flashing all diff colors
West Seneca · NY, USA
Triangular object, all white lights.
Hopewell Junction · NY, USA
Triangle figure flashing lights in sky for over an hour.
Plattsburgh · NY, USA
Wide glowing scanner light glowing across sky like light through water.
Whitesboro · NY, USA
Bright orb with no sound that moved slowly east and stayed low in the sky.
De Kalb · NY, USA
Brilliant green spear of light which changed to yellow/orange then extinguished
Franklin Square · NY, USA
Green light falling from sky in NY USA
Wainscott · NY, USA
Bright Orb in sky visible at least 1hr 15mins Wainscott, New York March 24, 2012
Wainscott · NY, USA
Bright Orb in sky visible at least 1hr 15 mins Wainscott, New York March 24, 2012
Farmington · NY, USA
Trangular shape with red base color and three yellow lights at points of triangle seen moving; no sound.
Fresh Meadows · NY, USA
Late night out with friends and we saw lights in the sky moving haphazardly.
Kew Gardens · NY, USA
Lights flashing
Newburgh · NY, USA
Two bright clouds fall from sky over Newburgh,NY.
Harrison/Armonk/Mt Kisco/Somers · NY, USA
Vehicle sighting of 5 unknown lights above the highway.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Bright lava fireballs fell on outside and vanished.
Rotterdam · NY, USA
Bright white lights in a bowed triangular shape moving from ESE to WNW towards Schenectady NY
Henderson · NY, USA
Large bright orange colored light with 2-3 smaller lights surrounding it. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus. Timing is correct. PD))
Hawthorne · NY, USA
Mysterious "flood lights" spotted in sky
Greenwich · NY, USA
Enormous odded shaped Mothership that released another UFO from it. Both purple in color.
Niverville · NY, USA
Two lights seen in eastern sky ,upstate ny
Sayre · NY, USA
Oddly bright flickering light on the horizon for 25 minutes. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus in the SW sky? PD))
Patchogue · NY, USA
Saw a red Glowing light in the Southeastern sky that was glowing and not moving. When a airplane coming from the north towards the ligh
Hamburg · NY, USA
Bright light drops from the sky and crosses over the Thruway in Hamburg, NY.
Tonawanda · NY, USA
Streaking light headed North / North East