Light UFO Sightings in New York
1,029 light-shaped UFO sightings reported in New York since 1933, peaking in 2012 (82 reports).
- Total sightings
- 1,029
- Span
- 1933–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (82 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1933–2022 · peak 2012 (82 reports)
Kendall · NY, USA
A friend and I were driving when we both notices a large bright red and yellow light low of the tree line a few miles away.
Massapequa · NY, USA
Six flying objects flew over Long Island together in formation very fast almost like 6 shooting stars in formation 8 pm. Oct 6, 2015.
North Tonawanda · NY, USA
Bright white light in sky North Tonawanda near Gasport.
North Tonawanda · NY, USA
Craft over Lake Erie flashing lights.
East Aurora · NY, USA
Bright, hovering, purple/green light that turned red and slowly fell to the ground.
Patchogue · NY, USA
A bright white light came over the treeline in a SW direction, then quickly changed direction going NE, looped around, then hovered.
Yonkers · NY, USA
Blue orb in sky over Yonkers, NY.
Rochester · NY, USA
Unexplained Lights Over Rochester, NY. ((NUFORC Note: Possible advertising lights?? PD))
Forestburgh · NY, USA
At 8:00 pm on 9/3/2015 in Forestburgh NY we saw flashing lights in a generalized area. 6 jets flew towards it. This event lasted 2 hrs
Forestburgh · NY, USA
Saw unidentified flashing lights in a general area that was constant in one spot. As the lights were flashing I witnessed 3-4 military
Chazy Lake · NY, USA
Bright orangish-red light silently moving slowly over lake.
Brunswick · NY, USA
I was looking outside at the beautiful stars when I saw one flashing. One by one 4 of them appeared. They we're moving.
Astoria · NY, USA
Objected glowed bright white and flew in a rapid zigzag motion, stopped then glowed brightly and shot out dissapearing into the clouds
Batavia · NY, USA
Red light with green blinking light hovered in SW sky then moved quickly to the side and downwards. Disappeared in the SW sky.
Mastic Beach · NY, USA
1 Greenish changing to Red light moved slowly at first then swirled around once rapidly only to disappear after 2 min., reappears.
Old Field · NY, USA
On the beach N of West Meadow Beach, we saw five incidences of an orange light being launched into the sky over Smithtown Bay.
Sayville/Blue Point (general area) · NY, USA
Two red lights disappeared.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
30 or Yellowish/Orange spheres flying slowly overhead. At one point stopping and hovering.
Delmar · NY, USA
Multiple white orbs of light traveling across the night sky during Perseid meteor shower
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
UFO over Brooklyn, Dyker Heights -Bensonhurst 8/22/15, approx 9:20PM EST, reddish light, no strobe or flash and in 30 -45 seconds trave
Oceanside · NY, USA
Orange lights flying set distance from one another in an arc. Single craft later observed.
Henderson Bay · NY, USA
Objects over Lake Ontario.
Dix Hills · NY, USA
Noticed a bright red ball to the east which was heading in a westerly direction. It's altitude appeared very high. The lights appeare
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Bright light round in shape moving slowly.
Fishkill · NY, USA
Orange lights moving SW to NE in separate groups of one to three, over a 10 minute period.