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)
Patchogue · NY, USA
An orange glowing ball was hovering near Canaan Lake then disappeared, reappearing and flying silently across the sky.
Sag Harbor · NY, USA
10 round lights noted by attorney and nurse in Sag Harbor, July 17.
New Paltz · NY, USA
Silent, pulsating, and maneuvering red light in early evening sky.
Amherst · NY, USA
Hovering orange lights.
Staten Island · NY, USA
Star of Bethlehem seen in sky over entrance to New York harbor.
Merrick · NY, USA
Silent red light moved across the sky from south to north, changed course, and went off to the northwest.
Alden · NY, USA
Satelite looking objects moving unintelligibly with shocking ability to change direction and stop.
Bouckville · NY, USA
3 bright brassy orange planet-sized moving silent lights which disappeared overhead in a clear night sky.
Lake George · NY, USA
I thought it was drone but the light was too big and too far away for a drone.
Amherst · NY, USA
Red light orb.
Angola · NY, USA
Red orb speed about mock 9 pulcated then dissapared over tree line.
Buffalo · NY, USA
It was around 12:10 AM when I saw this bright light like red Moving a little faster. It wasn't a plane because it didn't flash like a l
Floral Park · NY, USA
We saw two bright orange circles hovering low in the sky. When I pointed at them and notified others to look they began to move north.
Auburn · NY, USA
Round light traveling between two airplanes.
Utica · NY, USA
Unexplained orange lights.
Rocky Point · NY, USA
I saw a bright green light go straight down above the tree line, then level off and disappear.
Fullerville · NY, USA
4-5 disc shaped objects w/red & yellow lights rotating around horizontal axis blinking out in one spot reappearing in another.
Niagara Falls · NY, USA
Glowing red orb travels across the sky and splits into two orbs after dropping a first white orb.
Johnson City · NY, USA
Three lights (blue, green, unknown) flying one after another in a curved path from south to north, at extremely low altitude.
Thompson Ridge · NY, USA
5-6 dim white lights hovering over Thompson Ridge NY swamp
Rensselaer · NY, USA
Light like expended firework display....no fireworks in the area per local PD.
Medford · NY, USA
On 3/14 from 4:05AM - 4:38AM I saw a white light that moved forward, hovered for a second or two and then back tracked and hovered agai
Jackson Heights (NYC · Queens), NY, USA
2 green lights hovering then moved quickly across the sky before dropping and vanishing.
Syracuse · NY, USA
2/25/2015 20:30 Bright light appeared over Syracuse, NY, for 15 minutes, then headed west.
Carmel · NY, USA
Bright red lights flying west-east over Lake Carmel.