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)
Freeport · NY, USA
Red/orange lights fly overhead then disappear
Rochester · NY, USA
Fleet of lights seen through the clouds.
Sacket's Harbor · NY, USA
White lights over lake.
New York City (Brooklyn; Williamsburg) · NY, USA
Saw 12 bright lights come from Jersey and over Brooklyn where they disappeared by the moon.
Warrensburg · NY, USA
Two balls of foggy light playing back and forth.
Tonawanda · NY, USA
Orange ball of light.
Oceanside · NY, USA
5 lights traveling east to west, spaced out at different distances. lights faded at exact location, black shape seen.
Morrisonville · NY, USA
My son and I observed flashing red light in sky (similar in appearance to aircraft navigation lights) NW.
Central Islip · NY, USA
Great bright white/blue flash lit the sky and a ray of the same traveled south.
Peru · NY, USA
Obj. appeared the same as witnessed two nights ago in night sky, only tonight it was SW of Plattsburgh, NY (two nights ago it).
Westmoreland · NY, USA
Two orange/red glowing balls of light. hardly moving, if moving at all.
Massapequa · NY, USA
Lights, pulsating - some color change, some changing shapes appeared and disappeared.
Merrick · NY, USA
5 orange flashing UFO's.
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
UFO OVER THE BRONX.
Franklin Square · NY, USA
Bright yellow object moving horizontally.
East Patchogue · NY, USA
2 fast moving balls of red/orange light.
Shortsville · NY, USA
Very large color changing light rising from tree line then fading and flying directly overhead.
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
Very bright light, changing color and size, eventually moving/fading away towards the northwest. (1 hour total)
Lake George · NY, USA
String of white twinkling Christmas lights.
Rochester · NY, USA
2 round bright reddish dots in the north sky. Seemed to be still, then they started moving closer to each other passing each other.
Pearl River · NY, USA
A white light descending sideways from the top of the sky to ground in 2 to 3 seconds.
Boston · NY, USA
((HOAX??)) Small lights at high altitude wobbling across the sky.
Delmar · NY, USA
A yellow light and a green light that hovered in the sky then shot all the way across the sky rapidly.
West Babylon · NY, USA
Reddish/orange orbs floating in the air.
Rochester · NY, USA
Satellite looking object getting bright and fading while moving north east.