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)
Bridgeport · NY, USA
Bright starlike stationary light (500 brighter than star) in nighttine sky
Gallatin/Red Hook · NY, USA
UFO report. Columbia County, Town of Gallatin NY . Star like object drops behind cloud. My wife and I moved outside at 8:45 p
East Moriches · NY, USA
Star-like object stayed still for 5 minutes then desended and ascended up and down a few times before disappearing.
Gloversville · NY, USA
Silent white ball of light slowly arched across sky
Ithaca · NY, USA
Star-like bright-white UFO over Ithaca, NY in June 2013.
Grahamsville · NY, USA
Faster than satellite, constant speed, constant direction changing bright to dim randomly for 5 to 10 sec at a time.
Patchogue · NY, USA
Slow moving light vanishes. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of ISS?? PD))
Ogdensburg · NY, USA
Hazy light in sky.
Highland Mills · NY, USA
Spherical solid white light moving through sky, stopped and disappeared.
Albany · NY, USA
Green light ball on my picture. ((NUFORC Note: Lens flare? Very small object, with lawn as background. PD))
New York City (Glen Oaks/Littleneck area · Queens), NY, USA
As I was driving my friend and I noticed several dots(lights) in the sky that were shooting in all directions until they disappeared.
Buffalo · NY, USA
Glowing sphere at a distance.
West Babylon · NY, USA
Bright light - Instantly the lights accelerated and disappeared from view.
Rochester · NY, USA
Orange orbs near Lake Ontario.
Long Island City · NY, USA
Fast bright turquoise light moving towards the ground.
New Paltz · NY, USA
Three incredibly white, bright lights in a row that did not change their angle as I passed them, despite being incredibly close.
Forest Hills (Queens) · NY, USA
4 bright, round lights hovering above me.
Deerfield & Utica · NY, USA
Deerfield/ Utica NY areas.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Big bright light appears and shoots straight down towards the ground.
Caniste · NY, USA
4 orange lights in the sky appeared were nonmoving for a few minutes then disappeared 1 at a time.
Syracuse · NY, USA
Meandering bright light in sky desends and seems to land.
Yonkers · NY, USA
Bright pulsating white light on the horizon in the East
Yonkers · NY, USA
Single white light dimming and brightening while stationary
Blossvale · NY, USA
6 Tight formation blue lights.
Rochester · NY, USA
Four of us saw 4 fire colored lights flow acctossed the sky, and have video and still pic.