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)
Hector · NY, USA
Bright ball of light slowly traveling west to east -size diminished then changed from red to pink then vanished.
Tonawanda (town of) · NY, USA
VERY BRIGHT SOLID BALL OF LIGHT IN SKY - MOVING SLOWLY - NO SOUND - NO BLINKING LIGHTS
Saratoga Springs/Malta · NY, USA
Red light changes directions, disappearing by Orion's Knee
Watertown · NY, USA
Saw a blue ball of light falling from the sky, turned green before fading away. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor. PD))
Hicksville · NY, USA
Two bright lights moving smoothly with fast speed and no sound curving out of sight.
Smithtown · NY, USA
Large green light flying over Western Smithtown, Suffolk County Long Island
Mahopac · NY, USA
Star like object moving flying over Mahopac NY
Brasher Falls · NY, USA
Series of 5 stationary horizontal lights evenly spaced apart fading in one at a time then fading out all at once.
Malone · NY, USA
Flares
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Saw 3 separate bright orange twinkling lights ascend rapidly into the sky.
Bath · NY, USA
Lights over Bath, NY
Farmingdale · NY, USA
Lights in the sky that came in from the north going south then southeast the
Hicksville · NY, USA
2 disk shaped objects with rapidly changing colors from blue purple and green.
Holbrook · NY, USA
Four Yellow/ golden lights alligned perfectly in the sky. None were moving except for one.
Ghent · NY, USA
Multiple colored lights with erratic movements. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a "twinkling" star. PD))
Binghamton · NY, USA
Multiple red lights over Binghamton,NY
Coeymans · NY, USA
Rapidly descending bright light over river. ((anonymous report))
Ronkonkoma · NY, USA
10/30/2011 21:00 Ronkonkoma NY bright reddish orange round lights triangular formation UFO's 10/30/11
Ronkonkoma · NY, USA
10/30/2011 21:00 Ronkonkoma NY bright reddish orange round lights triangular formation UFO's 10/30/11
Ovid · NY, USA
it stopped and much quicker began to go the opposite direction suddenly plummeted toward the ground shot back up to where it was before
Savona · NY, USA
I am at a loss to rationally explain what my girlfriend and I have seen, not once, not twice, but three times in a week!
Owego · NY, USA
2 shinning lights in-sink moving, came closer.
Cheektowaga (Buffalo) · NY, USA
Three bright orange/red distinct lights of UFO's spotted in skies in western New York on 8/12/2011
Yonkers · NY, USA
Blinking lights in the sky not moving then disappearing and re-appearing.
Grand Island · NY, USA
A noiseless and oscillating bright light in the eastern sky was moving from the south to the north.