UFO Sightings in New York
5,489 UFO sightings reported in New York since 1930, peaking in 2012 (383 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 5,489
- Span
- 1930–2030
- Peak year
- 2012 (383 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1930–2030 · peak 2012 (383 reports)
Top cities in New York
New York City (Brooklyn)
1946–2022 · peak 2014 (19 reports)
New York City
1950–2022 · peak 2001 (18 reports)
Rochester
1966–2022 · peak 2014 (16 reports)
Buffalo
1960–2022 · peak 2021 (12 reports)
New York City (Manhattan)
1959–2021 · peak 2002 (8 reports)
New York City (Bronx)
1950–2021 · peak 2013 (10 reports)
Syracuse
1947–2022 · peak 2015 (9 reports)
Albany
1972–2021 · peak 2002 (11 reports)
Staten Island
1977–2022 · peak 2015 (10 reports)
New York City (Staten Island)
1982–2011 · peak 2001 (6 reports)
New York
1974–2022 · peak 2020 (14 reports)
New York City (Queens)
1956–2019 · peak 2007 (8 reports)
Utica
1966–2022 · peak 2019 (10 reports)
Binghamton
1952–2022 · peak 2012 (9 reports)
Ithaca
1979–2020 · peak 2004 (4 reports)
Pine City
2020–2022 · peak 2021 (19 reports)
Poughkeepsie
1965–2019 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Levittown
1970–2020 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Kingston
1983–2020 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Schenectady
1960–2017 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Staten Island · NY, USA
Flying against air traffic norms in the area .
Saint James · NY, USA
UFO 20 of them with unique moves of t;Understanding, Dancing maybe as if I was watching and they KNEW ((Starlink satellites??))
Richmond Hill · NY, USA
I saw a blurry figure emitting a blue/white beam to the ground with a sphere descending from it.
Voleny · NY, USA
WATCHING LIVE VALCANOS AND SAW SEVERAL UFOS
Brewerton · NY, USA
Very bright white and orange swirling stationary orb.
Guilderland · NY, USA
beam of light second occurance
Binghamton · NY, USA
Bright green streak
Rockaway · NY, USA
i was driving and seen a light shoot straight up in the sky i looked around to make sure i wasn't bugging but i swear i know what i see
Mt.Tremper NY · NY, USA
Catskills (Mt.Tremper) NIGHT TIME UFO SIGHTINGS
Stillwater · NY, USA
Saw a spherical object with extremely brilliant white, blue, yellow, reddish lights that glistened and pulsated.
Fuera Bush/Delmar · NY, USA
Major light movement sin sky causing mass surveillance no help
Richmondville · NY, USA
Silent, bright green light darts across night sky and then disappears
Brooklyn · NY, NY, USA
Three or four glowing orbs in a straight line covered by a cloudy haze appeared for a few seconds then disappeared.
Pine City · NY, USA
MADAR Node 82
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
UFO over Manhattan
Hampton Bays · NY, USA
Orange orb moving oddly low in the sky, two additional orbs appeared behind it forming an elongated triangle.
Copiague · NY, USA
Object was moving horizontally at a very fast speed and then made a 45 degree turn downward. The object did not descend downward like a
Bayshore · NY, USA
1 diamond shaped ship with lights blinking in a circular pattern. The lights were orange, white, and red. The object was moving sideway
Queens · NY, USA
Small, shiny object changing colors oddly moving in NYC sky
Kings Park · NY, USA
MADAR Node 30
Fishkill · NY, USA
The object was visible and showed extremely unusual flight patterns.
Highland Mills · NY, USA
A witness in Highland Mills, New York reported a sphere of light passing in front of a home security camera along with an accompanying sound, observed for about two minutes in 2021.
Clovis · NY, USA
Several objects some look like crafts but most move so fast normal speed recording does not show without digging
Forest Hills · NY, USA
I observed a disk/saucer shaped object high above my 31st floor terrace in a partly cloudy predawn sky. The disk was bright red and mo
Shirley · NY, USA
I was driving down a long stretch of road when I saw off to the side a neon green sphere that dropped out of the sky, stopped, then sho