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)
Farmingdale · NY, USA
Lights in the sky that came in from the north going south then southeast the
Water Town (near) · NY, USA
Bright orb which moved slow for a short time and then disappeared very fast without leaving a trail of exhaust.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
It was a dark, V or boomerang shaped object with no really defined edges visible against the dark sky.
Saranac Lake · NY, USA
Multiple large, yellowish orbs appeared and disappeared in the sky
Troy · NY, USA
((HOAX??)) My wife and I saw a hexagonal shaped craft hovering only a few feet from our children bedroom window.
Rochester · NY, USA
Large bright green fireball sails from south to east (left to right) over Thruway trailing bright green sparks and disappears.
Marathon · NY, USA
Green fireball seen west of Marathon, NY.
Danby · NY, USA
Green egg shaped object. ((
Latham · NY, USA
Large Strange Object in the Sky Above Trees
Suffolk · NY, USA
Glowing object, Long Island,NY
Hicksville · NY, USA
2 disk shaped objects with rapidly changing colors from blue purple and green.
New York City (Astoria; Queens) · NY, USA
Two aircraft wider than jumbo jets, no lights, flying North to South, in the vicinity of LaGuardia Airport.
Syracuse · NY, USA
Bright white light in the shape of a huge sphere over Onondaga County/Syracuse and moved very fast in all four directions.
Medford · NY, USA
20+ amber circles ( star appearence) shaped like a "reversed" Big Dipper. In minutes, circles appeared to dim or vanish
New York (Long Island) · NY, USA
6 fireballs ascended in formation and vanished one after another.
Holbrook · NY, USA
Four Yellow/ golden lights alligned perfectly in the sky. None were moving except for one.
Wantagh · NY, USA
Four orange lights
Albany · NY, USA
Brightly reflecting oval shape drew my attention when I stepped outside around 3:30 pm this afternoon in Albany, New York
Queensbury · NY, USA
2 red flying circles fade away and reappear
Buffalo · NY, USA
Four dimly lit triangular objects whistle as they pass low over Buffalo, NY
Beacon · NY, USA
Huge and hanging right over the bridge entrance
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
Upon my rooftop. Every night. ((NUFORC Note: Date is imprecise. PD))
Yonkers · NY, USA
This wasn't anything I have ever seened before.
Woodmere · NY, USA
video taken- flickering red orange spheres
Washingtonville · NY, USA
((HOAX)) 100 yard long giant black silent triangle 150FT hovering above me and friend silent.