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)
Pennellville · NY, USA
A small orange yellow light was spotted over the fast track store on 264 wile we were heading southbound seen for 1 minute while headi
Cohoes · NY, USA
2 Ufo's on Google Moon (incredible detail)
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
formation of lights seen overhead
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
To the nake eye it was a bright light in the midday blue sky,took a picture from my cell and emailed it to computer
New York City (Times Square) · NY, USA
Time Square 03 04 11
Plattekill · NY, USA
OBJECTS VERIFIED BY LOCAL POLICE
Middletown · NY, USA
footage of ufo strobe
Oakdale · NY, USA
Light like star moving across sky decently slow.
Rochester · NY, USA
Contact me or Scott/Sandy/MOOSE from morning show on WPXY fm 97.9
Marathon · NY, USA
4 lights as bright as stars zoomed past orions belt
Latham · NY, USA
oval fast moving object seen two nights in a row at the same time and location.
Niagara Falls · NY, USA
It was a stationary, hovering globe of light that illuminated the night sky.
Tuckahoe · NY, USA
About 50 degree weather with sunny skies, driving along Tuckahoe road, all of a sudden up in the sky infront of us we saw 1 (one) brigh
Millbrook · NY, USA
I saw a triangular hovering object in the night sky.
Sag Harbor · NY, USA
Large boomerang craft escorted by two smaller craft
Endicott · NY, USA
I saw a white elongated light, it didn't move, it's size and length seemed odd.
Hannacroix · NY, USA
Southern Albany County light in sky waaay to fast for normal jet.
Central Valley · NY, USA
Saw several diamond orange lights flashing in sky.
Holley · NY, USA
5 brights shaped like an upsidedown V or triangle over Holley Ny.
Selden · NY, USA
at 5:30 on 1/3/11 , i was walking my dog faceing north when i saw a flash in the sky.I saw a star moving from north to south .as it mov
Penn Yan · NY, USA
erratic bright white flashes, silent, lighting up the sky near south shore of Lake Ontario
Buffalo area (In-flight observation) · NY, USA
A well lit craft was viewed for 5 mins at a relatively low speed and with no apparent radar contact.
Buffalo area (In-flight observation) · NY, USA
Bright lghts apppeared at our 12 o'clock and moved to our 9 o'clock position slowly. ((NUFORC Note: Pilot report. PD))
New York · NY, USA
4 bright orange blur lights moving in the sky like 4 flars with no smoke try to take pictures but any they disapeared
New York · NY, USA
Strangely moving orange lights appeared briefly over the East Side of Manhattan.