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)
Tarrytown · NY, USA
Red Green and Blue pulsating object circling in a clockwise direction moving East to West
Massapequa · NY, USA
clear sky, 2 "light" objects high above, joining each other, then shooting off towards the west. third sighting. first time
Buffalo · NY, USA
Low flying starlike orbs in urban area, triangle formation make for the sky silently at at unseen speeds
New York City (Queens Village) · NY, USA
Large cigar chaped object seen near Queens Nassau border--helicopter follows
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
An unidentified, misshapen flying object east of Manhattan, moving eastward over Long Island, at a constant rate at a constant altitude
Garden City · NY, USA
This report is in response to one seen on 6/1 or 6/2 from a LIRR train on the Queens/Nassau border.I saw something in the western s
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Star like object and reddish sphere sighting. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))
Rochester · NY, USA
red white and blue lights forming a triangle
Monroe · NY, USA
Flash of white light and object gone. Monroe, NY
Watertown · NY, USA
At roughly 23:50 my mother, my younger sister, and I witnessed “star like” objects moving above the clouds. I had stepped out on our ba
Staten Island · NY, USA
Since june 20th ive been seeing and photographing a ufo disc shaped object in broad daylight. it started while i was in my backyard smo
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Two roundish lights sporadic movement
Chappaqua · NY, USA
I large sphere separating into 5 smaller ones
Utica · NY, USA
Fast moving light seen from passenger jet over upstate NY
Lyndonville · NY, USA
6/28/10- UFO spotted next to Lake Ontario in Lyndonville, NY
Saugerties · NY, USA
White flying light, that flew horizontal then dissapeared over Saugerties, New York.
Buel · NY, USA
Gigantic translucent triangle in the night sky.
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
Flying saucer making possible telepathic contact and the sacer made a noise. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. Hoax?? PD))
Howard Beach · NY, USA
A bunch of circlular moving into each other below the clouds
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
a few red light many white illumining lights, in the Bronx, observed from my bedroom window and the other individual was in the street
Watertown · NY, USA
Very fast moving lights that showed a circular formation; red and sometimes orange and white. ((NUFORC Note: Star? PD))
Mastic · NY, USA
Green light with white outline zooming past and disapearing
Plainview · NY, USA
Strange pattern of white, green, and red lights that hovered and had an erie humming noise.
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
Four oval shape lights in the sky (very large and bright) just over the clouds when it the skies became cloudy and windy on Maspeth.
Hudson · NY, USA
Blinking red, constant green, and glowing white lighted triangular aircraft above Hudson, NY on 4/11/10