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)
New York City (Queens; Elmhurst) · NY, USA
Loud noise throughout house and outside flashing lights red and while and beams going down to landscape.
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
Large blimpy looking object in night sky, very loud noise, flashing lights red and white.
Auburn/Skaneateles (between) · NY, USA
UFO encounterance Auburn NY-Skaneateles NY
Brookhaven · NY, USA
small v shaped transparent red lights very faint one side of v was shorter than other
Kerhonkson · NY, USA
2 unidentifiable flying objects passsed over our home in Kerhonkson , NY
Unadilla · NY, USA
Flashing lights, red ,green, blue, and white in shape of a cross. The object did not move from the position for more than an hour.
New Rochelle · NY, USA
fireball over nyc
Bronxville · NY, USA
Two bright lights moving single-file and steadily across the night sky
New York City · NY, USA
Cloud like ring shaped object in cloudless sky seen over Union Square park in New York
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
UFO near JFK Airport NY on a bright sunny day
Utica · NY, USA
A swarm of lights moving and making different shapes.
Hamlin · NY, USA
Numerous lights traveling at high altitude in the same direction and at the same speed.
Port Jefferson Station · NY, USA
WOW! They darted across the sky and came together and then disipated (sp?)
New York · NY, USA
((HOAX??)) I saw whiteflashing lghts that where ufis i saw about 12 of them
New York City · NY, USA
Flying in a southwest flight at 30,000 feet I look down at NYC and see a strange translucent cloud that distorted the lights below it.
Deer Park · NY, USA
2 Bright Orange lights in the sky moving up, down, and circular motion with shooting streaking trail -looked like shooting star
Troy · NY, USA
((HOAX??)) Flying craft which was big as a football field
Syracuse · NY, USA
UFO over Carousel Center in Syracuse, NY 10/14/2009
New York City · NY, USA
Unknown object Over The Empire State Building
LaGrangeville · NY, USA
Thought a commercial airliner was about to crash...
Poughkeepsie · NY, USA
four lights expanding and then converging moving with me while I was driving...still visible outside
Buffalo · NY, USA
While traveling north on I-190, a friend and I saw a shiny object in the sky close to the horizon line. It appeared as if it was a brig
Hyde Park · NY, USA
illuminated white sphere circleing
Horseshoe Lake · NY, USA
3 red horizontal lights low and close in sky
Bath · NY, USA
Bath, NY UFO Sighting