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)
Northport · NY, USA
Unexplainable bright light in the sky in Long Island Ny.
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
last Saturday night, around 7pm or just after, i saw a fiery orange ball, call it a sphere, call it what you will, basically idling in
Glenwood · NY, USA
Bright white light moving fast and low accross the horizon.
North Tonawanda · NY, USA
Headed toward Canada
Throop · NY, USA
It moved in an unreal manner. ((NUFORC Note: Probable star, we suspect. PD))
Latham/Watervliet · NY, USA
Bluish-white Sphere
Orchard Park · NY, USA
Large amber colored light
Grahamsville · NY, USA
Saw a light circling a mountain.
Stony Brook · NY, USA
Light in the sky, moving eratically, dimming and undimming, and staying still. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Sirius?? PD))
Stony Brook · NY, USA
((HOAX??)) Mysterious flying object appears around an engineering building.
Henrietta · NY, USA
Bright Pulsing object appears, then disappears.
Bayside · NY, USA
Here I go again.I saw two objects tonight in two different locations in Queens at two different times. First object was definitely
New York City · NY, USA
I saw the object was exactly what a UFO is typically described as. Sombrero shaped with beaming light under
Huntington · NY, USA
A very slow moving tiny blinking light that suddenly disappeared.
Mumford · NY, USA
Personal account of an entity sighting without a craft. ((anonymous report))
Oneonta · NY, USA
Flashing lights were visable.
Merrick · NY, USA
Large metalic object hovering 30-50ft off the ground,short beam coming down to ground.
Middletown · NY, USA
Large bright light with aircraft below it shows to me that it is not an aircraft.
Monroe · NY, USA
Triangular with red lights hovering and disappears
Schenectady · NY, USA
Circle of Light Seen In Morning Sky
New Paltz · NY, USA
This is something wierd.
Candor · NY, USA
Slow Moving Triangular Object Seen
Victor · NY, USA
A small, white, ping-pong-like ball approached my car.
Ronkonkoma · NY, USA
Same object flashing red yellow green white for 90 min in NW sky daily since 9-23-08 ((NUFORC Note: Twinkling star?? PD))
Schenectady · NY, USA
very high speed object