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)
Slingerlands · NY, USA
Huge, moon size, orange, bright, almost complete circle
Albany · NY, USA
I live Colonie, New York, a suburb of Albany. I live within 4 miles of the Albany International Airport. Many takeoff’s and landings
Islip (Central) · NY, USA
a white tiny light moving thru the sky
Syracuse · NY, USA
Cylinder shaped UFO high up in air . Commercial airliner performs extremely steep climb and then circles to apparently investigate .
Boonville · NY, USA
5-6 red globes hovering, then just disappeared
Liberty · NY, USA
just wondering if anyone knows what it was..........i was going to roscoe n.y. opening day of bow season for deer, i was traveling on
Ballston Lake · NY, USA
3 white lights in a row at night moving slowly and low.
Cornwall · NY, USA
Disc shaped object stationary above neighborhood
Madrid · NY, USA
Bright flash turns into three smaller objects.
Poughkeepsie · NY, USA
Very faint, reddish, V shaped object observed 20 seconds.
Chenango Forks · NY, USA
Winged, circular pewter colored craft, w/ 4 lighted dangling appendages (like legs), dark horizontal port (viewing?) on upper portion
College Point · NY, USA
triangular object with lights at each of its corners. Very Bright, was not moving so fast, then I lost track of it.
Syracuse · NY, USA
a small red light
Vestal · NY, USA
Close range observation of a brightly lit egg shaped UFO in Vestal, NY
Buffalo · NY, USA
Green and red Lights spotted over Buffalo making a 90 degree turn before travelling at a high rate of speed over my car
Potsdam · NY, USA
Bright light splits into three
Pomona · NY, USA
Large Ball of light hovering near palisades pkwy exit 12 northbound
Pomona · NY, USA
Blinking light seen in the sky near palisades pkwy exit 12 Northbound in Pomona, NY
Lake Grove · NY, USA
Light in the sky which moved in a way that is physically impossible for an object to move (with today's technology)
Syosset · NY, USA
UFO over central long island
Canajoharie · NY, USA
UFO in area, then a AWAC jet following
Russell · NY, USA
Large, very bright oval shaped amber colored lights at very low altitude moving slowly across the night sky
Babylon · NY, USA
moved in not normal aircraft way. I have video to show.
DeKalb Junction · NY, USA
Sequential bright lights w/ yellow tint and red outline, prior to them a tiny blinking single red light. Circular.
Flushing · NY, USA
Two crafts moving over Flushing, NY