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)
Lewiston · NY, USA
A hovering light in the sky
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Stationary, rotating bright light
Levittown · NY, USA
Quick ascending flaming object
Bayville · NY, USA
Yellow to white sphere. Traveling at a high rate of speed. Traveling from south west to northest. Gradually gaining altitude. The craft
New York · NY, USA
MADAR Node 85
Tribes Hill · NY, USA
Massive object Slowly flying with stream of lights. ((Starlink satellites?))
Buffalo · NY, USA
Bright line of dotted lights in night sky. ((Starlink satellites?))
New windsor · NY, USA
Wide saucer with square lights large and non moving.
Hamilton · NY, USA
Rotating Saucer shaped object with lights hovered in place
Altamont · NY, USA
We all say about 10 circles in a linear formation moving fast away from us late at night. ((Starlink satellites?))o
Gansevoort · NY, USA
1 long object lit up streaked accross the sky meeting a triangle object and disappeared, leaving 4 triangle objects in the sky.
Buffalo · NY, USA
I have video the object can from behind the clouds so beautiful and I was able to record it.
NY · USA
My girlfriend and I were driving on interstate 84 southbound twords pennsylvania around 6:30 pm on 10/25/2020. As we were driving down
Geneseo · NY, USA
I saw what I thought was a star and it had stayed there for quite some time. All of a sudden it dropped from the sky and disappeared ov
Pine City · NY, USA
MADAR Node 82
Utica · NY, USA
Crafts ejecting objects closeup video footage in description
Buffalo · NY, USA
The shape consisted of two chevrons with a vertical line in the middle; chevron shapes were more elongated matching the length of the m
Glenville · NY, USA
9/4/20 a star like image in early morning sky quickly dimmed, moved, I saw what almost looked like space ship shape and then left.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
horizontal craft made of two ovals on top of each other, glowing orange. thin and glided through the air. vanished after gliding in air
Pine City · NY, USA
MADAR Node 82
Southhampton · NY, USA
On September 5th, 9:54 p.m., in Southhampton New York, near Shinnecock Bay, seven of us spotted two unidentified flying objects, one sh
Delanson · NY, USA
It was a green circle rising then it stopped and changed to red and back to green 3 times then went to white and back to green then low
Canisteo · NY, USA
Bright white light
Marcy · NY, USA
5 strange lights over crowd video in description
Nissequogue · NY, USA
Flying circle with tons of lights traveling at a very high speed.