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 (Staten Island) · NY, USA
UFO spotted on 9/19 at 8:00 PM near Newark Airport
Chester · NY, USA
seperate beads of light ( either relecting light or self illuminated) with a stiff black line trailing from the bottom
Lee Center · NY, USA
Bright Flickering Hovering Lights
Ronkonkoma · NY, USA
Twinkling red/white bright star that moved ever so slightly for 30 minutes then dissapeared
Kingston · NY, USA
UFO sighted above center of the Kingston Rhinecliff bridge NY Friday August 1 2008 9:20 pm
Schenectady · NY, USA
Bright Light over Schenectady.
Oceanside · NY, USA
Witnessed unlit oval craft.
Long Beach · NY, USA
An oval brilliantly bright/white object with a trailing tail moving east to west over the ocean in 3-4 seconds.
Westchester County · NY, USA
Reddish white light moving SSE across sky. ((NUFORC Note: Anonymous source does not indicate location of sighting. PD))
Waverly · NY, USA
Bright light in the sky that illuminated the clouds. ((NUFORC Note: Jupiter?? PD))
Eden · NY, USA
Unusual bright zig-zagging lights in the Eden, North Collins NY sky.
Kingsbury · NY, USA
silent orange globe of unknown origin.
Altomont · NY, USA
((HOAX??)) Low flying circle of orange/yellow light over my friends house.
Hancock · NY, USA
Orange starshaped light in the sky
Seneca Falls · NY, USA
Orange globe in the sky
Fort Drum · NY, USA
Object hovering in the sky with blinking red, blue and green lights
Amherst · NY, USA
Humming craft with 3 dim cream colored lights moving through thick woods.
Newark Valley · NY, USA
Bright light in sky moving back and forth and then disapeared
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Ribbed Disc with amber spherical nucleus.
Walden-Newburg · NY, USA
Blinking hovering object sighted multiple times
Buffalo · NY, USA
UFO seen through Dobsonian scope
Cornu · NY, USA
2 triangular shaped objects moving fast with red and green flashing lights
Chappaqua · NY, USA
A small thin silver object moving very slowly then speeded off.
Branchport · NY, USA
None of us has ever witeness a similar sight that lasted appoximately 1 min, and we have video - poor quality.
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
morphing/blimp/disc