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)
Long Lake · NY, USA
light in the sky
Northport · NY, USA
series of white lights over oak street
Dix Hills · NY, USA
The UFO had a light on the bottom and accelerated in a curved path out of sight.
Northport · NY, USA
Multiple sightings of a flashing bright white light flying in the tree line of the woods behind my yard this summer, 2008
Auburn · NY, USA
Craft that looked like it was on fire or emitting a fire appearance glow.
Liberty · NY, USA
Object hovered in the sky and then shot half way across the sky. There were yellow lights gyrating around it.
King Ferry · NY, USA
Bullet shaped craft
Highland · NY, USA
Two objects come in contact in the sky nose to nose and one revolves around the other.
Bohemia · NY, USA
7-12 crafts hover in clouds (with a noise) and silent in blue skies
Canton · NY, USA
A flashing light hovered in the northern skies for more than an hour.
Levittown · NY, USA
A disk with two blues lights in New York,Levittown.
Dryden · NY, USA
Larg triangle seen in the sky early in the morning.
Kingston · NY, USA
New sightings in the Hudson Valley, NY.
Medina · NY, USA
Saw 3 orange round lights motionless,change shapes and move eratically ,vanish and reappear.Have video
New York City · NY, USA
star like, zig zag flight
Syracuse (Elbridge) · NY, USA
I saw a very bright light in the sky that passed and then "shot off into space."
Johnson City · NY, USA
Bright light traveling over Johnson City, NY heading over Binghamton 5/22/08
North Merrick · NY, USA
there was a very large oval shaped object with a bright red glowing bottom
Jamaica · NY, USA
all heading in one direction .. so many of them but one of them was huge.. colors all around object... queens ny
Uniondale · NY, USA
High Altitude Flying Abnormally blinking object
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
Out of ordinary lights in queens
Glen Cove · NY, USA
White slow flashing light
Hague · NY, USA
My childern and I watch this object with red, white and green lights flutter in the sky for about 45 min.
Commack · NY, USA
Strange lights over Commack NY
Croghan · NY, USA
Strange lights in that pulse in order and than unite and leave very very quickly.