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)
Fort Edward · NY, USA
Gosh this is kinda hard seeing as i saw it so briefly. I glanced out my window and saw the craft flying by fairly quick. It caught my a
Lisbon · NY, USA
light in the southern sky, reddish orange glow, light appears for about 5 seconds and glows bright. the light then re-appears to the ri
Poughkeepsie · NY, USA
Full lighting flanking each side. One side all red and one side that was green. Hovering in place for most of the time, then abruptly
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
10:56 p.m. 03-13-06 3 U.F.O's fly across Manhattan's Citicorp, Metlife, and Chryler Buildings.
Marlboro · NY, USA
triangle shaped,rounded back,blacklight colored rear window, cast frame construction look from underside,slightly illuminated underneat
Nanuet · NY, USA
My grandparents were just pulling into the driveway and I went outside to meet them. I was helping them take suitcases out of the trun
Amherst · NY, USA
Four circles of white light about the size of dinner plates flying in the sky doing formations
Hunter (near) · NY, USA
Bright object near the catskill area. ((NUFORC Note: Probable sighting of Venus, we suspect. PD))
Piermont · NY, USA
Rotating reg,green,and white light that shrunk in size and disappearedin 2-3 seconds
North Hudson · NY, USA
Saw a string of white lights extending into the sky at 45-75 degree angle above mountains in Essex county.
Cairo · NY, USA
caught craft on digital camara that i use to scan the skys every day.after months of nothing .isaw this craft on playback..enlarging th
New York City · NY, USA
At first we saw from our car one bright opalic light on a perfect clear sky. The shape was like a comet , being steady. We got to a hig
Binghamton (40 South of KBGM) · NY, USA
FL340 40NM South of KBGM
Yonkers · NY, USA
For the past few months, I've done a nightly walk around my neighborhood, consisting of roughly 1.8-2.4 miles and lasting 30-40 minutes
Mt. Morris · NY, USA
Followed by something
New York City · NY, USA
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I-80 (unknown city proximity) · NY, USA
Traveling from Brooklyn, NY to Groton, NY on I-80. My friend and I left out of New York City on New Years Eve. It was approximately 1:3
Coxsackie · NY, USA
Triangular flying craft with red lights on points and on triangle framework, flying low, silent, traveling quickly in Hudson Valley, NY
Elmira · NY, USA
My wife noticed it first at 12:30 AM on the porch. She called me out and I saw it too. We decided to walk down near the Chemung river
West Islip · NY, USA
No sighting. Just an unexplainable swoosh of air as if a plane was going to crash. But then NOTHING!
Waterloo · NY, USA
White spherical object and missing time
Fulton · NY, USA
A white-circle objects flew by my window with no sound or anything!
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
Blue, red and yellow lights flashing. It was moving back and forth very low. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Sirius? PD))
Ithaca · NY, USA
Bright round light, getting smaller then larger, sometimes with a red light within it
Robert Moses Beach · NY, USA
I work at the Islandia Marriot on Long Island, New York. I have been working there for about 8 or 9 months now. I have access to the