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)
Islip · NY, USA
I toke my dog out and noticed a light blue light flickering.At first I thought it was a plane until I noticed its flight characteristic
Flushing · NY, USA
Object flying straight path north west 3 orbs blue green in color with a center object making a roaring noise moving at a high rate of
Plainview · NY, USA
5 other witnesses and I saw a glowing green figure 8 speeding past out house. With a military jet chasing it along with 3 military chop
New York · NY, USA
We were on a rooftop viewing the Persiuds when the glowing green ufo passed directly overhead at a low altitude, followed by what sound
Commack · NY, USA
Strange flying circles with bright green lights
Marlboro · NY, USA
Lights moving in deep space along a trajectory, not meteors or satellites
Albany · NY, USA
Recorded a small white tictac shaped object silently streak across the sky, just above the church across the street
otego · NY, USA
Big 5 light triangular ufo not near airport
New York · NY, USA
Black / Metallic objects seen flying NE to SW over Manhattan
Clay · NY, USA
Lantern-like object traveled perpendicularly to the wind at consistent speed and direction and continued after flame disapeared
East Durham · NY, USA
Red-orange orb or fireball above tree line
Flushing · NY, USA
Orange orb/sphere, basketball sized, translucent and bioluminescent, like a jellyfish. Shifting circle within the sphere, like an eye..
Argyle · NY, USA
Multi colored flashing orb,appears to have red and silver laser like geometric pointers as if mapping out an area.
Utica · NY, USA
3 huge fireballs change direction. Video footage in description
Buffalo · NY, USA
Multiple moving lights in the sky.
Astoria · NY, USA
At approx 1400 (2pm) I witnessed one craft moving very slowly high in the sky (I'm guessing higher than 30,000 feet) looking northward
Staten Island NY · NY, USA
4 ufos 2 orb 2 disc silent white dim light matching the cloud cover just a little brighter I have photos
New York · NY, USA
Fast moving elliptical UFOs.
Southampton · NY, USA
Fireball streaking low across sky toward ocean
Pine City · NY, USA
MADAR Node 82
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
2 silver disc turning orange every 10 sec while flying over Coney Island beach.
Watertown · NY, USA
Fireball captured on Ring Doorbell video
Lockport · NY, USA
Fuzzy point of white/yellow light traveling silently & slowly south, developing circular / spiraling halos
Lockport · NY, USA
Me, my wife, and a friend saw a strange, cloud-like ring in the night sky
Lindenhurst · NY, USA
I saw object flying in the sky and another object approached at this point I hear a sound and the other object changes shape and color.