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 (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Stoof outside my apt and looking straight ahead saw light that I thought was search lights. On closer observation, I noticed the objec
Albion · NY, USA
Disappearing Lights In The Sky...
Elmira · NY, USA
a huge perfect circle showed up on radar over north central pennsylvania. Did anyone else notice it?
Schroon Lake · NY, USA
I wa standing outside when i noticed a craft floating above me.I ran inside and a few minutes later went back out and saw three
Castleton · NY, USA
i saw something skimming the earth,s atmosphere then it disappeared; it was huge.
Latham · NY, USA
Large Black Diamond with a dim orange light at each corner moving steadily north up the Hudson Valley at about 3000 ft altitude
Basom · NY, USA
fireball
York · NY, USA
blue light zig-zaging
Mayfield · NY, USA
Strange lights over Mayfield
Hamburg · NY, USA
circular ufo spoted in hamburg NY
Rochester · NY, USA
Transported to a beautiful world with benevolent beings.
Nassau (Long Island) · NY, USA
four white lights in a straight line with one another. ((NUFORC Note: Possible landing lights on airliners?? PD))
Clyde · NY, USA
saw lights ubove us at a very high rate of speed, siting in our hot tub, we see planes eery night, this wasn't a regular jet.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
I'm a high school student around 16. I would like to say that I was witness to another sighting, that appeared on ABC News, the one tha
Hauppauge · NY, USA
Five contrails noticed in the sky moving counterclockwise and disappearing/reappearing.
Beacon · NY, USA
As I steped outside to the front of my house I saw what I thought was the radio tower of the mountain(Beacon MT.) it started to move sl
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
i was standing on the corner of 5th avenue and 48th street with my grand daughter waiting for an express bus to take us back to brookly
New York City · NY, USA
out my window in nyc i saw two very distinct small white lights in the sky moving like butterflys together
Seldon · NY, USA
Inigo, green-blue light decends from sky south to north near the corner of route 83 and middle country road.
Glen Cove · NY, USA
BLUE DIAMOND SHAPED LIGHT, SUSPENDED IN THE SKY.
Batavia (near) · NY, USA
Flashing Vertical Beam of White Light from an unknown source
Rochester · NY, USA
the egg shaped objects were there, and the light flashed and they were gone.
Hicksville · NY, USA
Craft hovers of duffy ave farm in hickville long island
Brewerton · NY, USA
Triangle shaped craft over Oneida lake in February of 2005, no noises, only those lights..no blinking lights, just 3 bright lights
Geneva · NY, USA
Flying light over a feild on the way to work.