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)
Schenectady · NY, USA
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Westbury · NY, USA
my neighbor and i saw a flat rec. shaped thing flip floping in one spot was it something from the twin towers? that same day i saw some
Kings Park · NY, USA
Pulsating Golden Coil seen at 30 feet height 90 foot distance from observer - floating slowly to earth
Berne · NY, USA
Bright blue-white light hovers then soars OUT of atmosphere 2 days after 9/11 when planes were grounded
Niagara Falls · NY, USA
Teardrop-glowing ever so slightly
Garden City Park · NY, USA
Something in our troubled NY skies?
New York City · NY, USA
A diving white ball of light, headed North.
New York City · NY, USA
Objects seen after WTC disaster in calm NEW YORK sky.
Glensfalls · NY, USA
very fast faint light traveling across the sky
New York City · NY, USA
bright, blue light, high in sky, glowing like flame
Thiells · NY, USA
was out side and I saw a circular object with blinking red and white lights.
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
Blue extra bright light
Poughquag · NY, USA
red, green and white (or yellow) flashing lights on a silent, stationary object in the east/northeast sky
Albany · NY, USA
formations in the sky
New York City · NY, USA
new york WTC 09/30/01
Binghamton · NY, USA
a black with gold streaks with a haze around it (ufo) went into a cloud and never came out the other end.
New York City · NY, USA
I saw a light under our plane but above the city below us.
Ridge · NY, USA
This happening took place over the area of the Brookhaven National Labs. date and time are approximated.
Brant Lake · NY, USA
A sphere shaped object crossing across the night sky
Plattsburgh · NY, USA
Mysterous object sighted in sky.
Rockville Centre · NY, USA
A friend and I spotted a flying object that was Triangular with a white "V" on the front of it in Rockville Centre, NY.
Lake Placid (near) · NY, USA
i saw a streek of fire in the night sky
Lowville · NY, USA
Flash of Light
Mastic (Long Island) · NY, USA
i was out one night having a catch with my friend when he had said he saw a shooting star i didnt think nothing of it until he kept say
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Flashing Object seen over Brooklyn