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)
Croton-on-Hudson · NY, USA
A fireball shaped UFO changed colors and disapeared.
Ballston Lake · NY, USA
Teardrop shaped, small craft hovering about 50 ft from the road above Route 50 in Saratoga County on a snowy evening January 5, 2001.
Hyde Park · NY, USA
Dark, directly overhead triangle shaped, three points, off in the distance rwo more
Ithaca · NY, USA
I saw a brilliant sphere, that a search light came out of...the search light went out, and the sphere disappeared.
Chatham · NY, USA
The object was traveling north at a low altitude. The only ilumination appeared to be the flourescent blue green lights.
Jamaica · NY, USA
My girlfriend and I were on our way to her gradnmother's house and I saw something in the corner of my eye. So we stoped to get a bette
Poughquag · NY, USA
Fast moving saucer like object over Dutchess County.
Ridge · NY, USA
BLUE LIGHTS....shinning in my window
Huntington · NY, USA
Spotted a bright light, observed it for 1 to 2 hours at 10 minute intervls, the last time I went to look it was gone.
Seldon · NY, USA
Viewed large dark silent triangular object with dim steady red lights at triangle vertices
Monticello · NY, USA
Triangular formation of lights
North Tonawanda · NY, USA
lighted stealth-like craft with white searching beam sighted flying low near Erie Barge canal, North Tonawanda
Tonawanda · NY, USA
Three bright, distinct objects, each "bouncing around". Near object had fainter white and red pulses around it. Observed 25 minutes.
New York City · NY, USA
a report of the incident that occurred today, December 15th 2000 involving a siting of unknown flying objects over New York City.
Buffalo · NY, USA
On 12/25/00 I witnessed a boomarang shaped object traveling quite fast in the sky, it's shape defined only by it's glowing white light
Commack · NY, USA
Egg Shaped Ufo Over Long Island NY
Syracuse · NY, USA
Triangular object with three stationary different colored lights moved at a swift and silent pace.
Slate Hill · NY, USA
Shaking light that flew into the sky from an empty field
Port Jefferson · NY, USA
ball of white light which turned bright green, arched wesrward and became a rainbow prism and disappeared
Greenfield Center · NY, USA
UFO spotted in Greenfield Cntr. NY
Greenwich · NY, USA
I saw a bright object that went on and off in 2-4 minute periods and,stayed in the same place for 3-4 hours.
Monticello · NY, USA
This is the second ufo I've seen in monticello. This one was bright orange and it kind of pulsated from dim to very bright. It was also
New York City · NY, USA
Black, unidentifiable, triangular object seen flying over Hudson River/Manhattan at night.
Massapequa · NY, USA
Southwest, a somewhat "left-parenthesis"-shaped formation of 10-15 oval-shaped silvery/white objects moving from southwest to southeast
Valley Stream · NY, USA
Bright light flashes-lights up sky (entire sky) then black triangle craft slowly crosses crystal clear night sky....