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)
Findley Lake · NY, USA
Driving my car up the on-ramp onto 17 off of 426... and while making the turn onto the highway (heading west) I saw a perfectly round
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
saw object flying without sound about 2-3 hundred feet above water next to Varrazano Bridge
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
there it was two round circles gliding across the sky heading west toward manhattan college.
Moira · NY, USA
lights appeared over forested area first as one set (red over white) second time (closer red over red) third time (closer two sets of r
Horseheads · NY, USA
Three boomerang shaped objects seen going north,had glowing lights on tips
Rome · NY, USA
two sets dim red lights, not high in sky, moving fast NW direction, no other lights, no sound
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
During a thunderstorm I was watching out of my kitchen window which faces East, I noticed what I thought was a plane emerge from a clou
New York City (Brooklyn) (Bensonhurst) · NY, USA
A BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE SKY WITH A NARROW LINE GOING DOWN TO THE ROOF ETC. IT "READ" ME AND HID ITSELF
New York City · NY, USA
2 lights stationary in the sky with unusual air traffic in area
Congers · NY, USA
Two, possibly three comet-like objects in the nighttime western sky. Appeared motionless and looked exactly like comets.
Elmira Heights · NY, USA
A friend and I saw 3 objects over some houses they were the same distance apart so it looked like they were in formation they were not
Johnson City (over · northern sky), NY, USA
It was a green fireball with a green trailer streaking straight into the horizon.
Binghamton · NY, USA
2 groups or 4 orange lights that individually interchange in a non-cyclical pattern. Also, instant 90 degree turning ability.
Stillwater · NY, USA
Three low,silent craft hovering,looping over each other,flaring huge,bright,then fly head-on near-collision course.Videotaped
Olean · NY, USA
Green fire ball appearing to fall at very high velocity
Sherburne · NY, USA
Witness a oval/diamond shaped object 40 feet in front of us that was pink and appeared to flash.
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
I was talking with a friend outside her building when a plane passed over head. I looked up and about 1 in. (arm extended) to the left
Albany · NY, USA
Four oval lighted shapes, flying rapidly in circle, coming together in single center point for a few seconds, then apart again.
Albany · NY, USA
Search lights??with no apparent origin from ground.
Manchester · NY, USA
green fire ball seen in the sky 3/4 the size of the moon.
Saratoga Springs (Crescent & Kaydeross Ave.) · NY, USA
Glowing,spinning rapidly,displaying quickly changing multi-colored patterns and repeating designs,hovering silently at 70ft.Videotaped.
Saratoga Lake/Saratoga Springs · NY, USA
While videotaping a craft hovering silently over Saratoga Lake, a second unlit craft shot up from the lake,lit up and hovered.
Utica · NY, USA
two very bright lights in southern sky descended slowlyand dimmed to gray then back to bright and disappeared.
Silver Springs · NY, USA
in the S by SW sky 3 fingers held at arms lenght above the horizon. This orange light ball moved erratically to the west maintaining al
Burnt Hills · NY, USA
3 bright white objects slowly flying, then hovering, with small orange sparks falling from each