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)
Rochester · NY, USA
Saucer with what looked like a king's crown on top seen in Rochester, NY, west side of I-95.
Syracuse · NY, USA
High altitude V-formation of 7 objects
Albany · NY, USA
Albany 1995-1996 No sound, No light Shape outline brown
New York · NY, USA
Boomerang or Triangular 5 Blueish White Lights.
Croton Falls · NY, USA
Blue lights zigzagging..
Farmingdale · NY, USA
Young man & wife see blue flash, then small disc hovering over their truck, but below overcast. Pursued it on foot. Good rept.
Endicott · NY, USA
Man, driving down long driveway, sees bright light directed at his house. Witnesses bright light in sky. Obj. streaks off.
Bayshore · NY, USA
1 triangle UFO it was night time but you could tell the craft was triangle shape it was very large. ((anonymous report))
Northport · NY, USA
I was 15 years old when my friend and I spotted this light moving in the sky in a strange fashion. Up, down, and sideways in all direct
Killawog · NY, USA
I saw three balls of light. Two yellow and one red on one occation. One yellow ball exactly one week later@around the same time of day
Amsterdam · NY, USA
Prof. trucker repts. sighting disc while driving on I-90. Was very bright, white light. Could see disc & dome. Good rept.
Alden · NY, USA
I was just about to goto bed and I looked out my window for some strange reason and I looked to the south and I saw this very bright li
Huntington · NY, USA
Woman repts. strange obj. in daytime sky. Looked like face of clock w/ cross-bars, "like hands of clock." Drifted off behind trees.
Silver Beach · NY, USA
Woman repts. eight people observing very large obj.--1/2 diameter of full moon--visible in western sky. Moves to south.
Claverack (East Rt.23) · NY, USA
Saw two large triangles,hazy/transparent,hovering a few feet apart north of Rt.23
Killawog · NY, USA
Two sightings on two consecutive Thursdays of sphere like lights.
Rochester · NY, USA
I was a superviser in a machine shop B shift,my guys had lunch at nine.They were going out to get something to eat,and I was still
Sharon Springs · NY, USA
Bright lights in Sharon Springs, 1995.
Binghamton · NY, USA
Man witnesses cluster of objects "like arrows" streaking overhead at (apparently) high altitude. Called FAA office to rept.
Geneva (Canada) · NY, USA
brite white light moving real slow with no sound at 3am
Fair Oaks · NY, USA
Woman witnessed very bright white light w/ strange "shadow" around it. Moved very slowly.
Southampton · NY, USA
Very bright light moved from one side of sky to the other and in circles at an amazing speed, changed direction and flew off.
Marion · NY, USA
Young girl sees bright light streaming through bedroom window. Sees 4' humanoid & weird lights in yard.
Elbridge · NY, USA
copper colored-top shaped UFO sighted in elbridge,ny
Sloatsburg · NY, USA
Bright white light too big to be a helicopter hovering over trees, in a blinks eye it shot up into sky.