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)
Albany · NY, USA
A repeat and endless loop of an object downtown suny albany campus.
Canandaigua · NY, USA
It was rectangular and had 6 red lights on each side.
Poughkeepsie · NY, USA
Five lights over my car in the Catskills.
Wanakah · NY, USA
A Sighting that left us running
Bedford--Mt. Kisco · NY, USA
Huge totally silent triangular object glides overhead as we drive in our car for more than 2 miles. Very close range. Red lights and ye
Eden · NY, USA
Saw center white light surrounded by red and blue lights and small outer white lights on perimeter.
Lackawanna (suburb of Buffalo) · NY, USA
3 Triangular craft, each identical to each other with a different colored light in each corner, circling over Lake Erie, followed by a
Manchester · NY, USA
I was about 15 feet away from a small disk shaped object flying through the woods.
Frankfort · NY, USA
Multicolored disk across the street.
Schuylerville · NY, USA
I went for a drive into town. Three minutes from my house, above the Fish creek river, I noticed fuzzy white balls of light whirring ar
New York City · NY, USA
three light U.F.O.'s in the night
Niagara Falls · NY, USA
While walking with two friends in single file. First in line stopped and said something to second friend who was also second in line wi
Wolcott · NY, USA
lights in the sky over Wolcott New York
Newburgh · NY, USA
Newburgh ny has visiters
Stony Brook · NY, USA
It was circular and it had a sign on it like a star or moon
Rochester · NY, USA
Shape changing craft.
NY · USA
((HOAX??)) Very large triangle shaped thing in the sky that hoovered 50 feet over us and did not make a sound and did make wind.
New York City (Yonkers) · NY, USA
V shaped lights.huge.noisless.flying very slow
Buffalo · NY, USA
Shiny box like object floats in sky.
New York City · NY, USA
Bright White High Speed Light over Newark New Jersey/New York Harbor/Staten Island Area
Huntington · NY, USA
it was a triangle big black and had lights on each point it was at night but photographed it anyway
Ithaca · NY, USA
A extremly huge object flew across the sky with great speed and no sound.
Ridge · NY, USA
A very large craft with 3 lights underneath flew slowly over the trees silently from east to west.
Oliverea · NY, USA
two lights hovering over remote area of Catskill Mountains, made no sound, turned a sharp angle, and sped away
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Pool Rack formation seen over an Army Base in Brooklyn, NY during a meteor shower