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)
Staten Island · NY, USA
It was in the sky away from any buildings or light, I have seen it from my balcony I am on the top floor. I have seen one, it would van
West Chazy · NY, USA
MADAR Node 65
Congers · NY, USA
Possible Time Machine.
Rochester · NY, USA
Look it like a fireball going up with an aura or flame outline but it was not moving
Clarendon · NY, USA
I saw a long formation of craft sequentially appeared. ((Spacelink satellites))
Rochester · NY, USA
Me and my friends were chilling outside in our front yard at night time around 23:00 hours. As we looked up at the sky, we seen a trian
Otego (upstate NY) · NY, USA
Weirdest thing i will ever see i did not see it land tho
Coxsackie · NY, USA
Went outside on the porch to smoke a cigarette looked up into the sky. And there I saw a white flash. Too big for a shooting star. Disa
Peekskill · NY, USA
At night in sky I saw black triangular v shape object with 3 dim lights on each side gliding for about 30 secs b4 it darted away
Utica · NY, USA
100ft Black Rectangle UFO Made No Sound
Astoria · NY, USA
We thought its the moon behind clouds that is blue but it started changing colours purple, green, red , yellow and then bueagain. It wa
Canandaigua · NY, USA
30-35 lights appearing from the horizon moving in a perfectly straight line and disappearing overhead. ((Starlink satellites))
Liverpool · NY, USA
Orange light
Kingston · NY, USA
Green/White pulsing orb close to the ground
Waterville · NY, USA
Green fireball skating between clouds and trees. Straight line trajectory. VERY BROUGHT. Lit up the whole sky.
Trumansburg · NY, USA
Big bright ball of light passes very low over my house extremely fast. It was completely silent and left behind a light trail.
Elmira · NY, USA
numerous white dots crossing the sky from the west to the east, at least 50. ((Starlink satellites))
Hall · NY, USA
Saw hundreds of lights in the early morning sky before sunrise. All in a single line in the sky. ((Starlink satellites))
New York · NY, USA
MADAR Node 85
Hornell · NY, USA
Hyper flash in sky
Hornell · NY, USA
Possibly a close encounter with aliens
Valhalla · NY, USA
Looking at the nest camera, I've seen recorded a light in the sky that says going north/east and lasted for 15 minutes and then disappe
Hyde Park · NY, USA
Three star sized objects,thought it was Orion's belt until they were actually traversing in a North Eastern path from the Western side
West Chazy · NY, USA
MADAR Node 65
New York · NY, USA
Two bright, stationary white flashes over the city during the super moon