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)
Yaphank · NY, USA
Possible artifact from a reported UFO crash in 1992 in Yaphank Long Island NY
Yaphank · NY, USA
1992 in Town of Yaphank a ufo crashing into the earth was seen. I believe that it was reportedly shaped like a boom-a-rang with one arm
Peekskill · NY, USA
They're not here to mess withour heads so much (well, maybe a little), they're here to sweep away any large asteroids coming by here
New York City (Queens)(Jamaica) · NY, USA
Octagan craft with lights over a hundred feet wide seen upclose
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Manhattan UFO
New York City · NY, USA
metalic and fast- under intelligent control.
Wilmington · NY, USA
Mystery lights flew over my home and car within 60 feet of the ground.
Willsboro · NY, USA
It was basically a ball of pulsating light, there was no wings, no rotors, and discernable body or fuselage.
New York City · NY, USA
cigar like encounter
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
((HOAX??)) 1992 UFOs over Manhattan.
Scarsdale · NY, USA
Im not sure what im reporting. Perhaps a close encounter from my childhood? I really dont know
Conesus · NY, USA
Eye contact with Creature
Cortlandt Manor · NY, USA
circular vibrating ufo
Wantagh · NY, USA
Square object with a textured surface that flipped end over end as it slowly moved through the sky.
Hamburg · NY, USA
GLOWING OBJECT HOVERING ABOVE THE TREELINE AND HOUSES
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
A huge fire ball like a small moon, colors aqua, green, blue..sailed accross with soft wind sound...2:am Bronx NY
Groton · NY, USA
My sister and I saw a massive, silent, v-shaped formation of bright white lights fly directly overhead.
Penn Yan · NY, USA
Driving at night on a country road. Thought I saw a falling star. Then it stopped, hovered, and then sped forward at an extreme speed
Selden · NY, USA
Large Light Sighted Over Long Island NY
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
it was the most amazing thing i have ever seen, but i dont remember what happened.
Caladonia · NY, USA
UAP in Caledonia NY, summer of 1991
Canandaigua · NY, USA
It was a white sphere and it was keeping pace with my car
Cuba · NY, USA
My wife and I were driving home to Jamestown NY where we lived at the time from her parents in NJ traveling west on Route 17, she was d
Mount Vernon · NY, USA
I was at action park in mount vernon New Jersey in the wading pool And was looking up for the blue skies. What I say Was the 3 Ships mo
Schuylerville · NY, USA
Large rectangular object w/ windows and circular lights in the sky, descending quickly