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)
Oceanside · NY, USA
At first it was 2 lights, separate, but moving together. They both faded out, 1 lit up again. ((Starlink satellites?))
Huntington · NY, USA
no sound, flaming ball of fire, moving iratically
North Hudson · NY, USA
Full View of structure
Mount Kisco · NY, USA
light blue sphere connected to glowing red/orange cylinder at rear, travelling south.
Rome · NY, USA
I SEEN A CIGAR SHAPE CRAFT PASS OVER VERY SLOW THE ONLY NOISE IT MADE WAS A WIND SOUND BUT THERE WAS NO WIND AT THAT TIME . I JUST WATC
Liverpool (suburb of Syracuse) · NY, USA
Low flying Large triangle Silent craft over suburbs of Large City
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Walking home in Manhattan summer 1982 we witnessed a huge brightly lit disc hovering over us.
Chittenango · NY, USA
the two orange triangled craft aproached from the East making no sound, and practically flew right over head.
Tully · NY, USA
tringular shaped object hovering while making a droning type noise. disappeared very quickly.
Peekskill · NY, USA
Hundreds witness Large slow moving Craft at Drive-in
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
Three UFOs disguised as "Clouds"
Harpursville · NY, USA
Large triangle shaped ship approx 40 to 50 ft tip to tip hovering over bridge
Beaver Dams · NY, USA
It was very large rectangle shaped and made a loud noise like generators running.
Siamese Ponds Wilderness · NY, USA
Adirondack fishing trip turns into UFO sighting
Carmel · NY, USA
Diffuse white light morphs to large circle 100 ft dia.or possibly orb of many indescribable colors, shrinks to 25 ft dia., shoots off.
Port Jervis · NY, USA
While walking on route 209 south, 2 miles north of Port Jervis, ny, I noticed a dull red light far in the distance. At first sighting,
Saratoga · NY, USA
08/23/81 Saratoga NY Saucer 5 min white football saucer shape with red circular lights accross the center
Stony Brook University · NY, USA
Flying Object hovered over the woods across the football field , made some manuveurs and then took off and dissapeared.
Mayfield · NY, USA
cigar shaped brightly lit object, hovered for 30 seconds and shot off to the north
Sharon Springs · NY, USA
my friend and i were driving in a car. i was the pasenger. i just happend to look up and saw part of a circular craft maybe 15 feet abo
Brewerton · NY, USA
They're here.
Samsonville · NY, USA
25 foot craft hovering above my house.
Edwards · NY, USA
That is what struck me as weird and there was no engine noise.
Town of Preble · NY, USA
Brilliant object moving at right angles at high speed from the ground, instant acceleration!
Hamburg · NY, USA
Triangular UFO sends probes into Lake Erie