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)
Rockland County · NY, USA
Dream of alien attack with "stun" tripod
Troy · NY, USA
Purple lights on a low- and slow-flying, hissing object.
Elmont · NY, USA
A memory I will never forget that happened meny years ago.
West Seneca · NY, USA
two triangler, dark grey objects hovering at tree top level.
Clifton Park · NY, USA
Oval shaped object hovered in sky and then flew off in a diagonal direction EXTREMLY fast and disappeared
Ticonderoga · NY, USA
Triange shape,no noise,huge,pink lights.
Bluepoint · NY, USA
I was in my Chevolet van driving east on Montauk Hwy, it was a humid night and the light was almost all gone, just about the time you w
Fort Drum · NY, USA
Large red light seen crossing the moon in a few seconds.
Chester · NY, USA
6 chevron shaped objects seen in the daytime sky doing "loop-de-loops" at high altitude
New Rochelle · NY, USA
UFOs are REAL! 45 SECONDS OVER MY HEAD IN A STILL POSITION - and then IT ZOOMED AWAY.
Monsey · NY, USA
My boyfriend and I saw a triangular shaped object spinning in circles, lights rotating..It jut across the evening sky within the stars
Centereach · NY, USA
Centereach, Long Island, NY, 1977 or 1978, Red disk shaped object hovering in Northern direction
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Retired Police Officer:Triangle shape, with 6 glowing red lights, seperated and shot across the sky (left to right) then came together.
Little Falls · NY, USA
Three triangular craft flying silently over Mohawk Valley in Upstate NY
Lynbrook · NY, USA
It was a solid object with lights going around the middle of the object.
Levittown · NY, USA
I saw this disc in broad daylight clearly!
Albany · NY, USA
Orange fireball
Elmsford · NY, USA
u.f.o. thay are real
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
It was clear as day and there was NO mistake
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
Saucer that looked like Star Trek minus the tale, clear and 100 feet away.
Clarence Center · NY, USA
A brief up close interaction with a massive UFO.
Pine Bush · NY, USA
There was a very large object with bright yellow lights going across, it was moving slowly for about 7 seconds, then vanished.
Chittenango · NY, USA
Red lights glaring over the sky of Town of Sullivan, Madison County, NY
Geneseo · NY, USA
Observed a strange circular spotlight on ground in rural area
Philadelphia · NY, USA
multi colored