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)
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
A report from Brooklyn, New York City, NY in October 1973 described five to six star-like lights moving in single file across the sky, lasting 1/2 Hour.
Baldwinsville · NY, USA
A report from Baldwinsville, NY in September 1973 described a bright light at low altitude seen by four teenagers during the early evening, lasting 15-20 minutes (?).
Brocton · NY, USA
saucer sighted cruising over grape fields, low hum like sound, looked out window as it slowly made its way over house, lights on unders
Perth · NY, USA
Bright orange glowing stationary object
Rochester · NY, USA
While walking to another building for a lunch break, I and many other people saw this "craft" hovering over the city Of Rochester for 2
Schenectady · NY, USA
A report from Schenectady, NY in June 1973 described a massive, circular object reported hovering over a General Electric plant for an extended period.
Long Island · NY, USA
Mid afternoon1970 to 1976, not really know the exact year, we was driving with father-mother-sister + I saw a square silver shaped huge
Levittown · NY, USA
A report from Levittown, NY in April 1973 described multiple glowing red, disk-shaped objects moving west, lasting about 5 minutes.
North Tarrytown · NY, USA
Fall of 1971 or 1972 between 1pm and 4pm. Place: North Tarrytown, New York. I was 10 or 11 years old, playing in yard with younger b
Wellsville · NY, USA
A witness in Wellsville, New York reported a disk-shaped object hovering nearby with very bright lights visible through portholes, during a ten-minute sighting in October 1972.
Millerton · NY, USA
it desended at a tremendous rate of speed, stopped abruptly above the trees, suddenly a beam of blue white light lit up my car
Broadelbin · NY, USA
A witness in Broadelbin, New York reported unidentified lights during a sighting lasting over two hours in the summer of 1972.
Rochester · NY, USA
A witness in Rochester, New York reported a disk-shaped craft with spinning lights during a ten-minute sighting in June 1972.
Millerton (Coleman Station Rd.) · NY, USA
While driving home from work, a huge saucer shaped craft descended from the night sky, and hovered over the tree tops, 50 feet from my
Buffalo · NY, USA
A witness in Buffalo, New York reported a disk-shaped object hovering over a lamp post, with red lights circling around it, in June 1972.
Albany · NY, USA
A witness in Albany, New York reported a cigar-shaped object over the Hudson River during a brief ten-second sighting, dated to around June 1972.
Knox · NY, USA
A witness in Knox, New York reported a disk-shaped object hovering overhead and shining a bright beam of light down on them, during a one-minute sighting in November 1971.
Menands (Albany) · NY, USA
Witnesses in Menands, near Albany, New York reported a large, black, boomerang-shaped chevron object gliding silently overhead for about three minutes in October 1971.
Buffalo · NY, USA
A witness in Buffalo, New York reported a silent, unmarked, arrow-shaped triangular object flying low over the University at Buffalo in under a minute, in September 1971.
Corning · NY, USA
Witnesses in Corning, New York reported a disk-shaped object that made no noise as it leveled off and descended into a field, during a roughly five-minute sighting in August 1971.
Fallsburg · NY, USA
AN OBJECT RESEMBLING AN AIRPLANE FLEW OVERHEAD AT GREAT SPEED, STOPPED ABRUPTLY, AND FLEW OFF AT 90 DEGREES TO IT'S ORIGINAL FLIGHT PAT
Rochester · NY, USA
A number of cases described a reddish clay residue that had been found at abduction sites.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
A father and son in Brooklyn, New York, reported a hovering, disk-like object in October 1970, observed for about three minutes.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Many eyewitnesses in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York, reported a saucer-like craft with multicolored lights in October 1970, observed for about five minutes.
Bellmore · NY, USA
A silver, disk-shaped object was reported by a family and their neighbors in Bellmore, New York, in October 1970, observed for about thirty minutes.