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)
Albany · NY, USA
9 orangeish (or a single object) in the sky during the day.
Middle Village · NY, USA
Saw very bright lights being totally stationary and not moving above my place here in Queens N.Y.
Deerfield · NY, USA
Invisible spinning ufo making giant spiral chemtrail Video On UFOSTALKER
Malone · NY, USA
These smaller looking aircrafts lined up in perfect formation like a trail of ants starting flying. (("Starlink" satellites??))
Delhi · NY, USA
On 1/17/2020 FRIDAY EVENING AT 9:31 I WENT TO LET DOG OUT NOTICED IN N-E SKY TRIANGLE SHAPE OBJECT WITH ONE BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT ON EACH
Schaghticoke · NY, USA
It was not a plane, meteor or a balloon
Old Westbury · NY, USA
Hi. This was not a UFO in the sky sighting. There's still snow on our lawn. I went out to look at something, and noticed unusual prints
Henderson · NY, USA
Flashing red and green lights triangle shaped seemed to hover in one area as I walked it seemed to move my way
Gouverneur · NY, USA
At about 12:50 or so I was sitting down with my girlfriend to put together a puzzle . shortly after we began separating out the edge pi
Gouverneur · NY, USA
My partner and I were sitting in our living room and heard a strang whirring noise out curiosity I decided to look out the window and
Tomkins Cove · NY, USA
Extremely slow moving cylinder shaped object in sky to the west just above the tree line. There was no noise, no vapor, no lights...jus
Grand Island · NY, USA
MY UFO REPORTING OF 2002 IS GONE ? A SHARED ABDUCTION ON GRAND ISLAND N.Y. UNDER JUNE OF 1975 IS NO LONGER THERE ,,, after the abductio
Cheektowaga · NY, USA
It looked like a pyramid with 7+ white lights, 2 blinking red lights and 1 blinking green light. It hovered in the air motionless for a
Wanaque · NY, USA
Saw an extremely pulsing large light over the Wanaque reservoir
Rush · NY, USA
UFO Sighting Rush, NY December 2, 2019 - Rochester
New York · NY, USA
MADAR Node 85
Binghamton · NY, USA
We were sitting in our college dorm and heard booming like a big truck was driving around in the distance but not quite. When we looked
Utica · NY, USA
18 UFOs Over Building Clear Video!
New York · NY, USA
MADAR Node 85
Brooklyn · New York, NY, USA
6 floating crafts flashing red and white lights spotted at 5am in Brooklyn on 12/12
Syracuse · NY, USA
12/16/2019 syr my. 3 saucers were reported to the police and they did not believe me.911 wrote it off like if it was a joke.
New York City · NY, USA
MADAR Node 85
Lynbrook · NY, USA
There were 6or 7 circles going around and around.No lights just circles.Floating right in front of the building.After an hour the sky w
Hewlett · NY, USA
2 sets of 6 large rotating white lights in Hewlett, N.Y. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights? PD))
Rome · NY, USA
It was hovering over my back yard for about 10 mins then it just vanished or maybe just turned off its lights. Had no sound. Interestin