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)
Gansevoort · NY, USA
80-100 solid bright lights up in the atmosphere traveling in a straight line NW. ((NUFORC Note: Space Link satellites. PD))
Brockport · NY, USA
Line of twinkling lights falling from sky. ((NUFORC Note: SpaceLink satellites. PD))
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Observed a round boomerang shaped object gliding through the sky
Springville · NY, USA
Orange light in the sky moving erratically as it ended up moving out of our view.
Hilton · NY, USA
Red, green and white light flashing on and off.
Levittown · NY, USA
2 orange spheres that faded away and lasted for about 15 seconds each. ((anonymous report))
East Islip · NY, USA
Circle metallic craft, extraordinary speed, then disappeared
Harlem · NY, USA
Silent, shiny object moved up, down, across, then slowly moved up and out of sight. ((anonymous report))
Ballston Lake · NY, USA
White Tic tac shaped object floating silently in the middle of the day.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Three orangish spheres witnessed by Coney Island. Video shows additional lights above sphere..
Jamaica (Queens) · NY, USA
Low rumbling sound from a stationary object that emits a beam.
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
Saw light in the sky that slowly dropped, and quickly vanished off to the left. ((anonymous report))
Staten Island · NY, USA
UFO seen in NYC on April 26th, 2019.
Voorheesville · NY, USA
3 UFO outside my house.
Voorheesville · NY, USA
UFO objects flying above us.
Babylon · NY, USA
Object of bright light over Long Island NY coast. ((anonymous report))
Ithaca · NY, USA
At approximately 7pm i witnessed and recorded what most people's perception would see a plane due to what they are tought to believe an
Selden · NY, USA
My son woke me up his room was shaking and his chair was vibrating. We went outside and looked to see what could have caused the vibrat
Jamesville · NY, USA
Jamesville, NY, midnight UFO sighting.
Clinton · NY, USA
Three bright dancing lights, seeming to attract and repel while staying close to one another.
Watervliet · NY, USA
Two daytime sightings of glowing orb-like objects within a short period of time
Rochester · NY, USA
Usual bright star in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus?? PD)) ((anonymous report))
Rochester · NY, USA
Large bright light stationery..got larger then brighter..then slowly disappeared whilst not moving at all
West Seneca · NY, USA
We both saw a large round-shaped object that had a bit of a point.
Fulton · NY, USA
Lights in formation moving together that all blink out at the same time