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)
Liverpool · NY, USA
Circle shape, small lights around the bottom outside, bigger light in the bottom middle it sounds like a plane but isn't.
Binghamton · NY, USA
Green light illuminating my window, but from no source.
Utica · NY, USA
Black Orb Behind Chopper Before Crash Recorded From NBC News.
Hewlett · NY, USA
A very very bright and odd light outside in the sky over the west. No shape just a light and an energy
Webster · NY, USA
2 glowing and flashing orange lights over Lake Ontario!
Bloomingburg · NY, USA
I woke up at 6 in the morning as usual and opened my curtains. As I look East I thought I was looking at a star flickering ( as at time
Syracuse · NY, USA
VERY bright moving light that lasted a long time - Chinese space station?
Pawling · NY, USA
Fast moving oval object moving across the dusk sky.
Oakhill · NY, USA
Looked a ball flying in a zigzag pattern
Clinton · NY, USA
Looked like 3 or 4 bright white lights in a slightly swept up horizontal line. I noticed it to be in SW sky. ((anonymous report))
Westbury · NY, USA
It appeared over the house Across from my boyfriends.... bright red with bright lights in the center and around the bottom and it seem
Oriskany Falls · NY, USA
My friend and boyfriend and I were standing on my porch when we noticed up the road the was a almost coming from the ground there was n
Rochester · NY, USA
Triangle UFO seen above Rochester, NY.
Appointee Falls · NY, USA
Please keep me anonymous we just want to know if we are safe
Commack · NY, USA
It was right over my school, it was slowly moving and I believe I saw it spinning slowly. it was fairly low and I could spot some detai
Poughkeepsie · NY, USA
Single perfect sphere of white light in clear blue sky over Hudson River. ((anonymous report))
Oak Hill · NY, USA
One light broke into two and went in different directions.
Bayville · NY, USA
3 orbs in a tight triangle formation. ((anonymous report))
Barrow-in-Furness · NY, USA
Three enormous green lights in a triangular formation travelling east towards Bae Systems. ((anonymous report))
Scotia · NY, USA
At 6pm I was driving east on rt 5 heading to schenectady. As i entered Scotia, I saw 3 red orbs atop one another moving across the sky.
New Rochelle · NY, USA
Red light sphere moving in vertical and horizontal directions in Westchester County, NY
Honeoye Falls · NY, USA
Giant bright green circle.
Farmingville · NY, USA
Bright green object streaking down from the sky.
Port Chester · NY, USA
Orange/Reddish orb/light high altitude moving East to West from lower NY fades to nothing after stopping in mid air
Schenectady · NY, USA
I witnessed the objects flying in a diamond pattern at a pretty slow pace while I was driving. The objects where’s orange in color. I