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)
Carmel/Kent · NY, USA
Triangle with 5 flashing lights.
Yonkers · NY, USA
I was sitting on my back porch listening to music at around 10pm EST. It was such a clear night that, when I looked directly up to the
New York City · NY, USA
Red light hovering high above the Hudson River, 1 mile north e George Washington Bridge.
Levittown · NY, USA
White orb flying low overhead. ((anonymous report))
Ronkonkoma · NY, USA
Green flash over LIE 495 going westbound disappeared behind cloud, lasted two seconds.
Harpursville · NY, USA
Several circles in a cluster then separated into groups 3 with 3 to 4 in a group then one group went into a l shape then all disapeared
Troy · NY, USA
East Rensselaer County at 10:30 pm see lightning flu lying object shadow and fighter jets.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Saw 4-5 lights in formation over NY harbor/Staten Island.
Rotterdam · NY, USA
Son and fiancée saw a bright light streak across the sky, slow down, come to a complete stop and disappear.
West Islip · NY, USA
We saw a bright orange, silent orb travelling quickly N. It went about a quarter mi. then disappeared.
Hopewell Junction · NY, USA
Clear night on 06/06/17 two of us sitting on our deck when a fireball appeared. ((anonymous report))
New York · NY, USA
Multiple ufos seen within a few minutes of one another. all ufos came from the same direction.
Manlius · NY, USA
Large craft with very bright, orangish pulsating lights hovering slowly at a high altitude. Was able to get video of it.
Kenmore · NY, USA
Pinpoint jade green lights in triangular formation.
Patchogue · NY, USA
Hovering red light over Patchogue.
Bayshore · NY, USA
What appeared to be a stationary star its light intensified brightly & then got dim as it moved with incredible speed across the sky.
Staten Island · NY, USA
Reflective silver UFO seen during a lightning storm.
New York City (Jamaica) · NY, USA
Egg shape object trailing plane in Queens, NY.
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
2 UFOS Seen Flying Over The Bronx During The August 21, 2017 Solar Eclipse.
Buffalo · NY, USA
I was sitting on my deck and look up at stars. My 2 friends and I saw them at first and thought it was a plane. ((anonymous report))
East Patchogue · NY, USA
Circular lights over Suffolk County, NY.
Bloomfield · NY, USA
Witnessed a single bright light traveling from east to west at a high rate of speed for 3 seconds with no accompanying sound detected.
Waterford · NY, USA
Yellow/orange orb pulsating near Hudson River in Waterford, NY.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Orange Oval Shape like a ball of fire moving from Manhattan toward Staten Island Area, ((anonymous report))
Rome · NY, USA
Big white flash of light aleard for baerly one second if i blinked i would have saw it disapear. ((NUFORC Note: Meteor?? PD))