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)
Elizabethtown · NY, USA
About the size of a satellite traveling unfixed L-shape path w/inconsistent flashing appearing/disappearing inconsistently
North Creek · NY, USA
Bright light very high and fast, making lightning speed zig zags and disappearing.
Centerport · NY, USA
There was a mass of flickering lights in the shape of a circle traveling E with 2 brighter objects on either side. ((anonymous report))
Liverpool · NY, USA
They were all bright orange with yellow in them.
Lakeville · NY, USA
Sphere with skinny extension viewed through a telescope
Patchogue · NY, USA
Observed two UFO's hover above a fireworks show that lasted for over an hour and a half. One red-lighted craft slowly rose in the air
Levittown · NY, USA
4 orange lights lingered in the sky.
New York City (Queens)(Hollis) · NY, USA
Bright orange lights dots, or aircraft.
Franklin Square · NY, USA
Six UFO's in one night, five on video!
Buffalo · NY, USA
3 orange-ish to reddish dots. We were facing abound and seen 3 lights that staid lit for roughly 8 mins. ((anonymous report))
Larmont · NY, USA
Red-orange orb, changes shape vertically into glowing teardrop.
Locke · NY, USA
I was going to get the milk cows and I seen a weird light it was not airplane because it would have made a noise it was round like a uf
Somerset · NY, USA
Approx. 9:00 pm on July 10, 2017 at Golden Hill State Park Campground in Somerset, New York.My husband, my sister and I were sittin
Elmira · NY, USA
5 friends and myself see black craft come through valley and hover over us
Vernon · NY, USA
Two unknown objects seen over Vernon, NY, on 07/12/17.
Wappingers Falls · NY, USA
It seemed to be a boomerang or triangular shape object that was hovering but slowly moving.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Cigar-shaped cylinder UFO and 4 smaller saucer spheres after it.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Cylinder shaped UFO rotatong like drill with 4 large lights followed by 4 saucer sphere ufos
Selden · NY, USA
Dark triangle with orange lights seen in Selden NY
Fulton · NY, USA
3 red triangle UFO's cause power outage and lightning.
Copake · NY, USA
Driving E on RTE23 we saw 3 orange oblong lights in a triangular form about 50 feet to each light.
Buffalo · NY, USA
Two objects discharged from glowing craft.
Albion · NY, USA
Mom saw grey chevron shaped UFO move slowly toward lake at the treeline
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Red glowing orb of light. I noticed it outside my window living above the building next door. ((anonymous report))
Westfield · NY, USA
Bright low altitude solid light moving east at high rate of speed. No sound. No blinking. ((anonymous report))