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)
Pomona · NY, USA
Started with a green fireball followed by flashing lights in the sky then complete power outage and object was gone
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
30-40 orbs sighted moving through cloud cover in Queens NY
Farmingville · NY, USA
Object looked like a shooting star, however, came low to tree line and lifted as if it swooped and then flash disappeared.
Pine Bush · NY, USA
UFO seen above Pine Bush, NY.
Watertown · NY, USA
Number of red lights flying slowly across sky
College Point (Queens) · NY, USA
Completely silent commuter plane at 2,000 feet.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Shape shifting, teleporting UFO.
Farmingdale · NY, USA
Strange object seen above Long Island, NY, that I cannot explain.
Ravena · NY, USA
Rather large brilliantly bright stationary object, bigger than a helicopter hovering to the East of I-87
Lagrange · NY, USA
Moving constellations.
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
Witnessed 6-7 multi-colored lights in a random formation. The event lasted 5 minutes. Each light vanished one at a time.
Lagrange · NY, USA
Silent aircraft in wooded area.
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
Fast moving light w/no noise and low altitude.
Auburn · NY, USA
I saw a bright orange triangle with no sound flying southeast. ((NUFORC Note: Overflight of ISS. PD))
Irondequoit · NY, USA
Initially one bright flashing object caught our attention. After looking further we counted up to seven. They all exhibited the same
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
NYC UFO.
Rochester · NY, USA
Yellow/orange bright light over Rochester, NY.
Cheektowaga · NY, USA
Large retangular craft with five circular lights on the bottom.Craft made no sound and seemed to be floating through the air rather
Staten Island · NY, USA
2-3 lights following eachother in the sky for 20 minutes where they moved from east to west.
Selkirk · NY, USA
My family went out for dinner on our way back home we traveled the nys thurway we past a trooper who had someone pulled over and shortl
Batavia · NY, USA
Upside down pyramid with four rows of lights with glowing green humanoid (also orb).
Farmingdale · NY, USA
Unexplained very bright light in the night sky.
Staten Island · NY, USA
Bright orange light, long and skinny, hovering over tree line at dusk that flew in a straight line and very fast.
East Hampton · NY, USA
Bright orange light shines down into my bathroom window then disappears.
Pottersville · NY, USA
Two lights similar to planes move erratically & rendezvous.