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)
Clifton Park · NY, USA
Very bright light in sky, enveloped by blackness, then it and the blackness were gone.
Kenmore · NY, USA
Red light with multiple small yellowish-white flashing lights on either side in a rectangle shape.
Angola · NY, USA
North sky, south east of moon, seeing 15 blue cigar shaped crafts, with blue pulsing lights in the sky, 10 times bigger th
Rochester · NY, USA
Square or diamond shaped object hovering and moving very fast over Rochester, NY. 12/23/15 7:30 p.m. (EST).
Cicero · NY, USA
3 orange/red lights gliding across sky.
Angola · NY, USA
15/20 blue, cigar-shaped, craft hover silently and strobed blue on the length of the crafts. Multiple witnesses.
Greene · NY, USA
Fireballs about 20 feet above the treetops-Traveling slowly in an easterly direction-3 fireballs made a triangular pattern.
Elmhurst · NY, USA
Blue light in the sky.
Ticonderoga · NY, USA
At the above mentioned time and date I was driving my vehicle approximately 55mph northward bound on Rt 9N out of Ticonderoga when some
Cicero · NY, USA
Large rectangular object with 4 lights on it 2 red in front 2 yellow in back hovered 300 ft bove ground at 25-30 mph.
East Northport · NY, USA
White blue tinge light circulating erratically in sky for over an hour. Above the clouds not coming from ground
East Northport · NY, USA
White blue tinge light circulating erratically in sky for over an hour. Above the clouds not coming from ground
Batavia · NY, USA
Low flying object with two rows of three to four lights the object was triangular in shape. ((NUFORC Note: Husband's report. PD))
East Northport · NY, USA
Saw what appeared to be a strobe light that's used for events pointed at the sky. Moved in a large slightly erratic circular pattern.
Batavia · NY, USA
There was a triangular shape that had lights and was flying low, about tree level. ((NUFORC Note: Wife's report. PD))
East Irondequoit · NY, USA
3 cylindrical ship with 3 propulsion holes on bottom. Believe it to be man made. hydrogen fuelled electromagnetic propulsion.
Swain · NY, USA
Very Large black slow moving triangle slowly fades then helicopters show up.
Buffalo · NY, USA
The were 6 round objs. flying in triangular formation and the dist. between each one started to change, but the speed of the fligh
Morrisville · NY, USA
Fine shooting light.
Rotterdam/Amsterdam · NY, USA
Large size and very bright light in the sky about 20x the size of an avg. "shooting star." It was going across the sky, SLOW
Hauppauge · NY, USA
Vibrant blue light in the sky; stayed visable for about 10 minutes.
Baldwinsville · NY, USA
Loud diamond shaped craft seen over Baldwinsville, NY.
Albany · NY, USA
White orb for short duration.
Massapequa · NY, USA
UFO sighting.
Wynanskill · NY, USA
3 lights hovering slowly with a flash of lightning above