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)
Central Islip · NY, USA
I and my family we're talking in the back yard on my deck when we saw these reddish, orangy lights. Flying in a formation.
Massapequa Park · NY, USA
Viewed 2 glowing spheres that traveled at a constant speed going at around 30 mph heading east.
Coram · NY, USA
Red oval ships moving West to East over Old Town Road slowly arching up then moving like lightening away.
Port Jefferson Station · NY, USA
Saw what appeared to be a shooting star that just continuously kept moving through the sky slowly, twice.
Rochester · NY, USA
Rotating cylinder over Rochester, NY city center.
Holbrook · NY, USA
3 orange globes in Holbrook, NY, sky.
Lockport · NY, USA
Saw 6 red round objects high in the sky floating from west to east about 10:30PM 7/5/14.
East Islip · NY, USA
Bright orange fireball passing over Central Islip travelling in an East South Easterly direction at approximately 10:30 PM.
West Babylon · NY, USA
Was running and saw ufo flying SILENTLY by me. I grew up on us air force bases and kno it was not an airplane. Was about 3-5 thousand f
East Patchogue · NY, USA
2 fast moving balls of red/orange light.
Schenectady · NY, USA
Fireball went over Schenectady.
Shortsville · NY, USA
Very large color changing light rising from tree line then fading and flying directly overhead.
Oneida · NY, USA
Red triangle shape UFO Slowly appeared near moon and hovered for about 15 minutes.
Long Beach · NY, USA
Fireball appears streaking from nowhere; starts to smoke stops then disappear, leaving the the short exhaust trail.
Liverpool · NY, USA
Blinking red green and led white light hovering moving slow and extremely fast when leaving and large.
Rochester (Sea Breeze) · NY, USA
White light pulsed bright and then faded away rather quickly. ((NUFORC Note: Possible flare from Iridium satellite?? PD))
Ilion · NY, USA
Moving object appeared to be on fire.
Saugerties · NY, USA
Hovering steadily, burning like fire, starts to dim then disappears
Lawrence · NY, USA
Flying blue sphere.
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
Very bright light, changing color and size, eventually moving/fading away towards the northwest. (1 hour total)
Middleport · NY, USA
Red object western NY, 2014. ((anonymous report))
Cobleskill · NY, USA
Star like fireball diminishes to dull orange,before appearing as dimly luminescent, opaque triangular shape.
Montauk · NY, USA
Orangish glowing object rose above shore to high altitude and then sped away.
Halfmoon · NY, USA
We saw a grayish streak going up into the sky and then a large glowing orange circle appeared and quickly disappeared.
Geneva · NY, USA
Fireball over State Highway 318 NY.