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)
Fulton (looking toward Rochester) · NY, USA
While outside, I looked up in the sky noticed 4 black speck like objects in sky, then I saw some lights go on them red in color.
Harpersfield · NY, USA
Fireball like shooting star makes 90 degree turn.
Buffalo · NY, USA
I saw 2 unknown flying objects on sequential nights. The one the night before was cigar shaped like a blimp.
Hamden · NY, USA
Red/orange list object with lights pulsing. Object slowly zigzagging and circling; disappeared then reappeared much closer
Hudson Falls · NY, USA
Bright blue object explodes.
Lawrence · NY, USA
Flying blue sphere off JFK airport.
Staten Island · NY, USA
White light moving at extremely high speed and left a streak for a brief time of only seconds.
Whyndanch · NY, USA
Unknown object seen flying in the sky at great speed.
Islip · NY, USA
Oval shaped fireball object with no visible "tail," traveling eastbound over Islip.
Middletown · NY, USA
Red orange flickering ball across cruising the sky in Scotchtown (Middletown), NY.
Northport · NY, USA
Red steadily glowing sphere in NE sky moving SE not an airplane.
Hume · NY, USA
Eight objects seen in the sky and dog barking at everyone he saw too.
Lake George · NY, USA
String of white twinkling Christmas lights.
Staten Island · NY, USA
The orange red fireball looking UFO flew over the sky as it was just getting dark.It was flying faster than a airplane and was moving b
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Rapid moving blue light over NYC - Object resembled a DNA strand moving rapidly in a snake light pattern.
Ridge (Long Island) · NY, USA
A defined elongated rectangular brightly illuminated fast moving streak of white light silently traveled from east to west ...
Saugerties · NY, USA
Triangle of lights over NYS thruway near exit 20.
Rochester · NY, USA
A disk like object, I could hardly make out a top and bottom projecting about 4 to 6 gentle yellowish lights. Stood still over a nursin
Lindenhurst · NY, USA
Floating man over south shore Suffolk County.
New York City · NY, USA
Undiscernable, stationary, objects in the early evening sky.
Rochester · NY, USA
2 round bright reddish dots in the north sky. Seemed to be still, then they started moving closer to each other passing each other.
Lakeville · NY, USA
Strobe-like object streaked across the sky extremely fast; disappeared between flashes
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
Triangular Shape UFO's spotted near the border between the Bronx &Yonkers, NY
Pearl River · NY, USA
A white light descending sideways from the top of the sky to ground in 2 to 3 seconds.
Long Island City (Queens) · NY, USA
Mothership and smaller craft?