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)
New Paltz · NY, USA
Dark matte, wedge-shaped craft; AM radio interference.
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
Bright red cycle over Queens County, NYC, on east night skyline. Moving fast and staying on one place.
Harriman · NY, USA
Fireball streaking across the sky over I-87 NY thruway between exits 16-17 at approximately 6:30 pm on 2/7/14.
Rochester · NY, USA
Solid bright orange light flying low and very quickly.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
3 trailing balls of green quickly flying a crossed the sky (under clouds) SE direction.
Flushing · NY, USA
Three orange aircrafts, one a cylinder, moving in a rotating motion.
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
AGAIN! Just two days ago, same bright red cycle,route...loop...stayed on one place maneuver repeated,flu away.
Bethel · NY, USA
3 ufos' emitting low frequency hum, spotted in sullivan county by backpacker.
Poughquag · NY, USA
Very slow moving object with bright lights that caused me to pull over to examin it.
Glenwood · NY, USA
We saw like 6 green orbs weightlessly float to the ground and vanish.
Hopewell Junction · NY, USA
Driving on the Taconic Parkway north toward Poughkeepsie a flying circle craft with 5 white lights on the bottom of it.
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
5 lights in the sky, Bronx nyc. Flying together, size of the stars. Bright like the stars. 2/22/2014.
Olean · NY, USA
Wispy clouds then triangle shaped craft.
Ballston Spa · NY, USA
Green fireball fell from sky close to home. No noise heard. No impact felt.
Latham · NY, USA
Blue/green circular light falling extremely fast straight down from the sky with an orange white light trailing behind it.
Levittown · NY, USA
((HOAX??)) This was one of the most wonderful, light, fire, glowing flame experience.
Attica · NY, USA
We were driving on a road inroute to our home and seen an orange glow in the sky on the next hill over near where they had just put up
Rochester · NY, USA
Bright light speeding across the sky in a straight line faster than anything I have ever seen before.
Schenectady · NY, USA
UFO sighted in Schenectady County 02/28/2014.
Canandaigua · NY, USA
Falling fireball lit up the sky
Baldwin · NY, USA
Fireball over south shore long island.
New York City · NY, USA
Flying object in front of Freedom Tower. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect it's a bird...bald eagle?.., flying with fish in its talons. PD))
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
I was standing on my balcony smoking a cigarette and all of a sudden I saw a white object come out of the clouds. It glided from the di
New York City (Queens; Flushing) · NY, USA
Orange stingray-shaped object, followed by 2 orange globes
New York City (Queens; Forest Hills) · NY, USA
WHITE PLANE AT STANDSTILL HOVERS OVER 108ST. 67 AVE FOREST HILLS