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)
Kingston · NY, USA
Around and about 5:00am-5:30am my grandmother and I we out side the front door of our house to take the garbage cans back in from the s
New Paltz · NY, USA
Yellow/orange, angular "minivan" shaped
Blossvale · NY, USA
Fire ball chase.
Syracuse · NY, USA
Seen 3 orange balls of light. They disappeared and then reappeared. We followed them for about a mile. I video taped it for up to 3 min
Ashville · NY, USA
Flashing Craft over Chautauqua, NY
Deer Park · NY, USA
3 flying flashing objects in triangle formation.
Melville · NY, USA
Clear cloudless sky and at noon, I saw a silver cylinder along with my wife!
Northville · NY, USA
Glowing orange orb in the sky... Strange.
Elmira/Pine City · NY, USA
Hovercraft followed car and shot into space
Horseheads/Elmira · NY, USA
Triangular shaped hovering craft turned 360 degrees before rising rapidly and seemed to follow.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Large rectangular shape bright light over fishing vessel.
East Islip · NY, USA
4 Orange lights in formation of rectangle in sky/ no sound
Rochester · NY, USA
Stationary obj. with multicolored strobes observed approximately 45 deg. above horizon. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Arcturus? PD))
East Syracuse · NY, USA
Saucer pacing an airplane over by Fremont Road.
LaFayette · NY, USA
Strange light disappears.
Albany/Colonie · NY, USA
Ball of fire
Binghamton · NY, USA
A light that sat in the sky then simply faded out. no plane. no planet, no satellite.
Owls Head · NY, USA
30 or so round red globs of light come uo from the northeast--5 at a time--over the tree line--then disappear.
Niagara Falls · NY, USA
Orange light circle seen by four people in Niagara Falls.
Sunset Park · NY, USA
Stationary white lights rotating erratically in a circular formation inside of a cloud.
Tonawanda · NY, USA
Object passed overhead low in atmosphere silently with red and white lights around perimiter and orange tail glow. 5th sighting of this
Catskill · NY, USA
Was laying in bed and bright light caught my eye. I went outside and saw the 3 lights following eachother and going in the same directi
East Nassau · NY, USA
Strange lights followed by fighter jets
Staten Island · NY, USA
Fiery crafts were formed in the eastern sky one after another loosing brightness at the same point in the sky, sky clear and dark
Keeseville · NY, USA
Multiple flashing lights in sky.