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)
North Tonawanda · NY, USA
Large oval shaped object spotted with lights that had the appearance of shooting stars but it wasn't.
Staten Island · NY, USA
Object at a standstill and then started moving. Object appeared to be falling then went back up higher and higher. The object then blin
Warwick · NY, USA
Four blinking lights hovering without making a sound for at least 3 minutes in Orange County, NY
Glens Falls · NY, USA
Triangular object over the Hudson River
Manhattan · NY, USA
Small distant stationary object that slowly flashed light
Manhattan · NY, USA
Small distant stationary object that slowly flashed light.
Thompson Station · NY, USA
MADAR Node 33
Middleport · NY, USA
Long line of lights
Syosset · NY, USA
Saw 3 bright white lights in the sky in a stacked vertical formation. They were flashing on and off in an irregular pattern.
Massapequa · NY, USA
Bright subject seen in early morning hours
Reading Center · NY, USA
MADAR Node 169
New Rochelle · NY, USA
It was definitely above the scattered clouds that night and strange as it may seem to say I had the feeling it knew I was looking at it
Pine City · NY, USA
MADAR Node 82
Pine City · NY, USA
MADAR Node 82
Jamesport · NY, USA
Three Spheres connected by a tic tac shaped craft
Buffalo · NY, USA
Circular light moving and rotating, blinking lights along side of it
Rochester · NY, USA
Observed silent orange, round object cross the starlit sky. Upon observation, I alerted my sister to record with her cell phone. Ther
Nyack · NY, USA
((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no details about sighting. PD))
Buffalo · NY, USA
MADAR Node 163
Glen Oaks · NY, USA
Red pulsating orb low in sky over LIE
Pine City · NY, USA
MADAR Node 82
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
At approximately 8:30pm eastern time, I noticed a 1 pulsating light that was stationary in the western sky facing east. As I approached
Pine City · NY, USA
MADAR Node 82
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Saw a steady pulsating fireball above that moved slowly away
Oswego · NY, USA
Flashing red lights and white objects