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)
Plattsburgh · NY, USA
Triangle shaped black object.
Islip · NY, USA
Red Orange Objects Flying V Formation In Sky Above Long Island New York.
Syracuse · NY, USA
The Mayan prophecy was supposedly going to happen when the clock hit midnight, so I sat up in bed while my family slept.
Amherst · NY, USA
Silent orange lights, initially traveling horizontally, and then rose vertically till they disappeared.
Pine Bush · NY, USA
Y shaped formation of red lights on 302 in Pine Bush NY christmas night 2012.
Pine Bush · NY, USA
Orange orbs seen flying across the sky on Dec.25, 2012 in Pine Bush, N.Y.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Disc shaped UFO sighted in New York.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
12/27/12- newyork, ny - 5:15pm reddish orange fireball just sitting there as i looked north toward empire state bldg - duration= 20secs
Pawling · NY, USA
Red, green multicolored object appeared in the sky moving freely and emitting beams. ((NUFORC Note: Possible twinkling star?? PD))
Germantown · NY, USA
Saw Bluish ball fall out of sky and then saw a huge white light that turned out to be a triangular silent object 30 feet above us.
Grand Island · NY, USA
Cigar shaped object
Brewster · NY, USA
Greenish-Blue Fireball half the speed of a shooting star and clearly falling through the atmosphere.
Lindenhurst · NY, USA
Walking home from my girlfriend's home down East Rivera Dr, I saw ahead of me a parked car repeatedly flash all its tail lights. While
Canastota · NY, USA
Over a few days/weeks, big green flash in sky, 2 orange lights glowing, some odd static electricity.
Endicott · NY, USA
2 lights joined by 2 more moving slowing southeast to northwest.
Derby · NY, USA
Multiple orange spheres over Derby, NY.
Vestal · NY, USA
Triangle-like lights seen flashing/blinking, moving circular then south west, then disappearing. Seen from highway 17C near Vestal, NY.
New York City · NY, USA
Dark red sphere zig zaged then disappeared
Buffalo · NY, USA
I saw a bright light off in the sky, no airplains were around
Lake Ronkonkoma · NY, USA
Low flying disc with three big flashing circular lights.
Levittown · NY, USA
2 large, bright Orange/Amber circular lights seen by two retired-teachers
Owego · NY, USA
Bright blowy silver round object vanished in the sky
Lancaster · NY, USA
Silent Orange/red fireballs coming from the south and became smaller as they moved away
Hicksville · NY, USA
White round light with a trail shoots down and disappears
Jamesport · NY, USA
White disk shaped object hanging motionless in the sky then disappeared.