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)
Pine City · NY, USA
MADAR Node 82
Charlton · NY, USA
Vehicle hit by orange orb no damage done in town of Charlton New York
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
I was walking up 149th street on the bronx, ny at around midnight and just happen to catch movement on my periphial and looked up to se
Webster · NY, USA
Sphere looked pretty large, possibly 1/2 the size of the airplane. It also looked as if it was spinning,
Pine City · NY, USA
MADAR Node 82
Elmsford · NY, USA
Large bright purple/blue hovering light
Brooklyn · NY, USA
2 lights in still sky over NYC, seems to eject a 3rd light, 4th light off to the left not photographed
Caroga Lake · NY, USA
Driving home with my son and we began seeing flashing lights in sky. I thought that maybe the flashing was caused by stars going in and
Plattsburgh · NY, USA
it was in the sky , like how light fading away from fireworks looks like, it was a beam of red light horizontally and i turned my head
Brentwood · NY, USA
All of the sudden looking out of my window in the sky appears a V shape craft formation in a very fast speed, this craft appear and dis
Pine City · NY, USA
MADAR Node 82
Clifton Springs · NY, USA
Round object swaying back and forth.Changing coloring. Not moving very far.Seen the same the night before.
Port Jefferson Station · NY, USA
UFO Second occurrence on Long Island NY in SAME/CLOSE TOWN HAPPENED SAME DATE roughly same time evening 1 month apart
White Plains · NY, USA
saw dark object with no lights and making no noise moving in a NE direction.
West Chazy · NY, USA
MADAR Node 65
Huntington · NY, USA
At 1:12 am on March 30th our ring device went off and we saw this strange object which could be a drone Showed it to many people.
Camillus · NY, USA
Cluster of three bright lights
Geneva · NY, USA
Something I've never in my life seen before.
Rochester · NY, USA
Silver/Blue cigar shaped hoovering over the lake from west to east
Endwell · NY, USA
Bight fast moving light disappeared in the west
Brewerton · NY, USA
I saw an orange and purple, orb floating just above the horizon. It was suspended above a field at the end of dark road near my house.
Pine City · NY, USA
MADAR Node 82
Oswego · NY, USA
3 UFO’s caught on video
Pine City · NY, USA
MADAR Node 82
NYC (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Saw an cylindrical object in Brooklyn, with a solid light in front streak across the sky