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)
Herkimer · NY, USA
Multicoloured unknown shaped aircraft
Salamanca · NY, USA
There is no other explanation for this other than it being a UFO, very exciting experience.
New Rochelle · NY, USA
Noticed 1 extremely bright solid light moving low in the sky from the west heading out east with a huge reddish orange solid bright lig
Orchard Park · NY, USA
My friend and I saw and videotaped a red ball of light in the sky while watching fireworks on July 4, 2012.
Buffalo · NY, USA
One orange, red "fireball" circle Buffalo for about an hour.
Rochester · NY, USA
Bright, flashing green object moving quickly across the sky
Levittown · NY, USA
Witnessed 75+ orange disc shaped lights traveling in a straight line on 7/4/12 heading east on Long Island, NY
Pulaski/Sandy Creek · NY, USA
5 orange cirgular lights in line, no noise, varied speed, all turned at same point in order, went white & vanished about 25 minut sight
Williamsville · NY, USA
Three red lights in the low sky over Williamsville, NY.
Orchard Park · NY, USA
Not sure if it was a fireball or a space object. We were watching fireworks when all of sudden something firey came out from the south
Penn Yan · NY, USA
We saw four floating, glowing lights in the early evening sky for about two minutes, beneath the clouds, making no sound, and they disa
Elmira · NY, USA
White object appears to have an eye and visits almost daily
Northport · NY, USA
Four circular hazy lights circling and criss-crossing in the sky for 5-10 min.
Fairport · NY, USA
4 red/orange lights/fireballs in sky over Fairport NY
Horseheads · NY, USA
Central NY Single craft/ object
Ronkonkoma · NY, USA
Stange unidentified red flashing lights in Southern sky moving west
North Massapequa · NY, USA
Fireball seen in sky over long island.
East Moriches · NY, USA
Orange Fireball spotted over East Moriches, NY
Eagle Bay · NY, USA
Crystal clear UFO caught on camera.
Warwick · NY, USA
3 of us saw 2 large reddish glowing objects moving together across the sky There was no sound They were definitely not planes
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Bright green light over Manhattan/North West.
Belmont · NY, USA
Orange sphere, zig-zag, hover, dissapear
East Northport · NY, USA
UFO een and briefly captured
Beekmantown · NY, USA
White round light, faded from bright to not visible, stopped changed flight path at high altitude this witnessed by two people
Westfield · NY, USA
Lake Erie Westfield, NY Multiple Fireballs in Succession July 20, 2012