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)
Rochester · NY, USA
Triangle craft with white lights, low to ground
Maspeth · NY, USA
One blue circle object flew in a circle 3 mim color changed
Maspeth · NY, USA
Blue object flew in a circle 4 min
Greigsville · NY, USA
3 brilliant orange discs, blinking on and off and then quickly disappearing
Cicero · NY, USA
Glowing Orange/Red lights - Central NY
York · NY, USA
We saw a bright orange circle move across the sky, stop, hover, and disappear.
Medford · NY, USA
Orange glowing oval sphere flying in fromation style
Staten Island · NY, USA
One fireball looking object followed by another one about 20 seconds later synchronized with the first one, moving in a fast speed
Hamburg · NY, USA
10-20 Large Orange/Red balls floating in the sky approximately 30-50 feet above our heads
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
A large red crescent shaped light appeared to slowly descend to the east and disappear behind buildings.
Staten Island · NY, USA
A light glowed and grew bigger and bigger til it resembled the shape of a roundish triangle and it spun.
Centereach · NY, USA
Two lights over Centereach, NY, during a storm.
Centereach · NY, USA
Lights that moved from one area to another area of the horizon, time span 7 to 10 minutes
Buffalo · NY, USA
Orange fireball in the sky going from East to West.
Huntington · NY, USA
2 blue orbs sighted
Massapequa Park · NY, USA
Flying orbs over the night sky in New York on July 28, 2012.
Oswego · NY, USA
Amber unblinking lights crossing sky East to West
Buffalo · NY, USA
Bright orange orb moving swiftly
Ithaca · NY, USA
Reddish/orange and white flashing object in sky at Ithaca NY
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
A falling bright green light over Brooklyn whilst riding over the Williamsburg bridge.
Brightwaters · NY, USA
What appeared to be stationary stars in the sky were actually from a distance and through my binoculars, multi-colored strobe lights
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Brooklyn UFO / VIdeo and Photo / 7.30.12
Webster · NY, USA
Brite Orange slowly moving sphere shaped oblect traveling from South to North East
Harriman State Park · NY, USA
4 orange lights shaped like trapezoid move through Harriman State Park, 1 or 4 objects.
Valhalla · NY, USA
3 Floating Dark Grey Orbs (2" thick) and Extremely Bright Stationary 3-Dimensional Search Light At Westchester Medical Center