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)
Cambridge · NY, USA
Orange flaming sphere seen over cambridge, ny
Macedon · NY, USA
Bright orange light in sky moving downward, hesitated for a moment and disappeared behind the tress.
Wingdale · NY, USA
Star like object moving in abnormal flight pattern.
Caledonia · NY, USA
Two objects were in close proximity flying very slow and travelled away very quickly.
New York City (Queens; Bayside) · NY, USA
Look like with alot of light..one of them moved and disapeared..too long to look like stars also very close…
Rockaway Park · NY, USA
I recorded an unknown object while photographing the conjunction of Venus and the Pleiades the evening of April 2, 2012.
Carmel · NY, USA
Shining light moving and then disappeared above Carmel New York
Kingston · NY, USA
Bright lights hovering in formation and splitting apart.
Huntington Station · NY, USA
Orange and Red glowing lights over Huntington Station, NY
Wappingers Falls · NY, USA
Coming from SE coming NE. I followed it with my own eyes until it diminished.
Buffalo · NY, USA
Glowing White Orb/ Starlike/ Changed direction and stoped on a dime..
Bohemia · NY, USA
Balloonish UFO slowly moves then zooms out of our view
Bethpage · NY, USA
5 total red lights over long island.
Bethpage · NY, USA
What I saw was a blue flash of light shoot past my tree line and then disappear.
Niagara Falls · NY, USA
I was going to pick up tile for a job and On My way back to work traveling down porter rd. I wittnessed a circler yellow or green light
Saugerties · NY, USA
Bright objects with no noise very low to the ground.
Baldwinsville · NY, USA
Pointed triangle across night sky, no sound or lights.
Bay Shore · NY, USA
Two fireballs seen flying over Bay shore neighborhood
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
White light descended and ascended with strong flash.
Circleville · NY, USA
We were driving on Brown Rd between Circleville, NY and Fair Oaks, NY. Before we were about to get on the highway near the bridge. We
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
I was driving on the highway when I turned to the right I saw about 8 lights in the sky, all in a line n fairly evenly separated. At fi
Williamsville · NY, USA
Multiple bright red lights in arch shape near Buffalo, NY
Woodstock · NY, USA
Y shaped extremely bright white light, stationary.
Elmsford · NY, USA
3 bright orange orbs
Garden City · NY, USA
Bright blue light in clouds over Long Island for less then a minute.