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)
Albany · NY, USA
5 to 6 orange glowing lights upstate NY disappeared/ triangle.
Middletown · NY, USA
Blue light slowing moving north and rapidly disappeared.
Greenlawn · NY, USA
Spherical rotating disk with lights
New York · NY, USA
Two UFO sightings while looking at and from the Statue Of Liberty.
Sloatsburg · NY, USA
Shifting white light seen in Sloatsburg, NY
West Islip · NY, USA
A bright orange, sphere shaped ball of light.
Schaghticoke · NY, USA
2 bright lights north of albany, ny.. noticed 2nd night; they do not look like they move.. ((NUFORC Note: Jupiter and Venus. PD))
Ogdensburg · NY, USA
Orange Object flying near St Lawrence River, NY
East Elmhurst · NY, USA
2 bright lights, not moving seem relatively close, wish someone would confirm. ((NUFORC Note: Jupiter and Saturn. PD))
Monticello · NY, USA
Object was goldish yellow, with possible lights on the left, object shaking and vibrating
Syracuse · NY, USA
What is hovering over lyncourt/eastwood/syracuse??????????????
Saratoga Springs · NY, USA
Long, narrow cylinder shape and had about 6 square-shaped lights across the bottom. The lights were a dull yellow glow, and the craft i
Binghamton · NY, USA
3 redish lights traveling in parallel south to north over binghamton
Catskill · NY, USA
Strange behaving right and white light observed in sky over catskill. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a sighting of a celestial body. PD))
Vestal · NY, USA
Orange-red fireball moving from north to south.
Rocky Point · NY, USA
Two sperical lights stat. in the sky for hours at a time. ((NUFORC Note: We strongly suspect a sighting of Jupiter and Venus. PD))
Buffalo · NY, USA
Orange, slow moving light in Buffalo, NY
Niagara Falls · NY, USA
6 orange lights in formation seen flying north along the Niagara River over the falls at extreme speed
Monroe · NY, USA
Ball of light flashing over Monroe, NY.
Syracuse · NY, USA
Strange light/aircraft moved over Eastwood/Sedwick Farms. Did anyone else see this?
Staten Island · NY, USA
Noticed a bright blue light over Staten Island NY about 4am this morning.
Ashville · NY, USA
Teardrop craft with insanely bright trail shoots toward space then disappears in an instant.
East Islip · NY, USA
Bright stobeing light
Buffalo · NY, USA
Slow moving red, glowing spheres in the sky, hover, get smaller then disappear one after the other
Niskayuna · NY, USA
Pulsing lights move across the sky