UFO sightings in New York City, New York
There are 35 civilian UFO sighting reports from New York City, New York in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1957 to 2013. That is 16% of the 214 reports from New York, more than any other place in the state. The busiest year was 2006, with 4 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were disc (9), orb (5) and sphere (4).
Sighting reports from New York City
All 35 reports, newest first.
- 13 Oct 2013 · 22:55Sphere· 7 min
Glowing lights above Brooklyn.
Show on map - 27 Oct 2012 · 21:35Orb· 4 min
Two bright, orange glowing orbs flying in formation at a steady speed to the Northeast, followed by a third glowing orb.
Show on map - 20 Oct 2012 · 17:30Sphere· 10 s
Reflective Silver/Orange sphere over Brooklyn
Show on map - 10 Oct 2012 · 20:15Disc· 30 min
A cloaked disk hovered three hundred feet above two apartment buildings in the Bronx, for aproximately thirty minutes.
Show on map - 25 Oct 2010 · 23:00Orb· 40 min
3 lights form hovering triangle and disappear behind NYC skyline
Show on map - 14 Oct 2009 · 21:37Disc· 18 min
Unknown object Over The Empire State Building
Show on map - 24 Oct 2007 · 06:12Formation· 30 min
3 to 13 UFOs over Citibank building in Queens NYC in formation for about 20minutes. ((NUFORC Note: Possible hoax. PD))
Show on map - 15 Oct 2007 · 18:00Other· 10 min
It was mat black and moved very slow West towards the Hudson River
Show on map - 12 Oct 2007 · 05:30Orb· 30 min
bright light of oval shaped object hovers in sky over Manhattan in early morning --lasted about half hour ((NUFORC Note: Venus. PD))
Show on map - 14 Oct 2006 · 02:25Other· 2 min
Radiant White object viewed in sky from Bronx River Parkway in Yonkers
Show on map - 2 Oct 2006 · 23:15Other· 1 min
"U" shaped formation of 15-20 yellow lights flew from southward above new york city at approximately 11pm on Monday October 2, 2006
Show on map - 2 Oct 2006 · 17:00Amorphous· 10 min
Photos of a UFO above Manhattan.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2006 · 12:30Rectangle· 2 min
matte black glider type craft, no lights, no sound
Show on map - 2 Oct 2005 · 18:00Other· 3 min
Did anyone see a very strange object flying above New York City on October 2, 2005? I have pictures
Show on map - 27 Oct 2004 · 22:15Boomerang· 2 min
Night of the lunar eclipse, we saw in the sky two gray v-shaped objects flying side-by-side, no lights, no sound.
Show on map - 27 Oct 2004 · 22:00Triangle· 15 s
The object had no lights, made no sound and was huge.
Show on map - 11 Oct 2003 · 01:29Disc· 2 min
object discharged another, flew at first low then went higher hovered around empire state building
Show on map - 1 Oct 2002 · 23:20Amorphous· 3 min
3 flying objects that changed shapes show up in midtown manhattan
Show on map - 1 Oct 2002 · 19:50Orb· 15 min
Patrolling fighter jet followed by bright green light !
Show on map - 1 Oct 2002 · 19:20Disc· 5 min
Egg Shaped Object Circling
Show on map - 15 Oct 2001 · 15:00Amorphous· 5 min
Black, elongated shape-shifter, floating/hovering in manhatten NYC
Show on map - 15 Oct 2001 · 14:00Triangle· 3 min
It looked kinda like a triangle, but it had flat edges around the edge's.It was a Chrome like color, as big as at least a 1 story b
Show on map - 1 Oct 1999 · 17:00Other· 5 s
I witnessed a being in the middle of the day in Manhattan about six and a half feet, its face definately not human?
Show on map - 15 Oct 1997 · 15:00Cigar· 2 min
Metallic Cylinder Moving thru New York Harbor
Show on map - 1 Oct 1996 · 08:00Disc· 5 min
Possible UFO Sighting, Manhattan, New York 1996
Show on map - 13 Oct 1995 · 06:30Orb· 1 min
Late one evening, on my way home from work, I ran into a few old friends. We started talking about the good old days and hours passed w
Show on map - 11 Oct 1995 · 18:30Other· 12 min
Young man, mother witness watch strange red obj. 45 deg. above horizon w/ binocular. Obj. suddenly fades, disappears from sight.
Show on map - 1 Oct 1994 · 13:13Disc· 15 s
a flying colorful disc above my car, near Erie. ((NUFORC Note: Possible hoax?? PD))
Show on map - 19 Oct 1992 · 14:00Disc· 8 s
Octagan craft with lights over a hundred feet wide seen upclose
Show on map - 22 Oct 1988 · 20:30Sphere· 1 min
Sphere coming out from the Moon
Show on map - 22 Oct 1985 · 20:00Sphere· 2 min
I was very young at the time but i remember the account clearly, so dose my brother. It happend one night that my parents had a getogth
Show on map - 20 Oct 1973 · 00:00Other· 1 h
5-6 Star like lights moved single file across the sky 10/20/1973
Show on map - 1 Oct 1970 · 21:00Disc· 5 min
Saucer/disklike craft, with multi-colored lights sighted in Bayridge Brooklyn in 1970 with many eyewitnesses.
Show on map - 1 Oct 1970 · 16:00Disc· 3 min
Hoovering disk like object by Father and Son, Brookyln, NY 1970
Show on map - 15 Oct 1957 · 02:00Other· 3 h
tall unidentified being enters home - N.Y.C. 1957
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Where these reports come from
Reports are from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) public database: what members of the public said they saw, in their own words. Nobody has checked them, and most sightings have ordinary explanations.