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Sightings
Witness reports, held as-reported. Each entry keeps its source, its coordinates where the record has them, and its place in the larger pattern.
5,054 entries
August 31, 2023 · 5:10 AM · OTHER
Rome, NY
It moved ever so slowly up on an angle.I could still see it after about an hour. Then the sun was to bright to see it. I could not make what it look like. It was to far away, but it did have a very bright light. Just moving way to slow for of anything that I know of that would be up there. I was looking at it in the east sky from my garage over head door opening.
August 29, 2023 · 11:07 PM · OTHER
Staten Island, NY
Unknown
August 29, 2023 · 10:10 PM · RECTANGLE
east meadow, NY
While driving facing North, stopped at a red light on Coolidge drive in East Meadow. I was at the Hempstead Turnpike cross. The night was warm/clear and semi busy with foot and vehicle traffic. As the light changed I began to move, left turn, heading westbound on Hempstead Tpke. While driving I viewed an aerial, single, rectangular object, approx. 100 feet from the ground, maybe...50-100 feet long. I'd say it was a dark colored object. Four round bright white lights, equidistant to each other illuminated the bottom. Yet seemingly not enough to reach the ground. It appeared to be rectangular, but no moon visible/ I driving/ and the craft lights made it difficult to conclude a definitive shape. I say that because there was one red light visible, not blinking, on the west side as I proceeded slowly to drive under it. NO SOUND--- and cruising at seemingly a slow speed. Traveling from the Northwest to the Southeast. I frantically looked to the pedestrians and other drivers…Nobody seemed to notice. NOBODY. Through my mind I felt, helicopter?--No…Blimp?--No…No sound. I've worked many nights and it's nothing I've ever come across. Must be something I missed. You got me.
August 28, 2023 · 12:53 AM · SPHERE
New York City, NY
I live in an apartment building on the 19th floor,I was watching tv when a bright light blue light caught my attention out my window.when I looked out the window, I saw a white bright orb with the light blue haze trail around it zoom by the top a building across the street from me,it lit up the entire roof of the building it was so bright.
August 20, 2023 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
Conklin, NY
I got to a friends to drop off some material for a job and I got out of my truck and a light out of the corner of my eye caught my attention I looked up in and all of a sudden it took off wicked fast and left a white streak through the sky and then it disappeared totally
August 13, 2023 · 2:51 AM · UNKNOWN
Jamaica, NY
It was around 2:50 am and there was thunderstorms but the sky kept flickering so I started recording, I recorded 2 video with the unidentified object but I didn’t realize I saw it until I looked at video again and saw this on the identified object moving and it kinda looked as if it was spinning
August 11, 2023 · 9:06 PM · FIREBALL
Fayette, NY
We saw a red fireball moving slowly across the sky while driving north on 414. It was low and initially it thought it may have been a drone with a red light but after I pulled over to look closer it looked like it was on fire. I took one picture with my phone camera and another one with an actual camera (I'm on vacation here) before it was out of view/range to see or photograph. It lasted about 1 minute total.
August 10, 2023 · 9:27 PM · CIRCLE
Hornell, NY
3 orange circular objects came low over the city. First 1 went upward pulsing, then changed shape and color to white, looking flatish, slightly curved, then picked up speed quickly. The other two followed doing the same, forming a triangle. They spend off quickly. I have mul pile pictures fairly clear
August 6, 2023 · 2:01 AM · LIGHT
Brooklyn, NY
Looking out of my window in Williamsburg late at night, I saw what appeared like a bright red star in the sky, possibly a laser beam. It was there for hours. Two nights later I saw it in a different spot and then again a few days later.
August 4, 2023 · 6:25 PM · CIRCLE
Unadilla, NY
I was on my back porch after having added a potato skin to my compost tumbler. I noted the odd weather, which has been threatening storms all day, but it has not actually rained yet. It is eerily dark outside and feels oppressive, probably from the high pressure system moving in. I walked back up on my porch and turned around to look back out over the yard and I saw a bright light, a warmish shade of bright bright white, brighter than anything else in the sky or around me. It was not terribly far or high, and looked like it might be over the river or just past it, and not even as high as the hill behind it. (Crane Hill, Unadilla). It was, from my perspective a bit smaller than the moon would look. It held for just a moment and then shrank down into a smaller dot, perhaps half its original size with no change in brightness or color. Then it simply vanished.
August 1, 2023 · 6:48 PM · CIRCLE
New York, NY
Looked up while on a walk and noticed a bunch of white orbs but very very far away. They were above the plane traffic that is always very heavy around that time of day. It was as though they were staying in one place but moving sideways.
August 1, 2023 · 6:20 PM · CIRCLE
New York City, NY
Circle bright light on top of Empire State area
August 1, 2023 · 1:34 PM · SPHERE
New York, NY
At first I thought it was a deflating weather ballon. It looked like it came down from the sky while slowing twirling. Like 6 shiney metalic orbs. I watched it for maybe 3 minutes. It came down to the water at almost the exact coordinates I provided. It was between Mill Basin Island and the New York City Department of Sanitation facility like you see in the map. Then it floated up into the sky and started traveling toward the Astoria/Long Island City coast. My window faces the water and I'm on the 15th Floor of my building in Manhattan. The sun was on it. I saw it keep going up and up and up till it disappeared into the cotton shapped looking clouds. It was so high I was afraid it would get into an airplane engine. It is a bright sunny day. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
July 30, 2023 · 8:18 PM · EGG
Probable conventionalBrooklyn, NY
We were taking a walk My mother and me where we started seeing a shine bright light moving differently than any other flying object or airplane , the shape is more like an egg shape , i tried to zoom in the maximum as you can see on my videos ! [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Probable]
July 30, 2023 · 7:50 PM · OVAL
Geneva, NY
I was looking up in the sky and seen this a friend about 10 miles north of me said he seen it as well and in one photo above the one object there looks like another tiny one
July 27, 2023 · 9:54 PM · LIGHT
Gasport, NY
9:54 pm on 7/27/23: My mother and I were sitting outside on her porch talking when she asked "Is that a tower?" and pointed to sky. I turned around to look and said "Oh, no that's Venus." It appeared like a stationary bright light/planet. Then after about 5 seconds the light began to move. I realized then that the planet Venus was farther up in the sky and this was something else. The light began to move downward in the sky slowly and then appeared to slowly begin moving away from us in the sky. As it continued to move it became larger. The light was white and was many times larger than the planet Venus appeared in the sky. After the object continued to move (appeared to be moving away from us) for about 15 seconds it disappeared. I thought it may have gone behind a cloud but because it was dark I could not tell if there were any clouds. Local radar had skies clear when I checked and the light never reappeared after it disappeared. I checked the Flight Radar app but there was no air traffic in the surrounding towns. There was no sound like there is when a small plane flies over the area. I can't estimate altitude because it was below Venus in the sky and then appeared to move further down and then away as the light got larger. It was very odd. No other lights such as FAA flashing lights were seen. The fact that it disappeared was particularly odd.
July 24, 2023 · 10:30 PM · CHANGING
Probable conventionalStaten Island, NY
As my wife and I were crossing the street walking dog I see you when I appear to be an airplane light. It looks brighter than usual when you look in the sky. As I was watching this fly across sky I noticed right away it looked alot different then a airplane. As I ran back across the street to get a better open view, the light completely disappeared, but there was still a something flying same speed only no light just a pure silhouette. I also do not have vidoe. But after I lifted the phone to take a video and went home, I stayed outside, and saw two planes close to each orher. I could be wrong but u thought maybe it was military planes afterwards. God only knows Likely an aircraft moving towards the witness then turning away [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Probable]
July 24, 2023 · 12:00 AM · CIRCLE
Buffalo, NY
Myself and two of my friends cited a ufo/up over Georgetown Park in the early morning of July 24th 2023
July 23, 2023 · 10:20 PM · CIRCLE
Buffalo, NY
Flying around my home at around 10-11 pm
July 22, 2023 · 9:45 PM · FLASH
Summit, NY
Large sustained flash of light over us phased out after nearly 10 seconds and reduced to a pinpoint of light. After some moments we noticed several points of light moving toward where the original light flare had occurred.
July 22, 2023 · 3:44 PM · CUBE
IdentifiedNY, NY
I noticed a weird possible square like object with what looks like two pointers in front along with a smaller object near by while on the Staten Island Ferry heading towards Manhattan. It was moving slowly over the Staten Island Bridge. Advertising banner behind a private aircraft.. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Certain]
July 22, 2023 · 2:23 AM · CIRCLE
Huntington, NY
It was a starless, cloudy night, but a shiny object attracted my attention. With my binoculars, I could see a round object hovering in the sky. It was not moving and I believe it could be there for several hours. it had 2 main big lights surrounded by hundreds of beautiful bright lights. It reminded me of what a city looks like from an airplane. I took pictures.
July 18, 2023 · 8:24 PM · DISK
Probable conventionalMerrick, NY
We noticed the craft immediately because it was something neither of us have seen (we live near several airports) The irregular object was heading upwards to the sky and appeared as if it was spinning. The strangest part was that there were two lines of either smoke or fire coming out of the craft. We lost it when it went behind a cloud. Almost immediately after a giant aircraft looking plane passed the ufos line of motion. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Probable]
July 17, 2023 · 9:17 PM · CYLINDER
Brooklyn, NY
I was sitting on my roof with my neighbor and we saw a bright light. As it got closer, we realized it was not a plane, helicopter or jet. Just fast moving bright object. Hard to get a decent picture.