Website Oneonta, NY WDLA 92.1 Big Cat Radio, a Townsquare Media station, plays the best country music in Walton, New York. 15 Recent UFO Sightings Reported Across Upstate New York By Brian, 1 hours ago Last month, I spent a few days tucked away at a cabin in the Adirondacks—shoutout, Chestertown. No cell service, no traffic noise, just the sound of the woods and a sky so dark you could see every star. Around midnight, I stepped outside for some air, and as I looked up at that endless black sky, I had one of those “this is it” moments. For a split second, I swore I was about to be the next guy on the news claiming I’d been taken by aliens in the mountains. Spoiler: I didn’t get abducted. (At least, I don’t think I did.) Photo: Canva What’s Really Out There? The National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) tracks UFO and UAP sightings across the U.S., and they’ve logged quite a few in New York recently. Some reports even include photos or video—click the city links to check them out for yourself. Whether you’re a believer or a skeptic, it’s an addicting rabbit hole to dive into. 15 of the Most Recent UFO Sightings in New York 07/23 – Kenmore, NY “A silent, bright white orb hovered overhead for 30 seconds, refracted light like a diamond, then drifted SE—no aircraft on radar.” 07/22 – Buffalo, NY “Saw two rotating reflective objects in the evening sky (still daylight), which seemed to be in a diagonal position to each other.” “Tic Tac UFO sighted south of Galleria Mall.” 07/22 – North Salem, NY “High-pitched sound, rhombus-shaped object directly over our heads. The object itself was soundless.” 07/21 – Bergen, NY “At approximately 6:15 PM, I saw a strange object in the sky flying in an abnormal flight pattern.” 07/20 – Niagara Falls, NY “We saw a glowing object and filmed it. When we zoomed in, it appeared to be a spacecraft.” 07/20 – Port Jervis, NY “Three colored, pointed UFOs appeared high in the sky, merged, vanished into a cloud—then birds returned after being absent.” 07/19 – Altamont, NY “Rectangle lights resembling the top of a radio station transmitter.” 07/17 – Cicero, NY “Red ‘diamond’ in the center with white ‘tips’. I was on my deck as it passed, heading north to south.” 07/17 – New York, NY “Triangular matte black pyramid shape with three sticks on the bottom, with circular feet at the end of each stick.” 07/16 – Sayville, NY “Saw a tumbling, reflective disk fall, flash intermittently, right itself, then fly east and vanish from sight.” 07/16 – Ellicottville, NY “Multiple lights flying in different directions. Then they began to form a circle.” 07/10 – New York, NY “We saw a white light that looked like a craft making irregular, fast moves, then disappeared.” 07/09 – Rochester, NY “Looked like a big flashing star, but it moves.” 07/04 – Burnt Hills, NY “Two separate sightings, approximately 5 minutes apart, flying in the same direction at about the same altitude. Videoed 2nd sighting.” 07/04 – Kings Park, NY “While sitting in our backyard, I noticed and took a video of this quick-moving green object that changed shape as it moved.” So… Do You Believe? Whether you’re a true believer, a die-hard skeptic, or just someone who enjoys stargazing, New York skies never disappoint—especially in the summer. I may have made it back from Chestertown without being taken aboard a mothership, but clearly, others across the state are seeing things they can’t explain. If you’ve spotted something strange, send me an email at brian@wgna.com and I may feature your story in a future post. 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Paramount 1. The Naked Gun Man, I needed this movie. 2025’s The Naked Gun is 85 minutes of non-stop laughs. Visual gags, goofy puns, brilliantly stupid toilet humor, pop-culture satire; it’s all there in the new Naked Gun, about as good an update of an old franchise as has been made in the 2020s. (No wonder the film is doing well in theaters; you’ve got to see it twice to catch all the jokes.)Liam Neeson plays Frank Drebin Jr., the son of Leslie Nielsen’s bumbling cop from the original Naked Gun trilogy. 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