NUFORC UFO Sighting 185266
Occurred: 2024-11-25 22:10 Local
Reported: 2024-12-15 09:43 Pacific
Duration: At least 20-25 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Syosset, NY, USA
Location details: LIU CW Post University, Greenvale to Split Rock Road in Syosset (along rt. 25A)

Shape: Unknown
Color: Unknown
Estimated Size: Cesna Aircraft size
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: NE
Angle of Elevation: 45
Closest Distance: 100-200 feet
Estimated Speed: Unknown
Explanation: Drone - Possible
Characteristics: Lights on object

On the night of November 25, 2024, I was leaving work at the LIU/CW Post Tilles Center in Greenvale (north shore of Nassau County, near Old Brookville, Old Westbury, etc.) just after 10:00pm. As I waited at the exit of LIU to turn onto Northern Blvd/Rt.25A going east toward Syosset, I noticed what appeared to be a helicopter hovering above the thick tree grove just north of 25A. I was instantly curious, wondering if a crime or an accident had occurred around Cedar Swamp Road, which cuts north from 25A.

Interestingly, I didn't hear the amount of blade noise I would expect to hear from a helicopter hovering so close-by, so, with the traffic light still red, I rolled down my driver-side window and listened. There were virtually no cars on this quiet country road at this hour on a Monday night, and I immediately noticed that the aircraft was not making any discernible noise.

When the light turned green, it took me all of thirty seconds to dismiss the whole incident, and I proceeded to head toward home in Syosset. Before I had traveled a few hundred feet, however, out of the trees came another one of these "helicopters," arousing my curiosity once again. Still pumped up from the concert I had just worked, I thought for a minute about turning left up Cedar Swamp Road to search for police, ambulance, or fire lights, but decided to abort when I remembered there was a pumpkin pie waiting for me at home.

The traffic light at Wolver Hollow Road and 25A turned red and I came to a stop. As I waited, with no cars anywhere in sight around me, I looked up and, sure enough, a flying object that I had assumed was an airplane had stopped moving and was hovering above 25A, shining a very bright white light that, when it turned slightly, shone right in my front window for about two seconds. This time, I was able to see clearly that the aircraft was not a helicopter at all, but a Cessna-sized, airplane-shaped object that appeared to have some kind of lit panel with a checkered-pattern extension hanging off it. I have seen drones of all types, from consumer to commercial to military models, and I immediately discounted the first two types, but could not confirm the third, except that this was larger and brighter than any drone I had ever seen in the sky.

I thought about grabbing my phone and capturing a photo, but when the light turned green, I decided it was more important to drive than to risk being rear-ended by some other driver who was looking up at the sky, thinking he/she was the only car on the road.

As I proceeded through the traffic light, the object turned and continued to fly northwest, toward the other aircraft. I considered, for a moment, that perhaps this was the same aircraft, flying in a circle and coming around for another loop, but my thought was that the speed the aircraft would have to be traveling to accomplish this was beyond what I believe any flying object of that size could achieve.

This thought was further pushed out of my head when, between Cedar Swamp Road and my turnoff on Split Rock Road, I spotted three more of these objects, all identical, all moving way too slow to be airplanes, emerging from the tree line on the south of 25A and heading northwest, toward the first aircraft and, maybe, toward Long Island Sound, ultimately.

Still amped up from the concert when I got home, I called the Nassau County Second Precinct to ask if there was any type of aircraft testing or exploration going on in the area. I described the objects to the desk sergeant as "drones" at this time, having no better reference to use. I was told that the police knew nothing about it and that they would keep my report on file. End of night, off to sleep.

When I woke up Tuesday morning, the incident was still with me, so I did what any inquiring mind would do and I posted my experience to Facebook. Within minutes, people were sending me articles about drone sightings in New Jersey, where the objects observed perfectly matched the description of what I had seen the night before. To make a long story short, from that point on, I became obsessed with this matter, and knowing that the breaking of the news would soon flood tip-lines everywhere with mistaken or fabricated sightings, I contacted the Morris County, NJ Sheriff's office (where the NJ sightings had been reported) and told them about the Long Island incident the night before. They seemed only mildly interested, for some reason.

When I polled some co-workers about the sighting the next day, only one (but fortunately the one with the most street-credibility) replied that she had seen the same thing and was captivated by it. This co-worker drove all the way from LIU to Huntington that night, so she had the same line-of-sight I did and witnessed at least as many of these aircraft as I did (six, total).

In the next few days, I escalated my game and contacted both the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, the agencies I had read were involved in the New Jersey investigation. In both cases, I had to first call the Long Island offices and then call additional offices to report my sightings multiple times. I am glad I did this early in the investigation, as it appears many later "sightings" were reported by either hoaxters or people who couldn't tell the difference between an airplane and a drone. In fact, many of the videos and photos I have seen since November 25 are clearly airplanes, and even the photos that accompany most news stories are of the type of hobby drones you purchase on Amazon, and NOTHING like the drones I saw.

Most frustrating to me, as the days went on, was the fact that news outlets kept reporting the story as if it only affected New Jersey. Then, as time went on, they reported that drone sightings had been reported in Brooklyn and Staten Island, never once mentioning Long Island, although the reporters claimed to have used the FBI and Homeland Security as resources. "Where did my reports go?" I wondered.

I even contacted News 12 LI three times, leaving messages and e-mails asking why they would keep reporting drone sightings everywhere but right here in their coverage area. No reply. Makes me wonder if someone is trying to steer the investigation away from Long Island?

At this point, the wild claims and rumors have turned this whole incident into somewhat of a joke, so I don't even talk about my personal experience on November 25th anymore. It puzzles me how people are perfectly willing to believe that UFO's are here or that our government is trying to poison us with drones, but nobody is willing to even CONSIDER that the far-from-normal streaks across the sky for the past several years (oops! there goes my credibility) are anything but condensation trails.

Anyway, I do not believe that these are alien invaders or some type of revenge mission ordered by the current administration. But I will leave off with this (and maybe someone can provide a valid answer): If there is such an active investigation on both a local and federal level, why hasn't someone thought of sending up a helicopter to follow one of these drones to its landing base?

Posted 2024-12-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 170823
Occurred: 2022-07-31 10:26 Local
Reported: 2022-07-31 07:29 Pacific
Duration: 1 hr


Location: Syosset, NY, USA
Location details: White round ufo

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Aircraft nearby

White round

Saw a white circle for about two hours not moving.
A plane went by and it seemed to follow it. Wind was blowing in the opposite direction




Posted 2022-09-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 163476
Occurred: 2021-05-22 23:30 Local
Reported: 2021-05-24 05:56 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Syosset, NY, USA

Shape: Formation
Characteristics: Lights on object

Saw 3 bright white lights in the sky in a stacked vertical formation. They were flashing on and off in an irregular pattern.



Posted 2021-07-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 104511
Occurred: 2013-11-15 22:30 Local
Reported: 2013-11-16 13:47 Pacific
Duration: 17 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Syosset, NY, USA

Shape: Unknown


5 objects of an amber/orange color moving together from west to east at low altitude.

Objects were a amber/orange and somewhat round but not perfect. There were 5 objects that were traveling in a east to west direction at a relatively low altitude. We attempted to follow the objects as best we could but after about 10 minutes the 4 of the objects were not in sight. The 5th object appeared to rise in the sky and dissappeared. There was no sound from the objects at all. My wife and I both observed these objects and could not explain what they were. There were no flashing lights that are present on all flying craft. I have excellent hearing and have corrected vision. I could not make out the slightest noise coming from the objects.

Posted 2013-11-20

NUFORC UFO Sighting 105898
Occurred: 2013-07-04 22:00 Local
Reported: 2014-01-01 22:03 Pacific
Duration: 15 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Syosset, NY, USA

Shape: Oval


Long Island Expressway, Syosset Exit 43 - Burning Red/Orange Ferris Wheel ??

On the service road of the LIE Syosset exit. Saw an orange object. Thought it was fireworks. Maybe 8-10 fireball ring flowing along from south to north. It didnt look like any firework I ever saw and was not a plane or helicopter. Looked like a giant Ferris wheel on fire.




NUFORC Note:

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD


Posted 2014-01-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 65680
Occurred: 2008-09-14 18:00 Local
Reported: 2008-09-14 23:21 Pacific
Duration: 8-10 minutesWhile driving
No of observers: 2

Location: Syosset, NY, USA

Shape: Disk
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

UFO over central long island

While driving west bound on rte 25 I noticed an object moving south west. I am familiar with the flight patterns of planes and this was not a common pattern and planes have wings. The object was round an very dark yet it seemed shiny enough to occasionally reflect the sun. I pointed out the object to my girlfriend who happened to be the driver. We observed it while stopped at a light. It then did something I never saw any plane or manmade flying apparatus do. It stopped dead. And began to move very quickly in the opposite north western direction. We pulled into a home depot parking lot just to watch it. It began to ascend into the clouds that were to the north. Eventually it disappeared into the cloud bank. Shortly after a fast moving helicopter did pass through the exact area we saw the object.



Posted 2008-10-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 8767
Occurred: 1965-11-15 16:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 1999-08-21 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 5-7 mins
No of observers: 7

Location: Syosset (Long Island), NY, USA

Shape: Disk


Observed a disk-shaped object about the size of a dime ( if held at arm's length )for several minutes against a blue sky until it slowly moved against the wind and into a passing cloud.

I was 13 years old and was leaving a doctors office in the company of my mother into the parking lot when we looked up slightly and noticed a silver-shaped disk stationary in the sky against the blue sky. There were scattered clouds here and there that were moving rather briskly across the sky at the time. We stood there for a while and some passers-by saw us looking and looked up as well wondering what it was we were looking at. About a minute or so after that it started to slowly move from its 10 o'clock position ( from our POV ) across the sky to about 2 o'clock ( against the wind ) where a small cloud was, like some others in the sky, moving briskly. Well, it entered into or behind the small cloud and the cloud just continued moving. I expected to see this object emerge from behind the cloud but it didn't although we stood there for a while until the cloud passed out of sight. The sun was low to our backs during this sighting. This was the first and only time I have clearly seen anything like this. We never reported it ( to whom??) but it is significant in that it was just a day or so before the "Great New England Blackout" so my approximate date of sighting can be narrowed further. I don't remember the exact day of the blackout. I think it was a week or so after that Life Magazine came out with their famous " Week of the Flying Saucers " issue. So there you have my, until now, unreported sighting fo your records for whatever its worth. At least I've finally gotten it of my chest.




NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that date of the incident is approximate. PD


Posted 1999-08-30