Hey, if you’re spotting something wild in the NYC skies and yelling “UFO!” into the void, you’re not alone in the hype—but let’s cut through the static. As of 12:15 p.m. ET on December 12, 2025, real-time scans across X (formerly Twitter), news wires, and social feeds show zero confirmed UFO or anomalous aerial activity over New York City today. No mass sightings, no 911 floods, no viral threads exploding with eyewitness vids. The skies are clear(ish)—just your standard winter gray, maybe a stray helicopter or two.
That said, your query echoes a super-viral clip from October 23, 2025, where a TikTok user dropped a trippy video of glowing orbs dancing over Manhattan, captioned exactly: “Can anyone in NYC confirm this is happening right now!?” It racked up millions of views, sparking #UFONYC frenzy on Threads and X, with folks debating everything from alien probes to a sneaky drone light show for some event. (Spoiler: Most sleuths pegged it as coordinated LED drones—cool, but earthly.)
Quick Reality Check on Recent Sky Drama
While nothing’s popping today, the Tri-State area’s been a hotbed for “mystery lights” misfires all year. Here’s the lowdown from fresh reports:
Can anyone in NYC confirm this is happening right now!? 😮😋 pic.twitter.com/T3H9yAVUCN
— 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 (@Matt_Pinner) December 11, 2025
- Drone Swarm in the Bronx (Early This Morning): Around 5:30 a.m., jittery residents in Mt. Eden (near Jerome Ave & Clarke Place) lit up 911 lines over “multiple drones” buzzing low and vanishing like ghosts when cops rolled up. Sources say they were “mysterious flying objects” that just… poofed. No arrests, no origins traced—echoing the wild NJ drone flap from late 2024 that spilled into 2025, where SUV-sized buzzers (up to 6 feet wide) hovered for hours, dodging radar and fueling UFO theories. White House peeps shut it down quick: “None verified as threats—just planes, helos, stars, or hobbyist toys.”
- Broader 2025 UFO Spike: New York state’s logged 66+ UAP reports in the first half of the year alone—glowing orbs, silent triangles, shape-shifters. A Reddit thread from last December (Dec 13, 2024) went nuts over a “boomerang-shaped light” parting clouds over NYC, with users swearing it was no drone but a “low-flying invisible sub.” (Consensus? Probably surveillance tech or lens flare.)
- The Usual Suspects: Feds chalk most up to mundane stuff—commercial flights from JFK/LaGuardia, FAA-approved drones (over 1M registered nationwide), or even Venus playing tricks. But hey, a cylindrical near-miss with a passenger jet off NYC earlier this year? That one’s still got Pentagon eyebrows raised.
NYC Eyewitness Call: What’s Your Take?
If you’re in the five boroughs and seeing lights, shapes, or silent speedsters right this second, drop details—time, hood (Brooklyn? Midtown?), direction, sounds (or lack thereof). Snap a vid, geolocate it, and share safely (no doxxing the skies). Apps like NUFORC or Enigma Labs are gold for logging legit reports.
Bottom line: No E.T. phone home vibes today, but the Northeast’s drone/UFO echo chamber is always primed for the next flap. Stay skeptical, sky-watch safe—clear skies ahead (fingers crossed). Got footage? Hit reply—we’ll dissect it.
By Mark Smith