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Rochester, NY
New York · Monroe County · Rochester Metro
Rochester is a large city in New York with a population of 209,720. Residents earn $46,628 per year, which is 38% below the national average.
3.0
/5.0
B
Good
209,720
Population
5,865/sq mi density
$46,628
Median Income
$30,451 per capita
$120,600
Home Value
$228,693 Zillow
$1,039
Median Rent
31.8% income on rent
51°F
Avg Temperature
226 sunny days/yr
748
Violent Crime/100K
3,471 property/100K
B
Overall
3.0 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
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Economy
2.7 / 5.0
$46,628 median income, 4.9% unemployment
A+
Affordability
5.0 / 5.0
$120,600 home value, $1,039/mo rent
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Safety
1.0 / 5.0
748 violent crimes/100K (97% above avg)
B
Education
3.4 / 5.0
29.9% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
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Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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UFO Sightings Near Rochester, NY
76 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Rochester, NY.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rochester (?), NY | 2014 | Three orbs in the sky over rochester ny. |
| Rochester, NY | 2014 | Bright light speeding across the sky in a straight line faster than anything I have ever seen before. |
| Rochester, NY | 2014 | At approximately 7:30 pm , my wife and I witnessed an orange glow in the southwest sky. The glow became larger as it got closer. There |
| Rochester, NY | 2014 | 4 white lights rotating in the sky,right within the clouds. |
| Rochester, NY | 2014 | Solid bright orange light flying low and very quickly. |
| Rochester, NY | 2013 | Red Light with white yellow ora in sky near lake Ontario, Greece, Ny |
| Rochester, NY | 2013 | Four of us saw 4 fire colored lights flow acctossed the sky, and have video and still pic. |
| Rochester, NY | 2013 | Orange orbs near Lake Ontario. |
| Rochester, NY | 2012 | Real bright star like object moving north to southeast silently low in the night sky. |
| Rochester, NY | 2012 | Bright orange sphere, moved upwards, stopped for about 5-10 sec, then slowly, moved south, stopped & faded away. 3x within 60 minutes |
| Rochester, NY | 2012 | 3 witness a bright star like light at first hover, and then transform into a multi-lighted object which went out of view. |
| Rochester, NY | 2012 | Bright, flashing green object moving quickly across the sky |
| Rochester, NY | 2012 | White teardrop light came out of nowhere and disappeared right over LAKE AVE. |
| Rochester, NY | 2012 | Triangle craft with white lights, low to ground |
| Rochester (town of chili), NY | 2011 | 8-18 red/orange lights seemingly rising from the distant tree line above I-490 westbound after chili center exit south/southwest of my |
| Rochester, NY | 2011 | three large triangle shaped aircraft |
| Rochester, NY | 2011 | Fireball in Rochester ny |
| Rochester, NY | 2011 | Large bright green fireball sails from south to east (left to right) over Thruway trailing bright green sparks and disappears. |
| Rochester, NY | 2011 | Noticed an orb floating in the sky. It seemed to be reflecting the sunlight. After 45 seconds it started changing shape and just vanish |
| Rochester, NY | 2011 | Orange Balls Swiftly Gliding Through The Sky In Rochester, N.Y. |
| Rochester, NY | 2011 | Rochester NY lights in the sky two sightings |
| Rochester, NY | 2011 | Amber/orange balls 1 following the other changeing direction at unbeliveabley fast speeds |
| Rochester, NY | 2010 | Bright, fast moving blue light in Eastern sky. |
| Rochester, NY | 2010 | red white and blue lights forming a triangle |
| Rochester, NY | 2010 | Orange light seen hovering and moving over Rochester |
| Rochester, NY | 2010 | We saw 20 to 30 fireballs floating or gliding higher and then slowly flickering out. |
| Rochester, NY | 2010 | 2 round balls of light hovering over Rochester NY |
| Rochester, NY | 2010 | Semi-egg shaped object floating above local highway 20-25 feet in the air. |
| Rochester, NY | 2010 | Orange circular light , it hovered for a time before moving away at a high rate of speed |
| Rochester, NY | 2010 | "Flying Saucer" surrounded by 8 planes |
| Rochester (greece), NY | 2009 | Orange objects in sky |
| Rochester, NY | 2009 | Bright light over Lake Ontario blazing through the early morning sky. |
| Rochester, NY | 2009 | Bright light seen traveling slowly west to east over Rochester; no sound or aircraft lights seen. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of ISS. PD)) |
| Rochester, NY | 2009 | Two bright orange balls of light that moved quickly around each other, then suspended, then slowly, one by one, disappeared from view |
| Rochester, NY | 2008 | 12 to 15 points of light in formation of 2 triangle shapes, 2 loose ones on the left very fast heading north |
| Rochester, NY | 2008 | Christmas Eve object with bright spotlight near Rt. 441 in Wayne County near Rochester, New York like a helicopter with no sound |
| Rochester, NY | 2007 | pure white bubbulous object with brilliant tiny red twinkling lights in a small area on the underside |
| Rochester, NY | 2007 | orange ball of fire hovering over Rochester NY area, chased away by another multi-colored UFO. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD)) |
| Rochester, NY | 2007 | Bright Blue, Metallic Object seen over NYS Thruway around Roch, NY.... |
| Rochester, NY | 2007 | Streaking bright UFO spotted by all of us around a campfire! Moving at a crazy speed.... ((NUFORC Note: ISS overflight. PD)) |
| Rochester, NY | 2006 | I seen a caft over the dorms at RIT in rochester for about 10 mins hovering I think i saw another car pull over .my girl friend was wi |
| Rochester, NY | 2005 | the egg shaped objects were there, and the light flashed and they were gone. |
| Rochester, NY | 2004 | Round silent object zooms across horizon |
| Rochester, NY | 2004 | Huge low flying black chevron shaped craft sighted on the night of the lunar eclipse. |
| Rochester, NY | 2004 | Cigar shaped object in sky |
| Rochester, NY | 2003 | Very bright, star like object moving across the sky--backing up and making very sharp turns and circles. |
| Rochester, NY | 2003 | Happened in rochester ny lasted 10 minutes 3 lights in a horazontal line moved slowly made no sound |
| Rochester, NY | 2002 | Ufo's seen hovering around the Rochester area |
| Rochester, NY | 2002 | Bright light seen in the northeastern sky over New York tonight. |
| Rochester, NY | 2002 | Bright Light |
| Rochester, NY | 2002 | Colored Lighs |
| Rochester, NY | 2002 | I saw this white light flash 3 times and move to the right, flashed 3 times and moved to left and then flased again and dissapered. |
| Rochester, NY | 2002 | Large star like object moving slow and vanishing. |
| Rochester, NY | 2001 | Red and white lights moving in unison at high speed with very quick zig zag directional movements ((90 degrees). |
| Rochester, NY | 2001 | Pair of lights, travelling East to West at extreme velocities |
| Rochester, NY | 2001 | White circular light seen in sky, splitting into four distinct white lights, dancing in a circle. and converging with a kiss. |
| Rochester, NY | 1999 | Abduction to underground facility. |
| Rochester, NY | 1999 | I've witnessed a fast blinking green light that would not blink at times, which disapeared after a total of 10 seconds.The next night I |
| Rochester, NY | 1998 | I observed a very bright sphere travelling from 60 deg. to 20 deg. East of Rochester, NY. It was a bright white sphere, moving very fas |
| Rochester, NY | 1998 | Walking dog, looked up, saw large orange fireball with a long orange tail streak across sky directly above. |
| Rochester, NY | 1998 | I was with my brother in my front yard, when I noticed a slow blinking light up in the sky. I knew it wasn't a satilite because it was |
| Rochester, NY | 1998 | My girlfriend and I were sitting on my deck looking at the stars and this Triangular shaped craft "floated" or slid directly overhead. |
| Rochester, NY | 1997 | another person and i were driving home on a semi - unoccupied road. i noticed a strange glow, an almost greenish light in the sky, in a |
| Rochester, NY | 1996 | I saw three triangle shaped craft fly over my neighborhood. |
| Rochester, NY | 1996 | Man, brother, see bright yellow light hovering over local woods suddenly descend into woods, turn to orange. Sudden flash of light. |
| Rochester, NY | 1995 | Two men driving on major hwy. witness a strange triangle overhead w/ red, green, & yellow lights directly overhead. Flew slowly. |
| Rochester, NY | 1995 | I was a superviser in a machine shop B shift,my guys had lunch at nine.They were going out to get something to eat,and I was still |
| Rochester, NY | 1995 | UFO followed me |
| Rochester, NY | 1993 | Shape changing craft. |
| Rochester, NY | 1976 | Flashing red light appeared a foot above my car then sped away at incredible speed. |
| Rochester, NY | 1975 | Prior to the full lunar eclipse I clearly saw an impact on the moon at the 11 o'clock portion of the moon followed by a much smaller af |
| Rochester, NY | 1973 | While walking to another building for a lunch break, I and many other people saw this "craft" hovering over the city Of Rochester for 2 |
| Rochester, NY | 1970 | A number of cases described a reddish clay residue that had been found at abduction sites. |
| Rochester (outside of), NY | 1966 | they just seem to fly out of the west sky stop and then they were gone and no we were not on drugs, |
| Rochester, NY | 1966 | Disc shaped object came down from clouds, hovered for 15 seconds, then slowly went back up into the clouds. |
| Rochester (approching), NY | 1965 | My wife and I were driving from Brockport to our home in Rochester, NY in the evening when we spotted three bright discs hovering in th |