UFO Sightings in Florida
7,644 UFO sightings reported in Florida since 1944, peaking in 2014 (644 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 7,644
- Span
- 1944–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (644 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1944–2022 · peak 2014 (644 reports)
Top cities in Florida
Orlando
1961–2022 · peak 2013 (35 reports)
Miami
1946–2022 · peak 2012 (25 reports)
Jacksonville
1951–2022 · peak 2014 (28 reports)
Tampa
1952–2022 · peak 2015 (18 reports)
Sarasota
1969–2022 · peak 2012 (14 reports)
St. Petersburg
1964–2022 · peak 2017 (12 reports)
Naples
1976–2022 · peak 2013 (10 reports)
Cape Coral
1993–2021 · peak 2014 (13 reports)
Fort Lauderdale
1959–2022 · peak 2008 (7 reports)
Port St. Lucie
1991–2022 · peak 2014 (16 reports)
Pensacola
1955–2020 · peak 2019 (11 reports)
West Palm Beach
1967–2022 · peak 2013 (10 reports)
St. Augustine
1973–2022 · peak 2017 (8 reports)
Ocala
1965–2021 · peak 2019 (9 reports)
Bradenton
1970–2022 · peak 2011 (7 reports)
Gainesville
1967–2021 · peak 2008 (6 reports)
Boca Raton
1972–2022 · peak 2014 (12 reports)
Clearwater
1987–2021 · peak 2013 (8 reports)
Fort Myers
1996–2022 · peak 2017 (7 reports)
Tallahassee
1983–2021 · peak 2015 (6 reports)
Bradenton · FL, USA
A strange entity emitting varying degrees of bright white light appeared in RING security videos for over 8 hours.
Fort Myers · FL, USA
A single ship covered in a cloud like fog created a spotlight in the dead of night. The spotlight guided a small bright light/orb down
okeechobee · FL, USA
large round ball with light on in side . it seemed to get bigger and then smaller as if moving back and forth .
Tampa · FL, USA
Spotted while taking photos of space x launch
Tampa · FL, USA
Strang lights ((NUFORC Note
FL · USA
Happened over Lake County Florida
Ft Myers · FL, USA
See notes, bright swath of light, spilling out of dark sky, another bright spot coming down to land from it
Sarasota · FL, USA
Hovering in one spot
Lehigh Acres · FL, USA
Early morning, still dark, waiting at bus stop
Port St. Lucie · FL, USA
Bright orange disc
Orlando · FL, USA
Not sure. Looks like something machanically controlled decent
Miami · FL, USA
UFO made several looping maneuvers in the sky at incredible speed and precision before disappearing.
Orlando · FL, USA
Craft was emerald green flickering straight high above all other flying aircraft & silent & at times & disappearing at other times
naples · FL, USA
did not move and faded as sun set on it.
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
Two glowing orange lights moved rapidly across the sky keeping a constant distance between them and then climbed rapidly out of sight
Boca Raton · FL, USA
Object about 10k feet high did not move as it hovered.
Coral Gables · FL, USA
The craft was stationary. In a few minutes it disappeared.
Miami · FL, USA
Very high in the sky. Moved kinda slowly in unorganized pattern but overall heading west.
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Disk , dark , 10 seconds
Loxahatchee · FL, USA
Cloudy, windy, yet bright day. Never moved, quiet not floating.
The Villages · FL, USA
We see Venus recently every morning but for two mornings there were 2 non-moving lights, slightly above and to the right of Venus.
Orlando · FL, USA
Multi sided black reflective object flying across day sky rotating.
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
Bright circle sitting right beneath the moon.
Sanford · FL, USA
MADAR Node 91
Royal Palm Beach · FL, USA
MADAR Node 76 (12 mi west of WPB)