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)
Miami · FL, USA
Fast green light seen by my boyfriend and I and another pedestrian.
Ruskin · FL, USA
Bright light came into sight in a dark sky and quickly exited 180 degrees without stopping or turning--rapidly!
Ormond Beach · FL, USA
Multiple sightings.
Lakeland · FL, USA
Bright white/amber object that dims until vanishing
Daytona · FL, USA
Fireball.
Cape Coral · FL, USA
Distinct white/silver metallic craft with discernable top and bottom flying across northern sky and disappeared. No clouds in sky.
Sebring · FL, USA
Unknown fireball in the sky.
Jupiter · FL, USA
Orange glowing round object. Moving slowly and speeds up and goes high until looks like a star.
Oakland Park · FL, USA
UFO SIGHTED ABOVE MY LAKE IN OAKLAND PARK, FL, JULY 20.
Daytona · FL, USA
Deep bright red glowing oval craft in the sky.
Cocoa Beach · FL, USA
Laying in my backyard. Looked up and seen a fire looking thing and then gone. No noise.
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Flashing flying object.
Orlando · FL, USA
Giant white flash followed by a boom, no airplanes in sight, no military fields near by, no airports near by.
Miami · FL, USA
Thick flash of light with red tip/outline squiggling across Miami sky
Clearwater · FL, USA
Blue light.
Sarasota · FL, USA
Zoom, zoom back and forth in the sky very quickly, then hovered, before disappearing.
Largo · FL, USA
Saw bluish green light going N to S and hooked to the opposite direction, and then dipped below skyline.
Boca Raton · FL, USA
Solid orange round light floated across sky for 30 seconds then disappeared (totally unlike airplane lights. It was fairly close, too,)
South Daytona · FL, USA
Daytona Beach UFO Triangle shaped red/orange SW-NE.
Tavernier · FL, USA
Bright reddish-rose-orange glowing large round orbs Ascending straight up rapidly!
Wellington · FL, USA
Cigar shaped light in southern sky of Wellington.
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
Erratic movements. Never in the same place. Then stopped and very rapidly disappeared.
Lutz · FL, USA
Fireballs.
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
Silver chevron object in clear blue sky over Fort Lauderdale at 5 pm in afternoon.
Palm City · FL, USA
It looked like a star skirting across the sky.