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)
Pompano Beach · FL, USA
Red and blue light cluster moved east across sky then stop and hover. After a few minutes, lights move west until I lost sight.
Inverness · FL, USA
Glowing reddish orange orbs floating slowly southeast. All same size same color.
Tarpon Springs · FL, USA
Faint "star" moves across night sky.
Wellington · FL, USA
Blue-violet fireball that gracefully zig-zagged and flew in an arc pattern.
Cape Coral · FL, USA
Large red and pulsing circle of light heading north at varying speeds in Southwest Florida.
Sarasota · FL, USA
One light traveling towards bradenton north west-of sarasota, a plane shortly followed into the vicinity, as if tracking the ufo.
Sunrise · FL, USA
Sphere in the sky over Sunrise, FL, emitted lights that constantly shifted and changed colors before disappearing.
Coral Springs · FL, USA
Bright light hovered and changed colors.
Coral Springs · FL, USA
Multidimensional diamond like shaped object w/different colored lights.
Land O'Lakes · FL, USA
We are in our 50's and had never seen this before.
Port St. Lucie · FL, USA
Red and blue circles flying 40ft high East Coast Florida
Tallahassee · FL, USA
((HOAX??)) Triangular object with 2 wings/ 3 lights. Hovering over a lake until I took a flash photo, then headed towards and over us.
Palm City · FL, USA
Video of bright orange or colored unidentified object in sky.
Apollo Beach · FL, USA
As I was walking my dog at approximately 12:00 noon, on a beautiful clear day, I saw what I first thought were a group of birds high in
Tampa · FL, USA
String of blinking red light aircraft.
Davie · FL, USA
Amber Disk Sighted near Ft. Lauderdale International Airport.
Miami · FL, USA
My girlfriend and I saw a strange ORANGE orb about 800-1000 feet above us flying at a normal speed. It made no sound and flew into the
Coral Springs · FL, USA
Saw five cone shaped objects glowing orange heading Southwest in straight slightly offset formation. I stopped my car turned off the en
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
Blue U shape light moving slow and suddenly speeding up.
Sunrise · FL, USA
Green, blue, reddish lights in Sunrise, FL; unusual movements and speed without noise.
Wellington · FL, USA
Strange blue light seen over Forest Hill Blvd. in Wellington, Florida.
Wellington · FL, USA
Bright Blue (LED) Floating Light.
Punta Gorda · FL, USA
Cluster of moving lights in the sky, some were flashing most weren't.
Sunrise · FL, USA
Color changing plus sign disappears into thin air
Port St. Lucie · FL, USA
A red and green diamond shaped spacecraft.