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)
Southwest Ranches · FL, USA
Brilliant white light in SW Sky stationary over 7 minutes then vanishes. Not an airplane!
Tampa · FL, USA
Intensely bright light sphere high up in the sky over the Gulf of Mexico.
Naples · FL, USA
oct,3,2013, 3:30 pm, cresent shaped craft.
Plantation · FL, USA
Bright red sphere moving north to south then west very fast and disappeared.
Homestead · FL, USA
An object/formation of object(s) in half moon shape formed by 7 lights too fast for an aircraft and too slow for a meteor.
Ocala · FL, USA
Spinning rainbows light they fly unlike any manmade aircraft. ((NUFORC Note: Star?? PD))
Boca Raton · FL, USA
5 Red circles hovering, looked light lining of a structure....until I realized there is no structure.
Oviedo · FL, USA
A grid formation of 30 or 36 lights, no noise.
DeLand · FL, USA
Intensly bright yellowish/orangish light. Very high in the sky. My house is directly below the N flight path for all air traffic.
Lake Placid · FL, USA
Damn I wish I had been reording the sky.
Winter Park · FL, USA
Boyfriend and I saw triangular craft with bright yellow lights and a low humming sound pass bedroom window twice.
Fort Myers · FL, USA
Recurring sighting in WSW sky, NOT Venus.
Sarasota · FL, USA
Object was also seen 10/8/13 for about an hour both times the Light was bright like a bright star almost Object didnt move and left aft
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
4 orange circle above me.
Clearwater · FL, USA
Follow up to editor's note
Clearwater · FL, USA
Went outside in backyard looked up saw a beautiful color green and red object flying in the sky about 5 miles out it flew erratically.
Wellington · FL, USA
Flying from west to east.
Palm Harbor · FL, USA
Tracking north to south at apx 2500 ft. A very fast, semi-transparent Chevron shape craft, slightly larger than a commercial plane.
Palm Beach Gardens · FL, USA
Five orange flying objects in the nights sky and no sound.
Naples · FL, USA
Circle of Different color flashing light over gulf in naples
Melbourne · FL, USA
At or around 22:00 hours my Mother called me outside to look at something My Father and I walked out the front door and observed a larg
Jupiter · FL, USA
Groups of glowing orange objects moving randomly from east to west over Jupiter Inlet area at approximately 10:00 pm Oct 11, 2013.
Spring Hill · FL, USA
Five reddish objects in the sky moved from north to southest before going out of sight.
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
Flashing stationery light streaks off.
Sanford · FL, USA
5 orange glowing objects in sky moving faster than commercial jets