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)
North Palm Beach · FL, USA
My wife called me to the back yard to look at orange-red ball shaped bright lights moving south bound.
Lakeland · FL, USA
8-10 orange glowing silent objects floating across the sky seen in Lakeland, Fl
Winter Haven · FL, USA
Orange fireball silenty gliding through the air over my neighborhood/house.
Miami · FL, USA
A bright white ball streaking through the sky.
Miami · FL, USA
Steady round object, yellow/orange, large size. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Satellite Beach · FL, USA
ORANGE FIREBALL FLYS LOW AND SILENT OVER BACK YARD WIFE AND 2 SONS WATCHED IT.
Key West · FL, USA
Approx 10 orange lights moving slowly in East sky over Atlantic for about 4 minutes then disappeared
Panama City Beach · FL, USA
PCB, FL. - Sighted one reddish/orange colored sphere/75-100 ft. high/100yds. from coast/travelling west to east.
Tampa · FL, USA
Orange orb about 1/2 mile up. Traveled in a straight line N to S about a minute then faded out. Not a plane. No flashing lights.
Sarasota · FL, USA
7 balls of light flying in different difections. at different times for about an hour.
Pinellas Park · FL, USA
2 objects over st pete area 11/25/2012
Clearwater · FL, USA
Bright cloud bank that dissappeared quickly
Haines City · FL, USA
I was driving to work down route 544 in Haines City when i noticed 2 bright orange lights to my east. At first i thought it was 2 big s
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
I saw the tiny black disc object flying highly speed from the south to the north in West Palm Beach, Florida around November 29, 2012.
Sarasota · FL, USA
Dim lights
Hollywood · FL, USA
On October 6, 2012 I observed a torchlike like drifting over Hollywood, FL for about 2 minutes which then rose into the cloud cover
Ormond Beach · FL, USA
Fire ball over ormond beach fl
Lake Worth · FL, USA
2 white dots .
Titusville · FL, USA
WE SAW 3 SEPARATE SIGHTINGS WITHIN 15 MINS TIME EACH TIME 3 ORANGE FLAME BALLS FLEW IN UNISON THROUGH THE NEIGHBORS TREES AT A FAST PAC
Lake Worth · FL, USA
Self illuminating rod-chevron shape near West Palm Beach
Lake Worth · FL, USA
Chevron Shape Bright Object in the Northern Sky
Wellington · FL, USA
2 circular balls of red light floating over neighborhood in wellington, fl
Hudson · FL, USA
3 bright orange circles lights moving across sky
Lake Wales · FL, USA
Discovered what I thought was a UFO was actually the star Sierius. It refracts colors thru our atmosphere while low in the sky then bec
Lake Wales · FL, USA
Red whie and blue flashing lights