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)
Spring Hill · FL, USA
Wide white streak.
Homestead · FL, USA
Curiosity images reveal UFO
Sarasota · FL, USA
My friend woke me up and showed me a flickering multicolor object in the sky below Orion's belt. ((NUFORC Note: Sirius?? PD))
Delray Beach · FL, USA
Circular round lights the color of a flame moving in the sky above Delray Beach, FL mid-night 12/29/12
Vero Beach · FL, USA
Triangle shaped object in sky.
Big Pine Key · FL, USA
Around 06:00 my wife saw a "fireball" in the sky traveling North bound (WB from our bedroom) what it appeared. She thought it
Port St. Lucie · FL, USA
Long, silver object leaving an exhaust or debris trail. ((NUFORC Note: Possible high-alt. aircraft?? PD))
Jacksonville · FL, USA
We were going to our friends house when we noticed the UFO and stopped to look at it just hovering. It was in broad daylight and all wo
Boca Raton · FL, USA
The past week I've noticed a stationary white light with red flashing lights to the west. Every night the same light. ((Star??))
Pensacola · FL, USA
High altitude, very slow moving white light travels in half-circle then merges with another stationary white light that disappears.
Miami · FL, USA
5 individuals see Huge 300 ft Craft about 50 feet away for one hour. Could throw rock and hit it.
Boca Raton · FL, USA
Orange and grey pine cone shaped orb sighted while driving east in Boca Raton, Fl., between 8:15 and 8:30 PM.
Sebring · FL, USA
Line of fireballs in sky over Sebring, Florida (central florida) 9 PM EST 8/7/12
Orlando · FL, USA
Orange lights over west Orange County (Orlando area), FL
Orlando · FL, USA
August 7, 2012 sighting of orange lights in the sky in western Orange County, FL (near Walt Disney World)
Pace · FL, USA
Circular object with bright blinking red lights
South Daytona · FL, USA
Bright light moving fast and disapeared
Apopka · FL, USA
7 Fireballs in Apopka sky
Orlando (Near Seaworld/Disney World) · FL, USA
I saw 3 very red lights hovering in a triangle shape near Sea World Orlando Florida and they dissappeared about 5 minutes later.
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Rectangular silver/gray spacecraft hovering close to land with no sound. ((NUFORC Note: Date of event not indicated by source. PD))
Santa Rosa Beach · FL, USA
During family portraits in Seaside, Fl - I observed an unnatural shaped in the sky that ran from East to West for as far as I could see
Plant City · FL, USA
Orange Gliding Objects in the Night Sky
Orlando · FL, USA
Driving home from a friends house on 528 in Orlando, right next to the Lockheed Martin Facility hidden in between Orlando's busiest tou
Jacksonville Beach · FL, USA
Orange ball of light moving south to north over the ocean at extreme speed then disappeared.
Longwood · FL, USA
2 different flashing lights above longwood fl seen by 3 people .