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)
Fort Walton Beach · FL, USA
Bright white Diamond shaped craft with bright vapor trail seen in Fort Walton Beach, FL 7/10/12
Plantation · FL, USA
Bright red/orange light hovering high in the South Florida western sky then suddenly disappeared
St. Augustine · FL, USA
Red fireball? flys across St. Augustine sky!
Siesta Key · FL, USA
While in the pool at our condo, I noticed a red light in the sky far out over the Gulf. Over several minutes it moved closer traveling
Orlando · FL, USA
5 balls of light
Crawfordville · FL, USA
Hot air ballon shaped object
St. Petersburg Beach · FL, USA
20-30 ORANGE/RED FIREBALLS TRAVEL NORTH OVER ST PETE BEACH AND VANISH OVER GULF
St. Petersburg Beach · FL, USA
20-40 ORANGE/RED FIREBALLS TRAVELING NORTH OVER ST PETE BEACH-DISAPPEARING OVER GULF
Tampa (near) · FL, USA
Three bright orange/red fiery balls that looked road flares floating S along I-75; tree top level and stacked vertically.
Clearwater · FL, USA
Saucer seen on Causeway
Dade City · FL, USA
6 round orange ball of light glide across the night sky in Dade city
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Fluorescent green streak in jacksonville sky
Port Orange · FL, USA
Orange/white glowing lights in night sky, triangle formation, moving from west to east July 18, 2012 - 9 PM
DeLand · FL, USA
Two Orange lights in the sky
Brandon · FL, USA
Fireballs over Brandon Florida
Pensacola · FL, USA
Orange metallic colored ovals falling from the sky not fireworks falling straight down no way!
Indialantic · FL, USA
I was on the beach and i saw the most unbelievable oval shaped explosion of orange light which slowly turned green aNd dissapeared
Naples · FL, USA
Good-sized orange fireball coming from Gulf of Mexico in Northeast direction over Naples
Mims · FL, USA
Multiple different "what look like stars" blinking then moving very slow in different directions
Dade City · FL, USA
2 stars moving in the sky & more. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a sighting of planets in the eastern morning sky. PD))
Sunny Isles Beach · FL, USA
3 upside down triangles hanging from a vertical white bar. One was just behind a high rise building over the ocean. ((Planets??))
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
Strange flying objects in the sky
Miami · FL, USA
A ball of Fire going across the sky
St. George Island · FL, USA
Orange Fireball that fizzled out.
Daytona Beach · FL, USA
Orange ball of light over Daytona Beach by the Boardwalk