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)
Big Pine Key · FL, USA
Star like lights flying silently in a perfect boomerang formation, high rate of speed disappeared suddenly
Miami · FL, USA
Boomerang or V shaped UFO.
Geneva · FL, USA
A triangular shaped UFO lined with red lights that went on and off at 3 second intervals.
Ocala · FL, USA
Stationary, rectangular object seen in north-central Florida.
Sarasota · FL, USA
White cigar shaped ufo not flying then dissappeared
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Disc shaped saucer seen inside a glowing orange ball of light in Jacksonville, florida.
Orlando · FL, USA
Reddish orange glowing orbs flying in formation in Orlando at about 9:30 PM April 29, 2012
Melbourne · FL, USA
Silent, pulsating orange light from south to north
Melbourne · FL, USA
Strange fireball
Stuart · FL, USA
First, I am not a follower of UFO sightings. I just plugged in "fireballs in sky over Stuart" in my search box to see if there was anyt
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
Bright star like object moving at a slow rate across the night sky. Within 13 seconds it slowly began to get smaller and disappeared. N
Orlando · FL, USA
2 Fire Balls Flying In The Sky
Miami · FL, USA
Numerous (15-20) solid red-orange flare-like lights over Miami in 10 minute period.
Palm Bay · FL, USA
Many orange orbs fly overhead and out to the ocean.
Sarasota County · FL, USA
Unknown objects in SE skies over Central Florida
Margate · FL, USA
Orb in Margate Florida
Panama City Beach · FL, USA
Lighted object moving in unusual patterns, unlike any aircraft.
Sarasota · FL, USA
Triangle with lights seen moving south along us 41 sarasota
Naples · FL, USA
Orange light pulsating orbs in front moved slowly over Naples Beach, no sound. Up and gone.
Sebastian · FL, USA
Orange Light Over Sebastian, Florida
Orlando · FL, USA
Orange orbs flying over Orlando
Ocala · FL, USA
IFO sighting
Port Charlotte · FL, USA
Stationary object flashing red and green over south west coast of Florida near vacinity of Port Charlotte.
Crystal Beach · FL, USA
2 bright lights same distance apart 2 nights in a row. ((NUFORC Note: Jupiter and Venus are in conjunction in the W sky. PD))
Tampa (near) · FL, USA
Orange circles with many smaller circles within them .... changing to white random shapes.