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)
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
Object bright no blinking lights moving fast
Orlando · FL, USA
Rapid moving glowing oval craft moving across the night sky for 5 secs. so fast it seemed of alien origin.
Brooksville · FL, USA
Bright light in sky sitting still for at least 30 mins.
Graceville/Chipley (between) · FL, USA
triangle shaped object that flew and hovered like an Ospery with red and bright clear lights illumating off of it.
Lithia · FL, USA
Glowing orange object see in the eastern sky from Lithia FL.
Orlando · FL, USA
Large Orange light or fire ball over Orlando traveling E to W without falling and with no tail, then disappeared.
Winter Park · FL, USA
A rising or nearing bright yellow glowing rectangle stopped to create a fireball shape, dropped glitter-like substance, and disappeared
Thonotosassa · FL, USA
Saw a large light in the sky that seemed to have things coming off of it, then vanished out of the sky.
Indialantic · FL, USA
As I was driving south on state road A1A I observed a red stationary light about 100ft off the ground over a strip mall. I pulled into
Cape Coral · FL, USA
Flying disk with red and blue lights/ disapeared in sky like a light balb went out
New Port Richey · FL, USA
2 bright orange-red twinkling lights traveling in tandem, then climbed and faded away
Miami Beach · FL, USA
A fireball seeing over Miami for more than 1+ hours
Oakland Park · FL, USA
Blinking light over fort lauderdale http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN9bMl0OyKA
Daytona Beach Shores · FL, USA
Triangular formation off of coast
Sarasota · FL, USA
Orange light seen in sky North of Sarasota, FL
Daytona Beach · FL, USA
6 red balls, and each ball had a microsized ball next it, red balls turned silver or grey then disappeared
Spring Hill · FL, USA
FIRE IN THE SKY
Orlando/Kissimmee (simultaneously) · FL, USA
I was watching tv at 7:30 pm when out of the right corner of my eye I saw a bright flash of light, it burned so bright but then dissipa
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Numerous (I5-20) solid red-orange flare-like lights over Jacksonville in about a 2 minute period.
Poinciana/Kissimmee · FL, USA
6:04pm Kissimmee/Poinciana 1/22/12 Three objects in triangle form one suspends, other two move opposite directions different speeds
Orlando · FL, USA
Orlando sighting of dark grey oval craft on Jan.22,2012 at 6:10 pm.
Ocala · FL, USA
WITNESSED 5 REDDISH ORBS FLYING IN FORMATION EAST TO WEST DIRECTION AT ABOUT 5000FT ELEVATION. APPROX 5 MIN LATER, WITNESSED 2 MORE OF
Oakland Park · FL, USA
Very small cluster of flashing lights.
St. Augustine · FL, USA
Glowing white lite shoots across sky and makes sudden U turns and spirals.
Chiefland · FL, USA
Multi-colored blinking orb hovering and moving erratically w. coast of Florida