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)
St. Augustine · FL, USA
A SPINNING CIRCLE THAT HAD LIGHT ON IT THAT CHANGED COLORS. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a sighting of a twinkling star. PD))
Davenport · FL, USA
Domed Disc in the skies of Davenport, FL 9/24/2011
Miami · FL, USA
Witnessed a silent arrowhead shaped craft that blended in with the night sky and clouds
Tallahassee · FL, USA
2 lights moving south spin around each other and then vanish.
Englewood · FL, USA
Bright colored lights of 1 object hovering in one position over Gulf of Mexico from FL. ((NUFORC Note: Star, possibly Sirius. PD))
Miami Beach · FL, USA
Boomerang shaped silent fast moving object in miami beach.
Hammock Beach · FL, USA
silent invisible craft with visible lights in the shape of a flock of birds.
Key Largo · FL, USA
Large Chevron UFO flying over Key Largo FL from the SW to NE -
Pinellas Park · FL, USA
I was walking down Seminole Boulevard on August fourth 2011 when I spotted a clear triangular craft floating 30 feet west of where I wa
Miami Beach · FL, USA
Out my bedroom window and out hovering in the sky over the ocean a bright small light shined for 5 hrs. ((NUFORC Note: Star? PD))
Hialeah · FL, USA
Fireball UFO zooms away at warp speed making no sound.
Lehigh Acres · FL, USA
3 UFO's sighted that look like stars in the sky. Impossible flight maneuvers...cloaking capabilities.
Masaryktown · FL, USA
Rocket shaped object in green fireball slowly moving downward at a 90 degree angle.
Tampa · FL, USA
Green fireball with tail in night sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor, containing copper?? PD))
Naples · FL, USA
Bright white circle with light blue arura in the night sky.
Ocala · FL, USA
A red glowing ball skipping accross the sky.
Lehigh Acres · FL, USA
UFO sightings 2 days in a row in Lehigh Acres, Florida.
Lake Worth · FL, USA
High in air, an uncountable amount of white lights interacted and dispersed for hours on end. ((NUFORC Note: Twinkling stars?? PD))
Orlando · FL, USA
Bright Object - Large White Fiery Ball with Bright Green Trail Fell to Earth
Wesley Chapel · FL, USA
Big green ball of fire falling from the sky.
Dade City · FL, USA
4 Red-Orange Orbs appear, move rapidly and soundlessly, then flicker out.
Houston · FL, USA
UFO spotted in 3rd ward Houston hovering over Project Rowhouse community center
Pinellas Park · FL, USA
Lights moving across sky then just vanish into thin air
Jacksonville · FL, USA
A friend and I were driving home from work late one early morning in mid-august and were stuck at a red light that doesn't normally cha
Mulberry · FL, USA
silent aircraft or ufo that turned off lights and left only i red one on