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)
Hialeah · FL, USA
Three black, oblong objects in the vicinity of Hialeah east of the Palmetto Expressway
Merritt Island · FL, USA
Fireball over Merritt Island - leveled off and headed north toward space center
Palm Coast · FL, USA
Family of three in Palm Coast, FL saw three fire balls after reviewing video on clear night
Boynton Beach/Wellington · FL, USA
green glow falls. ((NUFORC Note: Meteor?? PD))
Pensacola · FL, USA
Three bright lights in the sky forming straight line then triangle.
Niceville · FL, USA
I saw a dark chunky object floating in the sky
Orlando · FL, USA
Circular UFO sighted hiding behind clouds
Miami · FL, USA
Light Shooting Abruptly down
Atlantic Beach · FL, USA
big bright orange and red fireball
Orlando · FL, USA
Large Black Triangle object/White lights on corners/ Red light on center bottom and 3-6 white lights on bottom/ Slow moving
Orlando · FL, USA
big flat douhgnut shape, black fast and silent
Brooksville · FL, USA
Cigar-shaped with orange and green glow all thru out the shape sped along across the dusk sky at a fast speed then slowed down a bit th
Little Gasparilla Island · FL, USA
5 disc/orbs bright orange, moving along coastline south to north. Disappeared into clouds.
Bradenton Beach · FL, USA
Bright white trapezoidal objects viewed ascending into clouds over Gulf of Mexico off of Anna Maria Island
Puerto Rico/Ft. Lauderdale · FL, USA
Objects began to appear in the night sky next to our airplane
Coral Springs · FL, USA
two Organg lights about 100ft.up going north on Coral Springs dr.at hispeed stop at Wiles rd.and went up and out sight in les than 1/2
Lakeland · FL, USA
2 redish yellow flying objects in South Lakeland, Florida spotted hovering through the air and then sped up and vanished.
Crestview · FL, USA
Fireball observing the fireworks!
Pembroke Pines · FL, USA
Formation or fleet of UFOs, orange/red oval shape.
Bradenton · FL, USA
Seen four orange balls following each other in a row rising higher and higher into the sky
Bradenton · FL, USA
These were not fireworks nor planes of which I have seen many - they were things I had never seen before --
Tarpon Springs · FL, USA
Ball of fire observed in sky.
Osprey · FL, USA
A train of cylinder ships emitting a holographic face into the atmosphere.
Winter Garden/ocoee · FL, USA
strange line of lights in the sky disappears when i start taping.
Englewood · FL, USA
3 lights in sky over gulf of mexico blinked strange colors moved slow