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)
Marianna · FL, USA
Probable space junk falling to earth
Altamonte Springs · FL, USA
From the siting you would be able to determine where it entered and how low it was before it vanished
Gainesville · FL, USA
If it was a meteor, it was very strange, slow and large????
Miami · FL, USA
Strange Orange/Red Lights over Redlands, Florida tonight! About 10-12 of them
Islamorada · FL, USA
We saw an actual UFO tonight. About 6:40 PM. I was out with some friends watching sunset on my boat in Islamorada, FL. It was one ob
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Comet-like UFO. Major air surveilance at time of sighting. Two seperate crafts sighted.
Naples · FL, USA
Sighting at 3.30 AM with 3 bright lights, clear view of large saucer shaped obj at 6.00. ((NUFORC Note: Celestial bodies. PD ))
Florida · FL, USA
the Nasa space shuttle landing there is a ufo caught on the news feed check it out plane as day
Tampa · FL, USA
unknown falling object from the sky over tampa fl
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
Saw many lights streaking from west to east
Englewood · FL, USA
Sunny South West Florida
Glen St. Mary · FL, USA
In a cloudless blue sky a large white teardrop to triangular shaped object appeared, disappeared, reappeared then disappeared again.
Vero Beach · FL, USA
Seven, large, bright lights spotted by two witnesses, above horizon, in Vero Beach, Florida
Lake Worth · FL, USA
Possible UFO 3/19/2010 Lake Worth,FL night of the Super Moon
Sarasota · FL, USA
03/21/00 18:30 pm sarasota fl round and oval 30 minutes round and over sarasota fl
Vero Beach · FL, USA
Amber light moving westward over Vero Beach, Florida.
Palm Coast · FL, USA
Driving north on belle terre parkway towards my house. Noticed a strange light in the sky. It was not a plane or a helicopter. I heard
Holt (near) · FL, USA
The disk hovered only feet above me, the top and bottom of the object non-moving while the middle spun fast like a top- near Holt FL
Coral Gables · FL, USA
Diamond Shaped object seen crossing the view of Orion's Belt in Miami Night Sky
Port Orange · FL, USA
blue light enterd atmosphere like a shooting star then swiftly travelled across sky from northwest to SE aura was wider than craft
Hollywood · FL, USA
15 NM EAST 4000FEET STATIONARY BLINKING
Naples · FL, USA
Very large rectangular grid of lights. At about 1000' and moving silently
Dunnellon · FL, USA
object breaking off business jet.
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Ball of orange light shot into outer space and came back
Pembroke Pines · FL, USA
Red light disappeared behind a cloud then a dark gray round disc descended from cloud hovered above me and flew W.