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)
Palm Bay · FL, USA
I glanced west from my screen room and observed a large bright object for a few seconds before it disappeared behind some trees. The ob
Marco Island · FL, USA
Boomerang shaped craft totally silent and at a high rate of speed. ((NUFORC Note: Report from ex-military pilot. PD))
Tampa · FL, USA
Apparently one dimensional grey rectangle floating low in sky in broad daylight, busy traffic, somewhat fluid looking. 500 Lights O
Mascotte · FL, USA
Fast moving Bright Light.
Edgewater · FL, USA
Flashes of light hovering without sound making right angle extreme turns in sky
Cape Coral · FL, USA
large triangle shaped almost transparent craft traveling low and slow with no lights or sound.
Cape Coral · FL, USA
huge vehicle trying to be invisible and doing a good job.....we dont have this...do we..no sound
Royal Palm Beach · FL, USA
Large light gradually dropped then disappeared
Tampa · FL, USA
Floating Humanoid sighting in Tampa (West Chase) Florida area Aug 4, 2010. ((NUFORC Note: May not be a serious report. PD))
Melbourne · FL, USA
very bright light in west ((NUFORC Note: Venus in WSW sky?? PD))
Key Largo · FL, USA
moving from south to north-east across the sky in less than 3 minutes;higher and faster than a plane.
Clermont · FL, USA
I observed a small silver cigar shaped craft observed flying north at a fast steady pace dissapear into the clouds
Miami · FL, USA
Saturday night at 915pm my wife and I were watching T.V. . Our son walks in from out side and said there is fire in the sky. I told him
Ocala · FL, USA
I seen a blunt horizontal oval light streak through the sky then lifting up while in flight and turning red then blue and disappearing
Orlando · FL, USA
((HOAX??)) We saw it stop it had blue green colors, and when it shot away it was white. It was gone in a flash.
Hialeah · FL, USA
Light flying in the sky like an insect.
Ocala · FL, USA
fiery shape flies to earth
Indian Rocks Beach · FL, USA
3 rust red bulbs of light in triangle form cruising just off the beach, Indian Rocks beach Florida. Aug/2010
Seffner · FL, USA
Round white object travelling against the wind
Sanford · FL, USA
Cloud forms out of nowhere: 3 objects fly out of it!
Davie · FL, USA
South West Broward FL Orange Redish Lights Flyby on 8/28/2010 20:45
Crestview · FL, USA
6-7 orange fireballs hovering above crestview FL
Valrico · FL, USA
translucent pink orange colors, bird shape, 5 of them making a formation of a triangle as they move foward on a swimming motion,
Plant City · FL, USA
Disc shaped object with pulsing outer band and transparent center.
Spring Hill · FL, USA
One round ball of fire floating over Spring Hill, Florida