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)
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Triangle over the St John's River
St. Augustine · FL, USA
Flying balloon of fire traveling east to west and suddenly turned due south and disappeared.
New Smyrna Beach · FL, USA
Orange orb over Atlantic Ocean in New Symnra Beach during unorganized firework show.
Port Richey · FL, USA
odd orangeish spheres going east to west then again the next night
Orlando · FL, USA
On the 4th of July around 9:30 pm, me and my son saw a ball of light moving west across the sky at steady pace , which seemed slow, but
Tampa · FL, USA
2 red globes in sky over Tampa on July 4th 2010
Kissimmee · FL, USA
i seen a craft about the size of a building flying above hwy 192
Kissimmee · FL, USA
i seen a ufo with circling lghts above hotel
Orlando · FL, USA
Silver pill-shaped object viewed over Disney World in Florida
Ocala · FL, USA
red/green sphere doing helicopter like moves except performing them extemely quick then flying off into space
Palm Springs · FL, USA
Orange glowing round globe or ball hovering about 25 degrees above horizon then rapidly accelerating and disappearing to Northwest.
Boynton Beach · FL, USA
Strange light in Palm Beach County
Spring Hill · FL, USA
Strange Lights in the sky over Pasco County, Florida
Titusville · FL, USA
UFO Red Lights Sighting in Titusville
Ft. Lauderdale (on cross fl toll road north west of) · FL, USA
Saw a large hot lava colored orb coming from the ground floating towards us
St. Cloud · FL, USA
I observed an orange, glowing object floating at a low altitude similar to where a helicopter would fly. The object appeared to be an o
Merritt Island · FL, USA
Five red fireballs.
Orlando · FL, USA
07/23/10 dual lights (no strobes)above the Orlando area ,multiple helicopters around object(s)
Destin · FL, USA
Fireball without sound circled flight path times six out over the destin beach Summer night at a thousand feet.
Orlando · FL, USA
spotted fast moving object in the sky that gets larger and brighter than anything in the sky,then quickly disappears
Walatka · FL, USA
Orange glowing balls over rural Florida Lake.
New Port Richey · FL, USA
4 teardrop shaped orange balls of fire about a minute apart flying from the west to the east
Miami · FL, USA
Weird round object hovers over Miami skies before it's gone!
Bradenton · FL, USA
2 fast-moving lights which spun around each other, then separated and rejoined
Fleming Island · FL, USA
060210 10:30PM/Fleming Island, FL While on my 3rd floor patio, I saw an object shaped like a top surrounded in fluorescent red light