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)
Siesta Key · FL, USA
orange color, appeared about the sizeof a tennis ball, moved vertically until barely visible, then moved at a high speed westward
Wellington · FL, USA
Dark, extremely low and slow-flying, thick, disc-shaped UFO appeared over rooftop of neighbor's house.
Miami · FL, USA
Possible UFO visit to a home.
Merritt Island · FL, USA
low flying bright light above home star shaped light fast horizontal movement in night sky
Estero · FL, USA
There was no noise, flames or tails like a shooting star.
Ruskin · FL, USA
White, red, blue lights. Six lights total. Very silent, until it started moving. Made loud humming sound.
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
Starnge light appears in Tampa Bay for 5-10 minutes then disappears. ((NUFORC Note: Twinkling star, or Venus?? PD))
Jacksonville · FL, USA
It is diamond in shape with 12 or more bright lights on the bottom of the object.
Spring Hill · FL, USA
2 large objects seen in hernando: with smaller lighted objects coming from them
Siesta Key · FL, USA
Big orange and yellow circle floating over the Gulf of Mexico seen from Siesta Key Beach.
Tampa · FL, USA
I was driving at about 6:20 pm, bright daylight, in late rush hour when I saw a large, gray, rectangular shape floating low in the sky
Dade City · FL, USA
White-Green, Teardrop shaped light falling from the sky at approx 12:20 am in Dade City, FL. ((NUFORC Note: Meteor?? PD))
Holiday · FL, USA
An exploding star up in the sky over West central Florida.
Alford · FL, USA
Green cylindrical light during a thunderstorm.
Naples · FL, USA
Sighting on Vanderbilt Beach, Naples, Florida.
Ft. Lauderdale · FL, USA
The UFO was a flashing color in the northwest direction. It was flashing colors such as blue, green, red, and yellow. It started around
Davie · FL, USA
Silent, translucent Y shaped object just above tree level, steady course with slow climb, approx 10mph
Jacksonville · FL, USA
SILENT TRIANGLE SPARKLING LIGHTS INVISBLE CENTER.
Kissimmee · FL, USA
At 9:15 pm, saw 2 ufos, 1 behind the other, not far from land. Their lights would go on & go all the way off, white to yellow.
Daytona Beach · FL, USA
star sized moveing speck
Pens and Panama (between) · FL, USA
We left from my husbands parents house back to ours. Clear as day very high in the sky on the way home was a shiny cigar shaped object
Orlando · FL, USA
Orange Lights/Fireballs above the Lake
Ocala · FL, USA
Round globe light with a wobble paases by the sky night
Sarasota · FL, USA
Red and Blue lights jerking across the sky and multiple helicopters circling the event during and after.
Orlando · FL, USA
((HOAX??)) It was bright orange like a street light then went dim