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)
Naples · FL, USA
A dark flying V.
Port St. Joe · FL, USA
Multiple sightings of white/yellow lights over the beach at Port St. Joe State Park, Florida on 10/14/08
Trenton · FL, USA
Round object in night sky with flames encircling it.
Miami · FL, USA
Cylinder hsape UFO from south to north Miami Florida
Tampa · FL, USA
White oval shaped light moving too swiftly and erraticly to be notmal aircraft.
Starke · FL, USA
VERY BRIGHT SPHERE ABOVE TREE LINES
Fort Walton Beach · FL, USA
2 lights speeding past okaloosa island beach at fort walton beach FL
Melbourne · FL, USA
A flash of blue object falling diagonally from east to west downward approximately 500 yards from me.
Orlando · FL, USA
Single bright white light moving at very high rate of speed at relatively low altitude.
Pembroke Pines · FL, USA
Thanksgiving, two UFO'S over West Broward, Weston, Pembroke Pines skies Nov. 27, 2008.
Jensen Beach · FL, USA
Two round, soundless lights flying from the ocean to the west.
Hialeah · FL, USA
((HOAX??)) An air plain flying on top of the ufo.
Valrico · FL, USA
Strange Light In The Sky
Holopaw · FL, USA
UFO spotted on 192 in Holopaw.
Port St. Lucie · FL, USA
I saw a bright light in the sky that did not move and suddenly vanished.
Wesley Chapel · FL, USA
Saw 4 lights moving around in the night sky (2 white and 2 blue) for about 4 hours in the same area
Englewood · FL, USA
2 lights moving across the sky too close to land, too fast, and in silence
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
Saw a bright green tinted light in the sky, sky exploded almost like a shuttle launch, but not as extreme. Then, saw a bright orange ti
Oxford · FL, USA
object moved from west to east over central florida at a very high speed and only about 100 feet in the sky
Clermont · FL, USA
AT DUSK, COUGHT A GLIMPSE OF A VERY FAST MOVING BRIGHT SPHERE...!!!
Lake Worth · FL, USA
Bright White ball over Lake Worth Florida splitting into 6 smaller balls and fading to Black over 10 second period.
East Palatka · FL, USA
Night sky orb craft seen over Florida River
Waussau · FL, USA
Bright yellow beacon type light, moved slowly at first & lighted a cloud yellow like lighting then rapidly moved as small orange ball
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
3 UFOs seen around Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
Melbourne · FL, USA
Triangle Shaped Craft