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)
Palmetto · FL, USA
Object captured on camera Palmetoo Fl 4/21/2008
New Smyrna Beach · FL, USA
Spherical object shot around the sky with agaility and ease over the New Smyrna Beach area.
Plant City · FL, USA
The black object flew at a constant speed, high altitude, in an uncommon & constantly changing flight path then vanished instantly.
Miami · FL, USA
triangle shaped object with lights on each corner flying really low.
Melbourne · FL, USA
Pre dawn with clear moon lite sky, three bright lights appeared quickly and vanished just as quick, but all were of the same appearanc
Jacksonville · FL, USA
My friend and I looked at each other and said, “What just happened?”
Hernando · FL, USA
THREE VERTICAL CIRCLES WITH TRIANGLE SEEN
Tampa · FL, USA
Cheveron craft over Tampa, FL
Tallahassee · FL, USA
2 balls of light making unusual turns
Fort Myers · FL, USA
Disappearing light over Fort Myers
Gainesville · FL, USA
Numerous lighted objects , identical to each other.maintaining distance and position , whose light patterns changed simultaneously.
Coconut Creek · FL, USA
i felt empty and alone inside..i was so scared!! when walking on the street i was frighten to walk around a corner of my own cube!! 5
Tallahassee · FL, USA
Low flying orb-like lights (approximately 7 ) move slowly and silently across sky from east to west.
Winter Park · FL, USA
Large object with no wings speeding up and slowing down through the sky. Had lights like an aircraft but 100% was not a plane or helic
Coral Gables · FL, USA
2 UFOs (saucer type) following each other in the sky
Homestead AFB · FL, USA
slow flying huge object near airforce base.
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
red blinking object..very small moving at steady speed..then vanished
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Large, silent, triangles in Jacksonville, FL
Destin/Madison (between) · FL, USA
Hello, I know this might be strange or just my imagination, but I think I have a weather radar image of a UFO. I race off road dirt bik
Pembroke Pines · FL, USA
2 lights, possibly the front and back of one object, move in the night sky and vanish as if dimming to naught, in 8 seconds
Odessa · FL, USA
I was driving down the road and saw a large egg shaped object that was dark in color. I was able to see it for around 15 seconds then s
Naples · FL, USA
On Monday, March 10, 2008 at approximately 5:45 a.m. I went out to get the paper at the end of the driveway. There was a very, very br
Orlando · FL, USA
A bright bluesh/green light heading quickly towards the ground.
Palm Bay · FL, USA
((HOAX??)) Sunrise UFO in Palm Bay Florida. ((NUFORC Note: Date is flawed. PD))
North Fort Myers · FL, USA
A bright light disappeared in a cloudless sky.