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)
Tampa/Leesburg (between) · FL, USA
5 discs along I-75
Lehigh Acres · FL, USA
Green orb over lehigh
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
I am ex-USAF. This was no conventional craft, triangular, darted in all directions.
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
high speed cloud shape changing direction
Windermere · FL, USA
Bright stationary light in sky in lighted, rectangular, grid shape. Moved to NW, vansihed, then flashed brightly and vanished again.
Pensacola · FL, USA
Blinking red light
Satellite Beach · FL, USA
Naked eye watching early morning sky finds Mars planetary movement vs. an unidentifiable object hovering like a helicopter.
Englewood · FL, USA
circular ufo hits a plane!!!!!!!!!
Brooksville · FL, USA
It was crazy and at first I didnt know it was real but it was!!
Palm Coast · FL, USA
I spotted a white light with a wavy tail that vanished midsight as I was watching it.
Jacksonville · FL, USA
NAS plane with bright red and blue lights around it followed by a bright white ball of light.
New Port Richey · FL, USA
v shaped object moving southbound in New Port Richey FL
Lake Worth · FL, USA
Triangle with lighted sides, no sound. Lake Worth, FL 11/03/07 08:40pm
Land O'Lakes · FL, USA
One seemingly star seemed to zoom away and dissapear within moments.
Bunnell · FL, USA
Tall, ash gray in colr,hairless, unseen face, flash of oval shpaed light in one area after going out of sight
Wesley Chapel · FL, USA
Extremely bright object, moving very fast, clear/cloud free sky.
Orlando · FL, USA
5 white cylinder shaped objects flying together at a consistant pace in Orlando, FL
Brooksville (10 miles east of) · FL, USA
Metallic object stationary over I-75. Instantly dissapeared. Streak across sky later.
Destin · FL, USA
|Rounded,rectangular shape light hovers over bay,possible probe passes by it,and it decends down over the buildings on the horizion.
Summerland Key · FL, USA
Formations over Florida Lower Keys. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect the witnesses may have been observing celestial bodies. PD))
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Object entering southeastern Florida atmosphere at high velocity- NOT SPACE SHUTTLE
Jacksonville · FL, USA
conformation by another
Stuart · FL, USA
brightly lit object leaving flame trail with directional and speed change before vanishing
Sebastian · FL, USA
Orange ball over Sebastian, FL
Palm Beach Gardens · FL, USA
Bright light with sudden burst of speed