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)
Palm Harbor · FL, USA
Cylinder Shaped Object moving Very fast with a purple underglow
Fort Walton Bech · FL, USA
I was looking north and then, I seen two super fast light oval shape ships come from the west
Yankeetown · FL, USA
Dancing light in sky after dark. Faded and grew stronger several times. Very distant.
Clermont · FL, USA
One September 23, 2007, at approximately 6:00am, I went out to retrive my morning papers and happened to look up into the morning sky a
Punta Gorda Isles · FL, USA
Dull silver-colored and soundless object descened at angle from clouds to about twenty feet above treetops, then traveled east.
Tampa · FL, USA
Ufo Danced over Tia from a distance it looked still but i put the zoom on the camera and wallah
Port Charlotte · FL, USA
Incredibly fast moving craft with bright lights over Charlotte County, FL
Port Charlotte · FL, USA
bright lights moving unlike a plane or helecopter
Kennedy Space Center · FL, USA
UFO Fly-By At The 'Dawn' Probe Launch
Orlando · FL, USA
Object near DAWN space probe during launch from KSC
Kissimmee · FL, USA
High altitude, long lasting contrails and two bright white lights over Central Florida
Tampa · FL, USA
Smoke screen from aircraft shaped like three v's sideways with two lower case e's off to the left ........at least 6 aircraft
Miami · FL, USA
Miami suburb night sighting of a silent, low-hovering obtusely-angled arrangement of reddish lights
Clermont · FL, USA
Unusual Light
St. Augustine · FL, USA
While on vacation, at 04:40 early in the morning I observed a triangular lighted object tracking north to south stopping several times
Orlando · FL, USA
V shaped red lights flying overhead, very large and silent
Goldhead State Park (Clay Co.) · FL, USA
8/14 clay county florida, moving light (star)
Jacksonville · FL, USA
((HOAX??)) Fire ball with red lights, red tail behind it and a tall object. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD))
Pensacola Beach · FL, USA
Bright orange balls of light flying in formation fading and reapearing over the water. ((NUFORC Note:
Ft. Lauderdale · FL, USA
Object Seen In Florida
Big Pine Key · FL, USA
could not intrelligenty explain
Ocala · FL, USA
light was white round...it faded in and out about 6-8 times in 15min period..i signaled back with my 2 green neons on roof
Miramar Beach · FL, USA
Mysterious Lights Over Gulf
Melbourne · FL, USA
What looked like a star moving east across the sky and then disappearing into the distance. ((NUFORC Note: ISS?? PD))
Pompano Beach · FL, USA
Possible meteorite fragment or space debris visible above southern sky in Pompano Beach, Florida.