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)
Cape Coral · FL, USA
Was this white cylinder with fins a weather balloon?
Orange Park · FL, USA
Cloud shield maker over Clay County, Florida.
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
Lights caught by weather cam. ((NUFORC Note: The object looks like a seagull, in our opinion. PD))
Boynton Beach · FL, USA
Object landed in Boyton Beach Florida.
Miami · FL, USA
Flashing, circular object at intense speed over streetway!
St. George Island · FL, USA
Red Lights seen over Gulf of mexico from St George Island Florida
Orlando · FL, USA
Bright Orange, blazing traingular object/light moving upward at an angle Orlando FL; 3/8/07, 2215hrs.
Zephyrhills · FL, USA
a red light spotted over pasco county moved quickly across sky hovered then dissapeared into the east
Margate · FL, USA
Margate Fl. - Large Circle in clouds with light on bottom side - pulling a cloud (twisting) into it
Jacksonville · FL, USA
A triangle with bright white lights at each point and red flickering light in the middle. Lasted about 40min.
U.S.S. San Juan (Atlantic Ocean · east of Florida), FL, USA
RED BEAM OF LIGHT SEEN BEFORE U.S. SUBMARINE DISAPPEARS FOR 8 HOURS 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Valrico · FL, USA
Do Satellites Stop then Change Directions?
Port Charlotte · FL, USA
bright lights catch my attention
Boynton Beach · FL, USA
moving light over Florida
Palm Coast · FL, USA
A very bright shape in the night sky, only to be moving slightly. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))
Davenport · FL, USA
Pulse Plasma light / craft ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a flare from an Iridium satellite. PD))
Jacksonville · FL, USA
The triangle strikes again
Orlando · FL, USA
Pulsating "star" moves slowly, stops for several seconds, then continues moving in a different direction
Orlando · FL, USA
fire cylinder over the Orlando International Airport...
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
2 parallel sets of Circular "chasing" style lights hovering, then landing near Park Street in Pinellas County, Florida
Sarasota · FL, USA
((HOAX??)) Spotted hovering for a long period of time over Bradenton Sarasota airport.
Tallahassee · FL, USA
I have seen this two times now.
Sarasota · FL, USA
very bright star or planet in morning sky that moved very rapidly and then disappeared
Boynton Beach · FL, USA
While looking at the stars I saw strange light activity
Saint Cloud · FL, USA
i was watching tv and through the window i saw lights and thought it to be an airpline, it was moving to slow and stopped i thought it