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)
Panama City · FL, USA
Black Oval Shaped Halo Moving in the Christmas Night Sky
Orlando · FL, USA
Rectangular object in the sky above Orlando, Florida.
Panama City Beach · FL, USA
Red and green flashing hoovering lights three witnesses
Merritt Island · FL, USA
Orange ball hovering over a river south of the Space Center in Florida
Sarasota · FL, USA
Disk over Bee Ridge
Ormond Beach · FL, USA
Large fizzy ball appears moving upwards and fades out
Panama City · FL, USA
Reddish-orange light orb over Bayou George Panama City, Florida.
Lake Wales (?) · FL, USA
I was the first to see it. We were driving east bound on hwy 60 coming out of Plok count and on my right hand side in the air(south eas
Hollywood · FL, USA
three diamond shaped constatnt lights in asymetrical steday formation flying from north to south horizons
Wellington · FL, USA
doughnut ufo
Fort Lauderdale (near) · FL, USA
On a cruise saw three whirling lights formed in a triangular figuration.
Parrish · FL, USA
Daytime spheres.
Parrish · FL, USA
This is an update of a report I sent about an hour ago. I'm not sure if it matters but there is smoke comming up from the ground below
Cape Canaveral · FL, USA
Bright object, incredibly fast, witnessed over Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Panama City · FL, USA
Red Orb Light (Not Blinking).
Beverly Hills · FL, USA
Round with lots of color .Large ball or mass with 3-4 smaller balls near it. Moving. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Sirius? PD))
St. Cloud · FL, USA
Triangular formation over St. Cloud Florida
Nichols · FL, USA
Watching for Leonid meteors in eastern sky, observed bright multi-colored object travelling in a south to north arc.
Wellington · FL, USA
cylinder no wings
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
Palm Beach County sighting, strange light
Tampa · FL, USA
White Boomerang causes chemtrail laying jet to veer off course.
Orlando · FL, USA
2 bomerang crafts, almost the color of the night sky.
Gulf Beeze · FL, USA
One of the more beautiful stars I had seen. ((NUFORC Note: Probably a sighting of Sirius, we suspect, or of some other star. PD))
St. Augustine · FL, USA
The object was captured in two photographs and never seen with the naked eye. The object was round with a look similar to a jellyfish w
Davenport · FL, USA
Power outage and blinking lights in Polk County Florida.