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)
Mount Dora · FL, USA
while driving to work the other night I looked up and out of my top left corner of my windshield and saw this very bright light that lo
Naples · FL, USA
A HUGE boomerang shaped object , silent, no lights, traveling EXTREMELY fast over the Naples Florida skies
Rockledge · FL, USA
moving yellow, star-shaped light -- stationary, then moving erratic -- still there. then a white star near it we were not watching
Jensen Beach · FL, USA
We were watching a light we thought was a planet, but then the light shot off at great speed.
Pensacola · FL, USA
Saw Red/Orange circular glowing objects.
Navarre · FL, USA
5 light formation over Navarre sounds similar to other sighting
Navarre · FL, USA
The time was about 6:15 - 6:25 pm on 7 Nov 2005, after stoping at a Tom Thumb on Hwy 87/399 (East Bay Blvd) at about 6:10 pm walking ou
Navarre · FL, USA
5 bright lights in formation over florida
Navarre · FL, USA
Five ship amber diamond formation (fifth above diamond at 10-11 o'clock postiotion) to 45 deg. hor. slant
Navarre · FL, USA
Multiple AD USAF witnesses report formation of bright lights hovering over rural Santa Rosa County FL
Fort Walton Beach · FL, USA
Five bright amber lights form a "W" formation and hover 5 mins over NW FL sky 1840L Mon 7 Nov '05.
Navarre · FL, USA
Formation of five bright amber lights held a hover in "W" formation over NW FL Mon 7 Nov 1840L
Navarre · FL, USA
THE LIGHTS WERE NOT MOVING,THEY WERE GREEN,BLUE,RED,WHITE LIGHTS IN THE SKY5-8MINS.
Navarre · FL, USA
THE LIGHTS WAS RED, GREEN, BLUE,AND STAYED IN ONE SPOT. (U.F.O.)
New Port Richey · FL, USA
Y shaped aircraft flew down my street made no sound and had no lights on
Okeechobee · FL, USA
Bright white, wingless object, traveling silently at a high altitude
Jacksonville · FL, USA
solid triangular formation of white lights, probably birds
Lakeland · FL, USA
I believe we are being visited a lot more than people think.
St. Augustine · FL, USA
I have to report this because it has been bothering me for several month's.I was a foreman at Norsk Hydro Aluminum plant during this s
Merritt Island · FL, USA
There was a full moon out and i decided it would be a good picture so I started filming the moon with my cell phone. What I notice late
Bonita Springs · FL, USA
I observed two lights flying in and out of a cloud formation. The flight pattern was unlike a normal aircraft flight pattern. I retired
Boca Raton · FL, USA
white lights in sky over ocean which could not be airplanes, helicopters, or stars
Dade City · FL, USA
I often don't sleep well, so go outside at night to look at the stars. I noticed that there were some clouds to the southeast, but non
Port St. Lucie · FL, USA
Large white light W/red & green--Thought might be aircraft in trouble due to eratic movement(left,right,up,down)--then small red, green
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
starlike objects with very distinct flashing, colored lights.