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)
Marathon (Fiesta Key) · FL, USA
Lights on black object over road in FL Keys.
Fort Myers · FL, USA
A silver disk with a bulge on one face, maybe 30 feet across, reflected sunlight and bobbed around at 3-5000 feet.
North Miami · FL, USA
Moving bright light amongst the stars around 6:15 am in Miami...duration 1 min.
Marathon · FL, USA
took picture of sunset on the beach. after taken picture , then noticed object in the picture. took picture with cell phone. we then ma
Deltona · FL, USA
Bright White, Shaped like a boomarang, just disappeared !
Silver Springs · FL, USA
The UFO passed over some tall trees; turned on a search/spot light, and once it realized another vehicle was in the area; vanished.
Belleview · FL, USA
light circling in a holding pattern coving a 360 degree area, ongoing for last 15 minutes
Tampa · FL, USA
I saw a green fireball over the city of Tampa Fl.
Fort Myers · FL, USA
1 object was flying east southeast, cigar shape ,were small plane are. this had no strobe light. It stoped turned on a brite white ligh
Miami · FL, USA
Bright Blue/Greenish White flash in the Eastern sky falling to the SE
Gainesville · FL, USA
Stars flashing and moving
Cocoa · FL, USA
A green ball of light in the south east sky moving in an arc like falling then dissapearing.
Lake Buena Vista · FL, USA
Unknown object in sky emitting or reflecting lights in area of EPCOT, Florida.
Hallandale · FL, USA
Saw a triangular shaped object that sounded like a loud whale that was smaller then a blimp.
Homestead · FL, USA
The cigarshaped object moved from overhead towards the southeast at an incredible speed!
Kissimmee · FL, USA
Bright Orange light, moved towards us and then to the right on the same horizontal axis, then faded and finally disapered.
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
Object flaming towards earth; changes direction
Cape Coral · FL, USA
second (more recent) sighting of bright star like object moving at impossible speed
Lake Worth · FL, USA
It was a dark and clear sky, and i was on my usual U.F.O. nightly watch when i saw a ovel mysterious object crusing over me. It had re
Sarasota · FL, USA
Strange Object in Photograph, Southwest Florida
Palm Coast · FL, USA
Metallic cylinder object
Miami · FL, USA
Four starlike objects, arranged in a quadrilateral formation seen over Miami
Lake Buena Vista (Epcot Center) · FL, USA
How many time must I say this?
Lake Buena Vista · FL, USA
Epcot UFOs explained
Miami · FL, USA
What thought to be stars that suddenly moved.