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)
Miami · FL, USA
4 people observed a streak in the sky, ((NUFORC Note: Titan 4 launch from Cape Canaveral. PD))
Sarasota · FL, USA
Bright yellow ball with red comet tail turning into 3 lights in the shape of a triangle
Clearwater · FL, USA
bright light to east split to 3 triangle 1 hovered and 2 dropped. ((NUFORC Note: Titan 4 launch from Cape Canaveral. PD))
Port St. Lucie · FL, USA
look like somethig cought on fire while entering the atmosphere
Navarre · FL, USA
3 yellow orbs chasing one another in the sky facing south towards the Gulf of Mexico.
Lake Worth · FL, USA
I see 3 Orange "Orbs" in a triangular formation
Tallahassee · FL, USA
rocket shaped, flat bottom, changing from vertical to horizontal, speed increasing suddenly seen floating around
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
saw one large object moving accross the sky ,moving slowly from north to south direction very stainge shape as if it was pointed at the
Alachua County · FL, USA
Uniform blue-green sky for 1.5 seconds. Not likely a fireball meteor, I suggest.
New Port Richey · FL, USA
Non moving triple white lights in southeatersn sky.
Milton · FL, USA
A Dozen Trianglar Bright Shapes at once
Orlando · FL, USA
2 witnesses viewed 4 triangular objects over Orlando with white flashing lights & a red light underneath in the upper atmosphere.
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
A cigar shaped craft seen while on A1A north and then at Lake Worth pier 5-6 miles offshore. at around 3000 ft.
Palm Beach Gardens · FL, USA
extremely bright glowing object at dusk, then fading to three lights circling craft in odd flash pattern
Pensacola · FL, USA
Green Fireball, no lasting contrail, strange trajectory.
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
It had no running lights and did not make a sound.
Sarasota · FL, USA
I saw a fast moving white thin boomerang shaped line in the sky at night ,which was not a cloud or smoke or birds . not
Ormond Beach · FL, USA
A comet-like object with a vapor trail behind it hovering above trees
Pensacola · FL, USA
A bright Green, almost flourescent in color decending down from the sky at a constant speed to only vanish not vaporate.
Miami · FL, USA
Arrow head. Front had 4 rod shaped flourescent lights, 2 back corners, transparent center. Hand size at arms length
Hudson · FL, USA
To the naked eye it appears as a bright star changing colors.
Tampa (south of) · FL, USA
Weird Lights In Tampa
Florida (north)/Georgia (south) (somewhere over) · FL, USA
@ large greenish/yellow lights seen hovering in a strange cloud lit up with pink/purple electrical charge from my airplane window
Lake City · FL, USA
Triangular craft using cloud cover not to be seen.
Lake Mary · FL, USA
DID YOU SEE WHAT I SAW??? ((NUFORC Note: Possible Perseid meteor, we believe. PD))