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)
Jacksonville · FL, USA
light flew over florida and makes u turn back south
Miami · FL, USA
the strong bright light blinks every 5 seconds . a square cilinder shape
Lynn Haven · FL, USA
An orange rectangular silent fast moving light high in sky over my house
Chiefland · FL, USA
We got a good look, it had 5 big square windowsw/ foggy dim light and no one inside that we could see, it landed on the road behind us.
Winter Springs · FL, USA
"star" looking object next to the moon
Seasta Key · FL, USA
An oval craft in the Gulf of Mexico going at a very high speed
Palm Harbor · FL, USA
Bright UFO seen for 7 minutes crossing airline flight paths.
Pinellas County · FL, USA
Large falling object looked like a shooting star at first but too big to be just one that burned in the atomosphere.
Key West · FL, USA
Six adults witness a cluster of colorful, disc-shaped objects hover over Key West for approx. 15 min..
Naples · FL, USA
Pulsing light pusued by military jets
Miami · FL, USA
Too much coffee kept me tossing all night.My second floor bedroom over looks a 8x16 foot balcony with 2 floor lenth doors facing north.
Tampa · FL, USA
What was thought to be a released childs balloon suddenly becomes extremely fast round black object that dissapears out of sight.
Jacksonville Beach · FL, USA
We saw two spherical, hazy objects, parallel, descending from west to east, crossing paths, continuing southeast.
Cape Coral · FL, USA
I have never seen anything like this before
Largo · FL, USA
3 large white star shaped objects
Daytona Beach · FL, USA
3 stationary, orange, rectangular lights evenly spaced due east off the fl coast.
Key Largo · FL, USA
where did the jet go
Island Grove · FL, USA
I was playing kick ball with my friends and a big round object with many many many lights flew over us.
Destin · FL, USA
I own a local vacation rental company and myself and 2 friends have just came out of TGI Fridays and I say what look like birds in the
St. Augustine · FL, USA
Help requested identifying object over wall of fort in Florida
Panama City · FL, USA
Panama City UFO
Orlando · FL, USA
I saw something......then I felt something
Pompano Beach · FL, USA
Upside down, tear drop shaped UFO in S Florida
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Triangular formation of lights observed in a telescope, moving from west to east.
Boca Raton · FL, USA
Two objects in the sky were spaced evenly apart. Both were Triangle in shape. Each triangle craft looked like there 3 balls all attache