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)
Bonita Springs · FL, USA
Large white stobe light over Gulf of Mexico at about 5 miles away- flashed bright green strobe and jumped about 5 miles to the south in
Jacksonville · FL, USA
A nighttime triangle type craft.
Sarasota · FL, USA
My friend and I saw 2 caucers and 1 triangler prism being chased by 2 U.S. jets.
Cocoa Beach · FL, USA
The triangle shaped object seemed just a few yards above us, it made no sound, no wind and no lights.
Miami · FL, USA
A BLACK HORIZANTAL ROPELIKE OBJECT
Winter Springs · FL, USA
Triangle UFO followed by Military Jets
Hialeah · FL, USA
Bright Ball Across the Sky
Miami Lakes · FL, USA
To close and to colorful
Carol City · FL, USA
Explosion of brilliant light traveling north south
Largo · FL, USA
Fast moving flashing lights ,seen over Largo,fl..
Flagler · FL, USA
On the morning of september 11, 2001 I seen a huge bright light. It looked like a light from a jet plane. The light appeared over the O
Tallahassee · FL, USA
Light Formations
Lakeland · FL, USA
I saw what I thought was a silent jet plane flying low and slow over the trees above my house at 1:30 in the morning.
Bonita Springs · FL, USA
I WAS WALKING MY DOG WHEN I LOOKED UP AND I SAW THIS BOLD SHAPE AND THE COLORS WERE RED - BLUE-GREEN. IT WAS HOVERING THE SOUTH WEST SI
Edgewater · FL, USA
Fadeing star triangle craft
Tallahassee · FL, USA
Located in the southern united states, early evening, lasting 1 minute, a triangular shaped craft with white lights outlining it.
Jupiter Farms · FL, USA
One large ultra white 4-6 foot sphere slowly zig-zagging trails in the sky closely over my home.
Ocala · FL, USA
A bright blue ring of light swooping in and vanishing with a trail of blue left behind
Jupiter · FL, USA
oval shaped lighted craft turned into one single light
Sarasota · FL, USA
White ball shape, with grey bottom and single row of multicolor lights,decended from cloud, traveled East to West overhead.
Royal Palm Beach · FL, USA
4 of us where standing in front of a store i looked up and said hey look... there were 2 red triangular craft chasing a plane the plane
Jupiter · FL, USA
During the 2001 Perseids meteor shower, my neighbors and I were on the roof of our condo building watching the "shooting stars". We not
Jupiter · FL, USA
I was in bed. My wife woke me after seeing this bright hovering light in the eastern sky over the ocean. We live right off the beach in
Tarpon Springs/Clearwater · FL, USA
small metal looking ball in my left hip.
Pembroke Pines · FL, USA
The objects were close to 50 feet across, travelled at extreme speeds and left a trail of mattallic grey dust fading withing ten second