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)
Inglis · FL, USA
Steering wheel size disc does fantastic manuvers for 20 minutes.
Oldsmar · FL, USA
night time- i saw a green flourescent firey ball disintegrate in the sky and vanish
Miami · FL, USA
cigar shaped bright blue light shot across the sky and a trail followed
Pinecastle · FL, USA
Large cylinder shaped object rose up and stayed suspended in air for about 8 seconds.
Bradenton · FL, USA
very bright small round light
Gulf of Mexico · FL, USA
Radar Tracking of unknown object.
Cape Canaveral · FL, USA
ufo seen by the US Coast Guard Cutter Laurel
Hollywood (at the I-95 overpass @ Hollywood Blvd.) · FL, USA
AS i came to the interstate overpass I noticed a teardropped object that emitted light.It kind of hovered 100 feet above. It then took
Margate · FL, USA
Looked like a meteor but it was bright orange w/a long tail. It didn't fizzle out though. Traveled from west to east following the hori
Orlando · FL, USA
This object almost seemed alive
Punta Gorda · FL, USA
See below for more on shape and number of craft
North Orlando · FL, USA
A bright flash of light streak across the sky from East to slight West but it appeared so quick and went up at an angle so fast it look
Panama City · FL, USA
I saw a light streak that I thought was a shooting star except upon further attention it was the wrong color and too thick of a trail.
Panama City Beach · FL, USA
Triangular vehicle seen over ocean in Florida.
Orlando · FL, USA
i was about 20 miles away from i don,t know what it was i do know that it was not a plane of anykind i have ever seen what i saw was a
Coral Gables · FL, USA
High, Fast-moving contrail of smoke
Winter Park (suburb of Orlando) · FL, USA
I observed a delta formation of 5 lights in the northwest horizon.The lights were manuvering radically in one small area.At one point,a
Marathon Key · FL, USA
The object flew directly overhead, from south to north. The lights were white, in a vee pattern with one in front and two on each side.
Plant City · FL, USA
I saw a phosphorescent green orb shaped object about the size of Venus move at very rapid velocity over Plant City, Floida.
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
@ diffrent lights one moving from south to north, another 2 minutes later moving west to east.
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
A STAR SUDDENLY MOVED VERY SLOW AT FIRST THEN MOMENTS LATER IT SHOT EXTREMELY FAST FROM THAT SPOT ACROSS THE SKY TOWARDS THE HORIZON LI
Miami Beach · FL, USA
I was on the beach and saw 2 orange red objects very high up moving east to west in quick jerking motions, followed about 5 seconds lat
Seffner · FL, USA
walking to my car in the driveway I saw a contrail , visible because of the full moon.....the object resembled a satellite ...a faint
Miami Shores · FL, USA
Craft was Disk Shaped with a dome, self illuminating bright white, saw on a clear day through my telescope.
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Delta wing shaped craft approx 60-70' in diameter/tip to tip hovered @ 11:00 for about 1 min. No sound. six round depression on undersi