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)
Homestead · FL, USA
triangle lights with a flash slow moving no sound
Miami · FL, USA
Two young men witness a round, "cloudy white obj., 5 times diameter of brightest star," move from E to W overhead.
Miami · FL, USA
Arizona lights...over Miami?
Freeport · FL, USA
Man reports witnessing w/ 6 adults a "flashing red triangle" that appeared, disappeared suddenly in rapid sequence several times.
Tampa · FL, USA
Man looks at disc of moon w/ binoculars. Sees bright, round "dot" move very fast across face of moon. Convincing rept.
Shalimar · FL, USA
A silver metallic, teardrop-shaped object in the skies north of Shalimar near main gate of Eglin AFB
Hialeah · FL, USA
Man & fiancee witness bizarre obj. that looked "like lampshade" hovering in sky. Very bright w/ circulating lights, little windows.
New Smyrna Beach · FL, USA
Man witnesses four strange lights in formation in NW sky. 2 lights were bright & large; 2 were dull & smaller. Disappeared
Pembrook Pines · FL, USA
While stopped at traffic signal, woman sees "blimp" in W sky. Obj. started moving, then suddenly diminished in size. Bizarre.
Bradenton · FL, USA
Man & wife witness "Armada of bright objs," streak across sky in formation. Fly SE. Very unusual. Not meteors!
Riverview · FL, USA
Man & wife witness multiple, multi-colored objects, some of them "large." Neighborhood dogs barking wildly. (Facts unclear.)
Plant City · FL, USA
Two young brothers report bizarre object giving off "blue lines" of light.
Orlando · FL, USA
Daylight encounter with creatures that excerted mind probe at a distance .
Cannis City · FL, USA
Two males walking on railroad tracks see luminous, white disc descend from clouds, level out, turn, streak north.
Gainesville · FL, USA
Woman saw "twinkling, flashing object" streak north.
Jacksonville · FL, USA
FAA Shift Supervisor relays rept.--Woman reported large obj. close to ground, hovering. ( No follow up call.)
North Dade · FL, USA
Man at work witnessed a bright white light rise vertically, hover, then shoot off w/blue streak. Dramatic.
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Woman reports bright, "neon-like" light, which moved, got brighter, ascended vertically very fast.
Hage · FL, USA
I DID NOT SEE A CRAFT. It was alien contact. I Was on security patrol,an I Entered a area were the computers do test on product of the
Cedar Key · FL, USA
I could hear and see it, close encounter.
Pembroke Pines · FL, USA
Two days prior to the 1995 super bowl I witnessed a triangle craft at or below a low cloud level. The location was within a mile of the
New Port Richey · FL, USA
Man witnesses huge, "coin shaped," orange object. Accelerated very fast and streaked off "like lightning."
Port Charlotte · FL, USA
Woman, husband, and son witnessed oval object w/ hundreds of lights on it. Est. 1/2 size of shopping mall!!
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Man and wife observe three strange lights over Jacksonville that fly to southeast and fade out suddenly.
Panhandle/Big Bend area · FL, USA
Huge mothership.