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)
Naples · FL, USA
Me and my fiance were sitting outside smoking a cigarette in our back Lanai and witness the brightest star out. It was a very strange s
Port Charlotte · FL, USA
Flashing white light, going kne way and then another very fast and erratically almos seen orange balls 01/04/19- missing time 2 adults
Ft. Lauderdale (near coastal) · FL, USA
Oval, red white alternating colors.
Jupiter · FL, USA
For at week early in the a.m. around 4 am an extremely bright light in the sky show's up.((NUFORC Note: Venus? PD))((anonymous rept)
Tequesta · FL, USA
Orange Glowing Spherical Object In Sky Over Tequesta, Florida.
Tampa · FL, USA
It was 2 circle thins flying over my head with different colors. ((anonymous report))
Largo · FL, USA
MADAR Node 140
Smyrna Beach · FL, USA
Object reflecting sunlight dropped down, stopped, dropped down. ((MUFON Report))
Parkland · FL, USA
30-100' triangle, 500' alt, 500' to a mile in distance ahead of car. ((MUFON Report))
Tallahassee · FL, USA
I was travelling north on Capital Circle and had just passed the federal prison when I noticed a slow moving light about 40 degrees up
Largo · FL, USA
MADAR Node 140
Clermont · FL, USA
Orange and white lights cruising eastward toward Orlando.
Palm Bay · FL, USA
Straight line level, blue beams of light across the night sky.
Branford · FL, USA
A witness in Branford, Florida reported a white light object fading in and out of brightness in the night sky on December 25, 2019.
Tampa · FL, USA
Saucer heading north, apparently slowing down.
Destin · FL, USA
Stationary object(s) over Destin, Florida. ((anonymous report))
North Fort Myers · FL, USA
5orange glowing slow moving lights that come across sky the disappered.. Then min later a few more then few more.
Panama City Beach · FL, USA
((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no information. PD))
Mulberry · FL, USA
I looked off to the S and noticed a bunch of Lights coming from down low from the S heading to the E and they were making noise.
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Orange (fire color) obj. very bright. low flying across almost the entire sky from W to E. slow moving, silent ((anonymous rept.))
St. Augustine · FL, USA
A bright white light flashed and then a green light appeared and floated across the sky until it vanished.
Miami · FL, USA
During my nightly ritual of looking up stars with an app called Star Walk I noticed 2 very odd lights, very high up, apprx 50k-75k ft.
Coral Springs · FL, USA
4 orange spheres moving in formation. ((anonymous reports))
Pinellas Park · FL, USA
MADAR Node 135
Pinellas Park · FL, USA
MADAR Node 135