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)
Ormond Beach · FL, USA
5 white disks in perfect wedge formation traveling about 400 knots in controlled air space. Emitted no sound.
Port St Lucie · FL, USA
Red and Green flashing lights Eastern horizon 3 AM Port St Lucie Florida.
Sebastian · FL, USA
Object falling from the sky with white trail of smoke.
Naples · FL, USA
1 spherical shaped UFO with red/green/white lights. Always seen early in the am in the same spot.
Naples · FL, USA
Bright Spot on Cloud Blinks Out of Existence
Pensacola · FL, USA
Strange light slowly moving in the night sky. Shortly after, a helicopter and what looked like air Force aircraft ((anonymous report))
South Daytona · FL, USA
9 amber lights hovering and fading after 60 seconds
Port St. Lucie · FL, USA
Round cluster of dozens of white lights with one very bright lite on one side.
Vero Beach · FL, USA
The two objects were stationary and flashing bright white.
Vero Beach · FL, USA
2 lights seen over the ocean near Vero Beach
Poinciana · FL, USA
((NUFORC Note: No information provided by witness, who elects to remain anonymous, and who provides no contact information. PD))
Champions Gate · FL, USA
5 lights were n a row, middle light the brightest , stationary for 45 minutes
Champions Gate · FL, USA
Lighted object rose in the SSE sky and then remained motionless for almost 1 hour. Through binoculars one could see five white lights.
Daytona Beach · FL, USA
2 very bright red circles in perfect formation headed out to sea followed by 4 single ones crossing sky. ((anonymous report))
Vero Beach · FL, USA
1 super bright light seen over the ocean near Vero Beach. ((anonymous report))
Grant · FL, USA
Very bright white/silver circular or spherical object, completely stationary for 4 min and then slowly fading out to black.
St. Augustine · FL, USA
As I was in the ocean meditating I noticed a bright light in the sky that caught my eye. ((anonymous report))
Orlando · FL, USA
Bright Red/Orange lights in sky.
Altamonte Springs · FL, USA
3 orange lights in inverted triangle followed by another witnessed for several minutes.
Fort Walton Beach · FL, USA
Bright light and dim object observed north of Fort Walton Beach. ((anonymous report))
Longwood · FL, USA
Triangle UFO in Orlando. ((anonymous report))
Ponte Vedra Beach · FL, USA
Orange ball of light not moving for more than 20 minutes. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a sighting of a planet? Mars? PD))
Shalimar · FL, USA
Rising and falling lights.
Sarasota · FL, USA
We got video and a still pic of them
Stuart · FL, USA
Red glowing shere in Stuart, FL 4th of July 9:07PM.