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)
Port St. Lucie · FL, USA
I was standing on my back pirch talking on the phone and was looking in the sky facing west and saw a huge orange light descending very
Hollywood · FL, USA
Numerous orange lights above S. Florida coastline.
Port Saint Lucie · FL, USA
5 orange-red objects flying low and slow at night. No sound no blinking..not far away, could see them clearly. Never seen anything like
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
1 helicopter was seen chasing behind.
Vero Beach · FL, USA
Red lights. Triangle shape moving at faster speed than anything ever seen in sky. No sound. ((anonymous report))
Orlando · FL, USA
Bright orange ball of light over lake baldwin. We pulled over. There were allay three people recording. It was stationary and large. Su
Tampa · FL, USA
Red/Orange ball over Tampa FL seen by retired salesman
Chipley · FL, USA
Sphere changing shape and color greens blues reds white diamond to sphere shaped this marks (3) times seeing this object in the past
Vero Beach · FL, USA
I saw a large tadpole, or teardrop. shaped red-orange fiery looking object. ((anonymous report))
Melbourne · FL, USA
UFO on fire.
Atlantic Beach · FL, USA
An object with green lights flew overhead at an incredible rate of speed. ((anonymous report))
Gainesville · FL, USA
I saw a white object hovering, with no earthly shape as it was jagged and had spike/triangle shapes attached to the craft.
Bryceville · FL, USA
Two bright white orbs in the noon sky in north east Florida, observed from two different city's.
Lake Wales · FL, USA
Lights appearing in the sky in a straight line then fading away, and then returning again a few minutes later.
Brandon · FL, USA
Round in shape with blue blinking lights hovering over traffic on highway 60.
Fort Myers · FL, USA
Bright star like object with pulsing colors. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of a "twinkling" star? PD))
St. Augustine · FL, USA
Craft above bay front then vanishes.
North Fort Myers · FL, USA
A big triangle shape very bright almost like a bright off white with almost green look .it looked like it descended bit it started abov
Port Saint Lucie · FL, USA
Have video, would like you to review it. Shot on I phone 6. Traveling on 95 S road was busy or video would of been better,
Stuart · FL, USA
Something big full of smoke and lights fell from the sky.
Miami Beach · FL, USA
Bright white object moves erratically and at high-speed before disappearing.
New Smyrna Beach · FL, USA
Saw several orange lights moving.
Fort Myers · FL, USA
2 very bright objects over Cape Coral, Florida. Flying to the southwest. Very bright, side by side, varying distances apart then disapp
Cape Coral · FL, USA
Orange lights single file cross the nights Sky. ((anonymous report)
Fort Pierce · FL, USA
I saw a round bright bright green light fall from the sky straight to the ground faster than I've ever seen anything fly. Like it was l