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)
Labelle · FL, USA
My father saw a light bulb shaped light in the sky; bigger than the other stars.
Miami Beach · FL, USA
Lights In Formation. ((anonymous report))
Malabar · FL, USA
Saw 2 large orange circle or globe like Things in the sky. They were side by side. We watched them for approx 5 minutes. It is a rural
Cape Coral · FL, USA
Two craft one blueish/purpleish and the other orangeis. They are pretty high up, & @ high speeds. ((anonymous report))
Pensacola Beach · FL, USA
All black hovered in blue angle type space and went off, hard to make out seemed almost cloaked.Fast, large wing span no lights, no
Malabar · FL, USA
2 orange round glows in the sky, no noise present no other objects around.
New Port Richey · FL, USA
There was a non moving bright light about the height of a cell tower in the distance. The closer I got to it I could see the shape of
Palm Bay · FL, USA
((NUFORC Note: No information provided by witness. PD))
Deer Park · FL, USA
Dramatized by the sight.
Cocoa Beach · FL, USA
A gray, large triangle shaped flying obj. above my head disappearing into the clouds & heading towards the ocean. ((anonymous report))
Sanford · FL, USA
I saw these lights, it was too low for a plane and it couldn't be a drone due to so many trees in the area. ((anonymous report))
Jensen Beach · FL, USA
Night-Saw Y-shaped craft. Silent. Round lights covered bottom but were dark.
Palm Beach Gardens · FL, USA
A Helicopter was circling the area for a long time. This led me to keep looking up to the sky. ((anonymous report))
Palm Bay · FL, USA
Unusual bright red sphere.
Okeechobee · FL, USA
4 silent objects at night each with 4 large red non-blinking lights moving east to west near Lake Okeechobee, Fl
Naples · FL, USA
Approximately 7:30 p.m. I went on to my back porch and noticed a bright fireball in the sky getting closer to us. It was in the wester
Ellenton · FL, USA
3 gold spheres in a triangle formation near Ellenton, FL.
North Miami Beach · FL, USA
Extremely loud engine. But we could not see what it was. It was flying over us, made windows shake. ((anonymous report))
Fleming Island · FL, USA
16 amber-colored, triangular shapes. No Sound. No blinking nav lights.
Port Saint Lucie · FL, USA
A couple of friends and I were sitting out front of my garage when suddenly we noticed 8 red lights in the sky. A couple of them briefl
Palm Bay · FL, USA
An Oval w/ one circle on each side, vary shiny and translucent, it was also gray and red
Fort Myers · FL, USA
Approximately 8:30 in the evening on a clear night a two red lights moving equal distance apart from each other moved from East to West
Davenport · FL, USA
Orangey-yellow light that flew higher up to the sky, dimmed out then disappeared, then appeared again in the same position.
Sarasota · FL, USA
Orange orbs moving single file over Sarasota FLORIDA airport. No noise. Low,, moving slow. Vertical disappearance.
Jupiter · FL, USA
Between 10:15 – 10:20 Two orange balls of light, in the west sky, possibly over Lake Okeechobee.I witnessed the first light and as