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
At ~2130, 1 strange bright light appeared from the North North West sky and started heading south passing above me but.
DeLand · FL, USA
I noticed whay appeared to be one very bright star. ((NUFORC Note: Venus or Capella?? PD))
Orlando · FL, USA
Fast white light over Orlando.
Palm Bay · FL, USA
Sonic boom, followed by zoom sounds.
Palm Bay · FL, USA
Lights over Brevard County. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly advertising lights?? PD))
Cape Coral · FL, USA
Round glowing, or molten, orange object.
Barefoot Bay · FL, USA
Star like which had flashing lights in the Western sky over Barefoot Bay, FL.
Clearwater · FL, USA
Boomerang-shaped UFO. ((anonymous report))
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Louver-like design, lights emitted no light pollution, Hovered slightly above clouds.
Jacksonville · FL, USA
UFO sighting - detailed - close up
Lake City · FL, USA
Silent lightless v shaped UFO in North Florida. ((anonymous report))
Valrico · FL, USA
Large, low flying, silent, stealthy boomerang shaped object passed over Valrico Florida
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Craft was flying at about 2500 feet shaped like a chevron with 7 dome lights on the bottom. The craft was almost translucent and the 7
Kissimmee · FL, USA
Light moving in incredible speed and movement confirmed by former military veteran to not be any known A/C. ((anonymous report))
St. Augustine · FL, USA
Light brighter than most stars flew overhead in a SE dir.. Light began to shrink in the SE sky and turned to a red dot. ((anonymous))
Orlando · FL, USA
One object in a v-shape of lights. It looked like 6 lights on each side. They were not extremely bright.
Port St. Lucie · FL, USA
Large Orange Globe enters earth's atmosphere, then shoots back into the sky.
St. George Island · FL, USA
Strange light follows two bikers on road trip
Cape Coral · FL, USA
Orange flickering object in sky over Cape Coral
Hudson · FL, USA
My friend husband and I,were outside talking when I noticed a red flickering light.I ran inside to get my husbands phone and recorded s
Hollywood · FL, USA
((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no significant information about the alleged sighting. PD)) ((anonymous report))
Englewood · FL, USA
((HOAX??)) Large dark rectangular object gliding through sky. Kind of transparent. Saw at Englewood Beach. ((anonymous report))
Tampa · FL, USA
Letting dogs out, looked skyward to try and observe Uranus. Instead saw a very dim pattern of 4 white lights in a diamond formation. Th
Orange Park · FL, USA
Bright blue-green object silently flies very fast across sky near Orange Park FL
Cape Coral · FL, USA
a low gliding chevron shape with 6 lights with a subtle green hue