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)
Tampa · FL, USA
Extremely bright white, stationary light, no details of object observable other than the bright light. Near Bill Currie Ford dealership
Daytona Beach · FL, USA
Facing SW, I seen this orb as if it were following the sun not with a camera but with the naked eye so I went out side with my camera a
Brandon · FL, USA
Large white Orb being tailed by Fighter Jet.
Ft. Myers · FL, USA
Bright lights UFO seen Ft. Myers. ((anonymous report))
Orlando · FL, USA
Eight spherical balls of light that what seemed like emerged from with in the clouds in the dark sky. They whipped back and forward acr
Bradenton · FL, USA
3 orange lights in triangle formation. suddenly appeared over palma sola bay, moved in triangle formation. ((anonymous report))
Jupiter · FL, USA
Saw something traveling south to north, leaving a trail of fire/sparks in a straight line.
Clearwater · FL, USA
Bright green lights moving west to east.
Plantation · FL, USA
UFO sighted over the Everglades in Broward County.
Apollo Beach · FL, USA
High speed circular object moving at high speed west to east just south of MacDill AFB.
Port Charlotte · FL, USA
Clear full of stars; then I saw this white ball shape with red and orange flames flew accross the sky.
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
Green flash/meteor like of objects breaking up, flash broke up and lights turned off, dark object still flying and not descending. West
Plant City · FL, USA
Very low-flying cylinder craft w/ mostly green (less red) lights that trailed behind it,
Seminole · FL, USA
2 things stood out to me... first how long the size of this was... and it was completely silent…
Largo · FL, USA
I notice what appears to look like a dark colored plane with all the windows lit like the lights were on in the plane.
Miami · FL, USA
I saw reports today on a flying blueish, cloudy object. I can't say what I saw was a craft. ((anonymous report))
Pinellas Park · FL, USA
Plane with red blinking light seemed to be pulling what looked like a sparkler. Went into a cloud and stayed stationary.
Cape Coral · FL, USA
Two of us by the pool. Talking about the divine way in which we met! When instantly something appears far out and slowly shoots.
Bradenton · FL, USA
Several lights that continue to flash like planes, but were not moving. From Bradenton looking SW there were about 7.
Miami · FL, USA
Single point of light traveling from N to S passing the zenith after about 20 seconds.
Coconut Creek · FL, USA
Very white, bright circular light, perfectly still. Approximately 40-50 feet in the air. Lasted 45 minutes and suddenly vanished.
Fort Myers · FL, USA
Saw 3 objects total. All glowing lights. One off on its own, and two stayed tougher. Had a very strange feeling.
Amelia Island · FL, USA
((HOAX??)) Shape shifting triangle craft with glow zoomed by our balcony. ((anonymous report))
Ft. Lauderdale · FL, USA
Amazing.
Melbourne · FL, USA
Two orange lights hovering above ocean at night. ((anonymous report))