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)
Orlando · FL, USA
Observed an orange, low flying, fast moving, silent, fireball like obj. crossing the sky, E to W. Moments later a second one followed.
Tampa · FL, USA
Triangular object spotted over Tampa 5/26/16 9:30 pm.
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
Huge yellowish and orange fireball coming down in the southern St. Petersburg area.
Port Charlotte · FL, USA
Large, discus shaped object silently hovering 60-70 ft AGL in front of my home. Surface smooth, & glowing orange-white.
Miami (South Dade) · FL, USA
I was out walking my dog. I noticed an bright orange circular object floating slowly mid sky. It looked like it was barely moving. Then
Orlando · FL, USA
Too far away to see but 2 light colored white shapes moving all over the place in one area near airport. ((anonymous report))
Brooksville · FL, USA
I was sitting in the back patio the sky was clear I noticed a set of bright elongated lights moving from west to east over Ayers Rd for
Jacksonville · FL, USA
While stargazing, an ultra fast moving, glowing (white/yellow) object appeared in a clear, cloudless sky. ((anonymous report))
Port St. Lucie · FL, USA
Armada of 15-20 red, orange, and white lights over Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Port St. Lucie · FL, USA
A group of 15-20 lights over Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Boynton Beach · FL, USA
Triangle like formation of 4 circles that appears to get dim then light up as it disappeared and reappeared. ((anonymous report))
Palm Coast · FL, USA
Glowing orange ball steady on SE course over Atlantic.
Tampa · FL, USA
Seen a lighting cloud and next to it was a bright circle shining.
Port Orange · FL, USA
As we were star gazing this weird triangle formed object with 4 circle lights had flew right over our heads not super far off the groun
Gainesville · FL, USA
((HOAX??)) White triangle headed northwest at incredible speed till out of eyesight.
Port Orange · FL, USA
I saw two large, black objects moving quickly across a clear, starry night sky going approximately Northwest from South. I was in an op
Orlando · FL, USA
Odd white lights seen traveling westward from Colonial in Orlando. Low, no sound.
Ocala · FL, USA
When flying my son's quad he asked if you could see stars right now. I said probably not what are you talking about? He pointed in th
Cape Coral · FL, USA
Trio of vertical bars of light close together
Tampa · FL, USA
Daytime bright white light with 'heat wave' aura around it, flutters near Tampa airport.
Cape Coral · FL, USA
Bright shimmering object spotted at high altitude.
Englewood · FL, USA
We were having dinner in Englewood, when my wife said what is that? I turned and looked and saw a fireball.
Venice · FL, USA
SW sky, bright sparkling, twinkling red and green object.
Cocoa · FL, USA
Two lights cris crossing each other at a fast speed
Fort Lauderdale Beach · FL, USA
Trapezoid with parallel lines of red and green lights moving east slowly in a straight line and sideways, much larger than an aircraft.