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)
Windermere · FL, USA
Fast ball of light.
Hollywood · FL, USA
It was completely stationary and shaped like a ring. We looked at it through binoculars. It had four lights side by side.
Delray Beach · FL, USA
It looked like a plane flying very low I followed it so it pulled back up and the orange lights turned off. I thought my mind was playi
Sarasota · FL, USA
Three large red lights hovered over neighborhood in Sarasota, FL
Sarasota · FL, USA
Triangle bright light, hovering low altitude.
Winter Park · FL, USA
Wide object (football field plus) with bright white lights and two flashing
Bradenton · FL, USA
Unexplained Sighting Over BRADENTON, FL *January 14th, 2016 7:20 a.m *
Deerfield Beach · FL, USA
2 dark circles moving parallel in the sky and disappearing abruptly after few minutes
Ponte Vedra · FL, USA
10 oblong metallic objects creating formations high in air
Boynton Beach · FL, USA
We were (my husband was driving and I was the passenger) traveling north on Congress Ave., Boynton Beach
Umatilla · FL, USA
4 silent fiery lights heading towards Ocala National Forest NNW from Umatilla Jan 29th 2016 at 1845
Middleburg · FL, USA
Seven orange lights fly over SW Jacksonville
Port Charlotte · FL, USA
Sitting on porch and saw bright flash across sky through trees. No direct visual of an object. Thought it may have been lightning.
New Port Richey · FL, USA
Orange fireballs travelling in a pair.
Deltona · FL, USA
2 very bright lights a few miles away from each other. Both lights were slowly descending vertically until we could not see them.
Matanzas Inlet · FL, USA
Unusual crescent shaped object photographed Matanzas Inlet, FL. ((NUFORC Note: Kite for sky-surfing. PD))
Dunedin · FL, USA
It is no marvel that satan will masquerade as an angel of light.
Tampa · FL, USA
Fireballs flying in formation outside Tampa.
Panama City · FL, USA
Looking west a bright white light appeared from space, stayed in same location for a few seconds then took off with the speed of a shoo
St. Augustine · FL, USA
Bright large yellow white ball appeared mid sky at sunset and fell toward horizon in St. Augustine, Florida.
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Pulsating white light on flying object that hovers in same area for a long time. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Sirius? PD))
Orlando · FL, USA
Disk object with silver dome sighted over Orlando interstate
Niceville · FL, USA
Orange round objects moving thru the sky in a perfect straight line one after the other with roughly one minute between them. there was
Tampa · FL, USA
Large light formation South Tampa, near MacDill AFB.
Trenton · FL, USA
Flashing lights no sound no movement.