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)
Miami · FL, USA
Manta Ray Shape UFO in Miami, FL, at 8:45pm.
Pembroke Pines · FL, USA
V-Shaped, colored ball and bright lights flying over Pembroke Pines.
Orlando · FL, USA
Plasma ball of fire materializes at exactly same time as thought of previous UFO sighting.
Cocoa Beach · FL, USA
Flying triangle with dim orange light flying over Cocoa Beach, Florida.
Riviera Beach · FL, USA
Boomerang shaped white light object hovering for at least 45min witnessed by myself and fiance took photos and video of what we saw. Ob
Panama City Beach · FL, USA
3/4 mile high. Moved from East to West over the ocean, half a mile off shore. Silent. Steady motion forward, then skipped forward a lit
Marco Island · FL, USA
25-30 light orange objects seemed too high for helicopters too slow to be planes.
Panama City Beach · FL, USA
I was sitting on the balcony on a condo on the 17th floor at Tidewater Resort, Panama City Beach. I noticed a large object with neon or
Coconut Creek · FL, USA
Points of light in the night sky over Pompano Coconut Creek area moving in erratic fashion
Ft. Lauderdale · FL, USA
I saw approximately ten red glowing lights traveling from south to north last night in the western sky and they blanked out after they
Port St John · FL, USA
Small, extremely fast craft flew from North to South over Indian River Lagoon creating its own lightning as it went.
Lake Worth · FL, USA
Red flashing orb moving very slow.
Key Largo · FL, USA
Very fast moving alternating zig, zag strobe lights over Key Largo, Fl
Callaway · FL, USA
Flickering red orange that resembled a fire ball. Moving slowly then stopping and slowing going out.
Ft. Lauderdale · FL, USA
Bright light hovered in the sky, and after, disappeared.
Englewood · FL, USA
Obviously not an airplane or meteor.
Archer · FL, USA
Orb or ufo of some sort.
Brandon · FL, USA
A cloud that is not a cloud!
Gulf of Mexico · FL, USA
Strange moving star; no pattern at all. Watched a full hour before I got tired but it did not go away. The next night I saw it again!
Fort Myers · FL, USA
7-12 red lights moving in the sky
Fort Myers · FL, USA
There were 7-12 red lights moving in the Western Sky - possibly over the Cape Coral Bridge, some appeared stationary and some moved in
Ocala · FL, USA
Multiple green flashing lights up sky & white orb with beam; during thunder storm.
Lauderhill · FL, USA
Was driving down my street, and I saw a formation of 5-6 illuminated round crafts moving overhead through the low cloud cover.
Lauderhill · FL, USA
I saw a formation of five or six illuminated round crafts moving overhead from East to West under the low cloud cover.
Indian Rocks Beach · FL, USA
Two flashing lights seen over Indian Rocks Beach, Florida.