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/Orlando area · FL, USA
Orange reddish orbs in the Orlando/Windermere area.
Fort Pierce · FL, USA
Orange fireball pushing up and over the ocean.
Port St. Lucie · FL, USA
A 5 point ball of fire. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor?? PD))
Lake Wales · FL, USA
As I was driving my 18 wheeler across route 60 east in Lake Wales I noticed a huge orange ball of fire ascending from the trees north o
Orlando · FL, USA
Near the Orlando International Airport. Light seen ascending from south to north. In a White and orange color.
Cape Canaveral · FL, USA
Hovering silent craft red and green lights flashing. 20 minutes in one spot wierd lightning appeared.
Safety Harbor · FL, USA
Small light disc circling ball of light flies by. Not a vessel.
Tampa · FL, USA
Shiny silver flat fast pace.
DeBary · FL, USA
Sighting of flying object in night sky shooting sparks.
Tampa · FL, USA
Shiny silver disc traveling at a fast pace on the outskirt of the clouds with grandson in Tampa, FL.
Clearwater · FL, USA
Saucer spotted at an extremely low altitude, above neighbors' tree in the backyard.
Boca Raton · FL, USA
Circular object with a ring of green lights with 2 red lights next to each other.
Tampa · FL, USA
Circular object that hovered and moved with red and green flashing lights.
Bradenton · FL, USA
Brite orange fireball high above Brandenton, Florida.
North Fort Myers · FL, USA
Big white brilliant light in the cloud, come and go and move, too.
Longwood · FL, USA
A bright, circular, floating orange colored object with orange fog that dissipated after mini explosions and fell out of the sky.
Orlando · FL, USA
Blue beam from sky to ground, white lights flashing in cloud cover in 1-2 second bursts.
Miami · FL, USA
Steady white light remained stationary for about 5 hours. No noise, no other colors of light. I was capable of hearing other aircraft p
Oakland Park · FL, USA
3 DOTS ON MY ARM AFTER SIGHTING.. OAKLAND PARK, FL.
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Dark black saucer hovering over tree line.
Davie · FL, USA
Suspicious reds lights in the sky.
Palm City · FL, USA
Clear bubble with feather looking object in center.
Kissimmee · FL, USA
fast moving light traversed entire sky in minutes.
Taveriner · FL, USA
Unexplainable lights rise and disappear above Taveriner, Fl.
Lake Worth · FL, USA
Object had three steady green lights and moved left right center then disappeared in north west sky of lake worth florida.