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)
Coral Springs · FL, USA
Looping ball of light
Tampa · FL, USA
SIGHTING IN TAMPA, FL 03/19/2021.
Apollo Beach · FL, USA
Saw a chevron shaped object move across the sky from South to North.
Seffner · FL, USA
Changing shapes, orange and gold colored
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
White bright quick light
Largo · FL, USA
Very bright white orb seen exiting cloud and disappearing into thin air!
Largo · FL, USA
While orb falling before disappearing into thin air
Ormond Beach · FL, USA
((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no information about the sigting. PD))
Tampa · FL, USA
I was driving at 1 AM and was looking at the moon when I saw a bright orange cross to the left of the moon and very low. The cross was
Clermont · FL, USA
Approximately 7:45am I was in my yard with my husband and son. My husband noticed an airplane flying near our home and followed by the
Lawtey · FL, USA
Saucer/disk shaped aircraft spotted just north of Lawtey, Florida
Anna Maria · FL, USA
Two craft in two minutes flying north over Tampa bay but my phone too dark to record
Port St. Lucie · FL, USA
Bright light with meteor like gas from rear
Port Saint Lucie · FL, USA
Very bright light with beam vanishes into small cloud. ((NUFORC Note: Launch of SLBM from a submarine?? PD))
Boynton Beach · FL, USA
Light formed and then cloud formed around it dissapearing, appearing and then completely gone with tiny light going away.
Lake Worth · FL, USA
White Light with "water spray" coming from it's left side. ((NUFORC Note: Launch of SLBM from a submarine?? PD))
Riverview · FL, USA
Object with blue haze in front and bright white light in back just vanished. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch from submarine. PD))
Boynton Beach · FL, USA
A bright green "dot" speeding across sky. Definitely not a plane, had no flashing lights.Wasn't a green fireball, ,plane or
Tampa · FL, USA
I was driving away from the airport area on I-275. As I'm approaching the I4 junction I witness about 15 warm hazy orange glowing orbs
Davie · FL, USA
I was stargazing, when I saw a bright red star sized and intensity light, moving towards me overhead. It appeared to be traveling in a
Ft. Myers · FL, USA
Bright red object seen hovering over Ft. Myers, Florida.
Longwood · FL, USA
Large shape shifting geometrical craft, with one highly reflective side, maneuvered in sky above for 2 min in silence.
Pass a grill Beach · FL, USA
My husband and I were sitting on pass a grill beach waiting for the sun to set. I noticed a bright shiny metallic circular looking craf
North Port · FL, USA
MADAR Node 147
Riverview · FL, USA
Round, possibly saucer shaped, with red lights rotating around it.