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)
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Some type of rocket launch.
Port Charlotte · FL, USA
A bunch of pinprick lights quickly moved across the sky.
Coral Gables · FL, USA
Orange circular bright light in parallel motion , light got dimmer until it disappeared
Davenport · FL, USA
Large orange light seen in night sky from Davenport, FL.
Palm Springs · FL, USA
Orange fire light flying very high and straight in night sky then fades.
Jacksonville · FL, USA
I'm only reporting this because now it happened a second night in a row and my husband saw it this time too and the helicopters and pla
Port Charlotte · FL, USA
Orange light, possibly circle shaped moved slowly in the night sky before fading out.
Panama City Beach · FL, USA
Round orange slow moving object that changed its shape into an upside down candy cane or J. No sound. Changed back to round shape and d
Largo · FL, USA
Saw a flashing light move strait up,stop still in the sky & strait sideways & then lower down slow
Coral Springs · FL, USA
4 red lights seen in the clear night sky lined up in order traveling up and disappeared.
Boca Raton · FL, USA
Orange fireball or rocket.
New Port Richey · FL, USA
One very bright light moving over land out to the gulf look like a fire ball going about the speed of a hilicoptor about 500' in air sl
Miami · FL, USA
Orange fireball flared out to a white dot east to west southern sky.
Bonita Springs · FL, USA
Several orange colored lights in west sky of Bonita Springs, there 1 moment and gone the next
Jacksonville · FL, USA
A flash of light that went into a cresent shape before disappearing was seen heading south bound @10:03 pm approx 20 seconds later the
Jupiter · FL, USA
Fiery red-orange diamond shaped object over Jupiter, Florida.
Tampa · FL, USA
UFO spotted from a distance, round or almost pear/diamond shaped object, white in color, and absolutely no sound came from it.
Satellite Beach · FL, USA
Was out back grilling and my wife and I witnessed approx 15 silent round amber/fireall looking objects scattered across the sky coming
Homosassa · FL, USA
Unidentified Super Bright Light Ball.
Orlando · FL, USA
Single and silent yellowish light, traveling southwest to northeast below cloud cover, seen in northwest Orlando, Florida
Cape Coral · FL, USA
Dogs started going crazy. I was out front and dogs were in the house. I could hear them walking around me but could not see them.
Port Charlotte/Punta Gorda · FL, USA
Hovering object V shaped with lights-hovered, and in a flash it was gone but then reappeared.
Bushnell · FL, USA
Looking towards the west I saw a beam of white light with a blue green ball heading straight down. Was huge and really bright. Definite
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
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Palm Harbor · FL, USA
I was looking towards the water and I saw a huge beam of light come out of the sky and go directly down into the direction of the water