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)
Cape Coral · FL, USA
Two lights that hovered and then shot off, in the Florida sky.
North Port · FL, USA
Orange light in the sky, moving, then looked like it went behind clouds, then came back. about 1 minute later it disappeared.
Cocoa · FL, USA
I saw a large bolide like object that brightly flased and then dissapeared
Lehigh Acres · FL, USA
The whole thing was very satrange and i realy dont care of U F O s but the pic is in my phone.
Gainsvile · FL, USA
8 large low flying fire balls seen flying single file over head and gathering together to form a symbol.
Gainesville · FL, USA
Illuminating Orange-Red glow, beautiful that flew so low.
Jacksonville Beach · FL, USA
4 orange lights following each other in the sky and fading out.
Miami · FL, USA
Orange/red orbs in the night sky
Melborune · FL, USA
Six orange circular - orb like lights in sky. Rows of two each up and down. Started to zig zag rapidly and show off on multiple directi
Navarre · FL, USA
I saw a fireball object that was moving at good speed during the night sky.
Oviedo/Winter Springs · FL, USA
A friend and I were on our way home last night in seperate vehicles when i recived a phone call from him. I answered and asked whats up
Hollywood · FL, USA
Fireball in appearance. Heading East to South. Changed color from red/orange/yellow. Faded away and disappeared. First thought to be an
Cape Coral · FL, USA
Big bright red light.
Ormond Beach · FL, USA
Saucer shaped object in flight over ocean
Miami · FL, USA
Very bright blinking star moving above Miami night sky, near Gemini constellation
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Reddish-yellow elongated diamond star-sized lights moving in elongated V formation against night sky that gradually disappeared.
Longwood · FL, USA
Orange "fireball" appearing flying shapes.
Lithia · FL, USA
Orange orbs seen in Lithia Eastern sky. Uneven formation & no flashing lights. Travelled faster than a passenger plane. Travelled from
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Oval shaped craft with blunt ends no lights, completely black.
Jupiter · FL, USA
Hovering/disappearing and reappearing large orange pulsating fireball Jupiter Florida
Sunrise · FL, USA
Ten small orange lights in random formation, moving slowly north in western sky of Sunrise, Florida at 22.45
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
At dusk 2 pulsating spheres started slowly moving towards us
Belle Glade · FL, USA
Disk shaped ufo covered with green lights in sugar cane field then took off into space.
North Lauderdale · FL, USA
Last night at my home in North Lauderdale,FL I saw three orange balls floating in the sky. They were a minute behind each other.
Dade City · FL, USA
On Clinton Avenue, south of Dade City, I observed 12 round, orange lights traveling in a straight line from SW to NE, making no sound.