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)
Weston · FL, USA
Amazing light show, with no answers!
Arcadia · FL, USA
Flying in a Cessna 182 North of LaBelle VOR, encounter strange light not on radar.
Cutler Bay/Miami · FL, USA
A steady white light falling slowly from the sky. Disappeared just a second before it fell behind the tree line.
Bay Lake · FL, USA
Three brightly glowing objects above sun during sunset + Fireball 2 hours later.
Delray Beach · FL, USA
Huge, boomerang shaped, unlit object flying over the cirrus clouds, N to S over Delray Beach, FL, 2 witnesses
Orlando · FL, USA
Bright dark green light flashed in western sky, increased in brightness 2-3 times then nose dived and disappeared. ((Meteor??))
Tampa · FL, USA
It had to be anywhere from 8:50pm to 9:03pm when me and a friend saw this bright fire ba
Cape Coral · FL, USA
Super bright orangish red shooting flame across the sky in Cape Coral, FL
Tarpon Springs · FL, USA
I was driving home from work after a few stops along the way. i was traveling northbound when a very fast object raced across the sky
Okeechobee · FL, USA
Three bright red lights over lake Okeechobee
Land O'Lakes · FL, USA
Approx 15 bright orange circular lights slowly moving in the sky in a linear pattern...then they would change positions.
Winter Springs · FL, USA
Reddish orange sphere changed shaped them multiplies.
Coral Springs · FL, USA
Orange Spheres flying over Coral Springs.
Orlando · FL, USA
Observed up to 9 reddish orange objects flying in commercial airspace near Orland International Airport.
Orlando · FL, USA
I observed about 9 or 10 balls of light going to one central destination.
Lakeland · FL, USA
My family and I seen a fast moving,silent object with bright lights almost like a fireball over our skies
Lakeland · FL, USA
Chevron of orange lights trailing sparks.
Cape Coral · FL, USA
Several red spheres over Cape Coral moving south to north then turning toward Gulf of Mexico.
Winter Haven · FL, USA
Orange orb traveling over house low and caused my whole house to shake
Orlando · FL, USA
Fire like, dots shape similar to Texas state
Orlando · FL, USA
Orange balls gliding through the sky over Orlando
Cape Coral · FL, USA
UFO's fly by festival in Cape Coral Florida on 11/10/2012
Coral Springs · FL, USA
3 reddish colored ball of light and an aircraft of somekind were seen on university drive and sample road in coral springs .
Boynton Beach · FL, USA
Two metallic spheres moving west over then south over Boynton Beach
Englewood · FL, USA
Near coast loking east long silver metalic looking item seen headed towards ground , not straight down but at slieght angle.