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)
Englewood · FL, USA
Slowly flashing white light in space or possibly low earth orbit.
Orlando · FL, USA
Orange glowing sphere seen by 4 adults in East Orlando.
Navarre · FL, USA
Huge bright saucer
Dunedin · FL, USA
We saw 2 separate tight circles of exploding lights which eventually stopped and locked into a cluster formation..
Tampa · FL, USA
The pinkish orange lights dimmed out as the diamond shaped object moved overhead toward the east.
North Port · FL, USA
Silver object without wings or noise
Lakewood Ranch · FL, USA
Several bright lights in formation and then they dissappeared one by one
Hollywood · FL, USA
Huge round craft sparkling fluorecent in yellow & orange emitting electrical flames out of the bottom
Sarasota · FL, USA
This object was extremely clear and easy to see, silent and the dim lights were fascinating to watch.
Edgewater · FL, USA
I saw a neon green white hot and glowing comet or teardrop shaped object falling out of the sky.
Palm Bay · FL, USA
No common aircraft sounds were heard.
Jacksonville Beach · FL, USA
Object appeared and morphed into a craft. See photos.
Seminole · FL, USA
Mid Pinellas County-moving lights in horizontal fashion, right to left, left to right: brilliant green, blue, purple, pink, red.
Melbourne Beach · FL, USA
I saw three flashing lights in the sky over Melbourne Beach. They moved erratically and kept flashing the whole time that I saw them.
Cape San Blas · FL, USA
Eight orange glowing globes floating over the Gulf of Mexico at Cape San Blas, FL.
Cape San Blas · FL, USA
Three orange glowing globes floating over the Gulf at Cape San Blas, FL.
Bradenton · FL, USA
3-6 a.m., was a red-orange-sunlike round sphere go by, then up, then into field. I was scared to go in field?
Cape Coral · FL, USA
Orange object very bright then disappears
Fort Myers · FL, USA
It was a light over the lake close to my apartment complex and just stop, go away and came back and started bouncing. My son saw anot
Dade City · FL, USA
The craft should still be there due to the damage that is visible!
St. Augustine · FL, USA
Me and my 2 sons were walking down Menendez st near the lions bridge my son told me to look up in the sky and we witnessed a yellow lig
Delray Beach · FL, USA
Globe shaped object flashing lights at random another blue light behind Stationary
Coconut Creek · FL, USA
JUST SAW THREE BIG WHITE LIGHTS MOVING IN A TRIANGLE FORMATION AT 5:00 AM. IT WAS TOO DARK TO SEE AN OBJECT JUST THE LIGHTS. THE SKY WA
Wesley Chapel · FL, USA
Me and my friend were walking my dog, and I was standing on a generator. We were looking up at the sky when a random Bright White light
Jupiter · FL, USA
Over a dozen orange lights close to each other, no noise south to the north dissapearing to the east