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)
Lauderdale-By-The-Sea · FL, USA
Three changing form objects at daylight.
Bay Point Park (Radio Marti) · FL, USA
Stationary, odd shaped (almost plane like) object in sky - did not move at all - 15 miles east of Key West, FL along Rt. 1.
West Palm beach · FL, USA
At what seemed to be a very high altitude, an object, moving at a high speed, traveling from south to north, was seen, then disappeared
Lehigh · FL, USA
Black triangular craft with no running lights and two blue burners on the bottom flying near hwy 82 and sunshine in Lehigh
Miami · FL, USA
Orange orb of gelaming light hovering and preforming non-common aerospace manuvers
Wilton Manors · FL, USA
Two high speed craft
Jacksonville Beach · FL, USA
Orange and red glowing sphere over Jacksonville Beach, FL
Clearwater · FL, USA
ufo on clearwater beach
Tampa · FL, USA
Saucer Shaped UFO sighted in night sky
Tallahassee · FL, USA
Multiple orange glowing lights over Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee · FL, USA
Bright light in the sky in Tallahassee
Shalimar · FL, USA
A upside down diamond shaped that was glow fire orange and then turned into a red ball and disappeared was spotted infront of my house.
Miami · FL, USA
2 Cirular objects with a reddish/ orange light move across the downtown Miami
Miami · FL, USA
Black object seen floating in th air in Miami
Dunnellon · FL, USA
Regular night sky observer with no previous sightings until now.
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Bright meteor-like object falling from upper left sky to lower right quickly changed directions and disappeared over the horizon
Jacksonville · FL, USA
We were outside i step to the side by myself to look at the stars and i seen a triangular shaped object with bright white lights... ive
New Port Richey · FL, USA
White, Shiny Cigar Shaped Craft Overhead
Valrico · FL, USA
West to East flight pattern of 12 Unknown glowing objects. ((NUFORC Note: Possible "Chinese" lanterns, we suspect. PD))
Ormond Beach · FL, USA
Dimond shaped craft hovering in Ormond Beach FL
Seminole · FL, USA
UFO's over Florida on New Year's Eve 2011
Bradenton · FL, USA
red-amber colored lights in the shape of a triangle, one light in middle moving at a low altitude at a slow rate of speed.
Orlando · FL, USA
UFOs in a V formation over Orlando, Fl.
Seminole · FL, USA
Glowing, red lights flying in formation.
Miami · FL, USA
red lights over miami florida