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)
Brooksville · FL, USA
Red light seen towards the east coast of central florida
Miami · FL, USA
((HOAX?? Date discrepancy.) my girlfriend and i were laying outside on a hammock around 3:30 we were both awaken by a humming noise
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
Strange black object flies inland from ocean preceding sunrise
Sarasota · FL, USA
Large glowing red object moving slowly
New Port Richey · FL, USA
Slow moving, starlike object brightens and dims as it goes.
Tampa · FL, USA
just a black cylinder that hovers with no sound. and a helicopter near by.
Naples · FL, USA
White, slow circle
Tamarac · FL, USA
My son and I were in my yard when we saw a light traveling at a very high rate of speed, stream across the sky.
Punta Gorda · FL, USA
Pulsating light traveling steady with abrupt change of course, and accelerating outward suddenly
Wesley Chapel · FL, USA
bright light moving at an extremely high rate of speed
Bunnell · FL, USA
midnight April 8th, our home lost power there was a bright flash of light outside power came back on and we seen a hovering object
Sunrise · FL, USA
Dim light moving south to north
Cocoa · FL, USA
Four green lights seen close to the ground while driving
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
Two stationary lights off Fort Lauderdale
Tallahassee · FL, USA
Tallahassee Sighting
Hernando · FL, USA
White Light (Solid) slowly moving about 5-10 mph, just above tree line 200-300' dia. no sound
Land O'Lakes · FL, USA
Daylight Formation of Bright Metallic ovoid shapes that would glow white hot
Kissimmee · FL, USA
17 small, silver, disk shaped objects, creating formations before disappearing after a jet flew into them over Kissimmee,Fl.
Longwood · FL, USA
Flashes in sky
Destin · FL, USA
5 stationary lights suspended above the ground North of Highway 98 in Destin, Fl. then disappearing one by one.
Destin · FL, USA
3 objects looked like a fire in the sky
Crestview · FL, USA
We seen two orange lights in sky which other people who were in a different part of town seen 6 orange lights.
Bonita Springs · FL, USA
High altitude amber balls of light move across sky then appear to leave atmosphere above Bonita Springs, FL.
Pensacola · FL, USA
Dividing Lights Over Pensacola Beach
DeFuniak Springs · FL, USA
Two orange orb-lights under disc-shaped object