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)
Tampa · FL, USA
White boomerang shaped craft travelling south to north in a straight line at satellite speed for a very long distance.
Daytona beach · FL, USA
Went to watch the sunrise and saw a bright light hovering over the ocean, thought it was a drone as it was moving ever along slightly.
Gainesville · FL, USA
Started as a shooting star. Coming downward until it turned to a teardrop with a fire tail. Then it stoped and started to pulsate a ver
Gibsonton · FL, USA
Round large object emitting red light
Cudjoe Key · FL, USA
Reddish streak that traveled west to east then same streak a few seconds later reappeared traveling opposite direction at a high apeed
Delray Beach · FL, USA
Three bright lights followed by a stream of colored vapor.
Pinellas Park · FL, USA
yellow/ gold dsah of light following a rounded object
Key largo · FL, USA
Multiple star like objects moving like ants in the sky. ((Starlink satellites?))
Panama City (beach) · FL, USA
without binoculars it was bright and interesting. with binoculars, i started to see more than i wanted to see.
Sarasota · FL, USA
Fish scales looking object moving in the sky
Orlando · FL, USA
13 lights following each other in east Orlando, FL. ((Starlink satellites?))
Miami · FL, USA
16 lights moving in the southeast direction and then went up. ((Starlink satellites?))
Miami · FL, USA
We witnessed what at first we thought was a satilite moving ((Starlink satellites?))
Longboat Key · FL, USA
Was on the beach looking at the meteor shower (aquariids) on 5/8 at 2300hrs.Noticed one, then a 2nd and 3rd bright light out over t
North Port · FL, USA
MADAR Node 147
North Port · FL, USA
MADAR Node 147
Sarasota · FL, USA
Red light in sky with black aircraft heading directly towards it
Key West · FL, USA
5 circular crafts heading East in a staggered line
Panama City · FL, USA
This took place in Panama City, Florida. The time and date are stamped, thanks to Snapchat filter. However, nothing else is filtered on
Port Richey · FL, USA
Color changing twinkling orb. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly Venus?? PD))
Wellborn · FL, USA
Large bright triangular slow moving object south to north then course change east, no sound or strobe.
Hilliard · FL, USA
Fast Super Light
Lake Placid · FL, USA
More than 75 lights moving high up in the sky for more than 10 minutes from the SW to NE. ((Starlink satellites?)).
Key Colony Beach · FL, USA
Saw 30-40 lights traveling from East to West while walking the dogs. Thought it was an airplane at first then thought it was a star. T
Plantation · FL, USA
Glowing red spheres in West Broward County, FL.