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)
Lakeland · FL, USA
A possible alien planet?
Port St. Lucie · FL, USA
Christmas tree colored sparkling lights hovering over the southeastern sky in Florida
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Brightly glowing scaucer shaped UFO moving slowly overhead with a "scanning" beam of light moving and coming from the bottom .
Longwood/Lake Mary · FL, USA
Disk on Film, Shot in Lake Mary Florida
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Bright blue orb with a tail
Jacksonville · FL, USA
While driving west on a major highway,JTB, just a few miles from the beach, a green fireball wisked by really fast, going W-SW. It wa
Seminole · FL, USA
Bright white hoovering object 10,000 ft. high, stationary..then moving north very slowely...decreases in altitude to about 5,000 ft. mo
Palatka · FL, USA
I saw a large oval shaped alternating dar & light gray object approximately 1/2 mile away.
Boynton Beach · FL, USA
Extremely low-flying narrow rectangular, billboard-sized craft with round white lights all across front
Tallahassee · FL, USA
Glowing cloud,like a comet over Northern Florida. ((NUFORC Note: Missile venting fuel in space. PD))
Ft. White · FL, USA
cone of light moving north thru space or stratosphere over florida ((NUFORC Note: Missile venting fuel in space. PD))
Fort Pierce · FL, USA
December 10, 2007 quickly moving comet-like object in sky. ((NUFORC Note: Missile venting fuel in space. PD))
Williston · FL, USA
possible explosion above the earth's atmosphere. ((NUFORC Note: Missile venting fuel in space. PD))
Lake Worth · FL, USA
((NUFORC Note: Missile venting fuel in space. PD))
Miami · FL, USA
strange lights in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Missile venting fuel in space. PD))
Miami · FL, USA
A CYLINDER LIKE OBJECT WITH HAZY LIGHT SORROUNDING IT. ((NUFORC Note: Missile venting fuel in space. PD))
Lake CIty · FL, USA
Fuel Dump Spooks Nation! ((NUFORC Note: Missile venting fuel in space. PD))
Tampa · FL, USA
Comet like object with a crayon in the middle. ((NUFORC Note: Missile venting fuel in space. PD))
Tallahassee · FL, USA
Strange lights overhead at dusk, possibly very quiet aircraft in close formation
Delray Beach · FL, USA
Circular Blue Object Shoots into Black hole
Destin · FL, USA
Triangular vessel with 3 bubble-like shapes encompassed the bottom at each angle. No lights. No Sound. Floating easily low in sky.
Lakeland · FL, USA
My Cousin,and my siter were on just entering lakeland when we saw greenish,blueish light fall into the sky and disspeared. When were lo
Lakewood Ranch · FL, USA
(shape: light). Saw bright balls of orange shooting across the sky, some criss-crossing each other; had tails like vapor trails
Lake Wales · FL, USA
It was shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007, when I noticed a bright object in the sky. It was a bright light, not unlike a sat
Havana · FL, USA
Trianglar craft hovering in sky with light pattern changed.