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)
Miami · FL, USA
Beams of Light
Doral · FL, USA
I smoke a cigarette before i go to sleep and i step outside my apartment building in the third floor. I like smoking there cause i have
Lake Alfred · FL, USA
Sphere observed in rural central Florida
Boynton Beach · FL, USA
a ufo was orbiting mars!!! ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD))
Ocalawaha · FL, USA
Watching a star and something crossed the entire hemisphere in 4 flashes.
Lynn Haven · FL, USA
Platinum colored disk hovering silently above houses just across the street.
Orlando · FL, USA
Bright, distinct, orb moved quickly west over the horizon. Not a plane, helicopter, or shooting star
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
Very dim v shape object travelinf sw fast across the sky in Ft Lauderdale 2/22/07 8:25pm
West Melbourne · FL, USA
One UFO sighted in West Melbourn, Floirda on Feb. 24, 2007 beginning at 8:06 PM.
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
Burning fireball shoots through northern sky over Florida
Sanford · FL, USA
Silver sphere to the right of a cloud seen midday morning in area of Sanford Florida Feb 28, 2007.
Melbourne · FL, USA
Metallic Spherical Object spotted at 3000-3500ft by Melbourne / East Coast 20-30nm south of the Space Station. in a PA28 at 4500ft
Sarasota · FL, USA
Round- Disc Shaped Craft with 4 - 5 windows or lights, hovering silently in lower level of clouds
Cape Coral · FL, USA
18 lights east to west in sky faster then airliners after fireworks ended on NEWYEARS EVE ---- SCARY
Miami · FL, USA
Object moved fast back and forth but aslo stayed still at times sometimes changingt colors.
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
noted a disc shaped object 40-50 ft in diameter flying towards macdill AFB at liw and at very high speeds.
Miami Lakes · FL, USA
strange objects on new year's day, 2007 in Miami Lakes, Fl on a perfectly clear and sunny day
Miami · FL, USA
2 UFOs Over Miami 1/6/07
Edgewater · FL, USA
red moving circle and glowing circle that followed me.
Miami · FL, USA
Bright white object .
Kissimmee · FL, USA
Large bright object traveling high over Florida appearing to be burning into the atmosphere
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Bright light streaks across the sky
Dunnellon · FL, USA
Four spinning light beams moving in a circle traveling southeast. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising light? PD))
Navarre · FL, USA
Nighttime one second observation of low level black silent triangle with lights over Gulf coast
Bradenton · FL, USA
Fast moving light changing directions immediately