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
Triangular lights observed during total lunar eclipse.
Destin · FL, USA
Lights in sky above gulf waters in Destin, FL
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
object vented some type of vapor and left a cone shaped vortex when it left the atmosphere
Englewood · FL, USA
An object passed quickly through the sky with 6 circles of luminescence with absolutely no sound as it passed overhead.
Palm Harbor · FL, USA
A large black trianglular object with about 9 circular white lights bordering the underside flew overhead in palm harbor.
St. Augustine · FL, USA
Large gray cylinder hovering just above tree tops
Lakeland · FL, USA
Went over house during hurricane
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
SIGHTING AFTER HURRICAN IN FL
Lantana · FL, USA
Rapid southbound silent parallel glowing lights.
Casselberry · FL, USA
Florida, Casselberry: Disc shaped object flying from NE to NW about 2000 ft altitude, unknown speed.
Gainesville · FL, USA
Stationary piercing bright light over Hunter's Crossing Publix drifted over Devil's Millhopper.
St. Augustine · FL, USA
2004 cigar shapped object hovering in sky over neighbors house
Brandon · FL, USA
We saw object(s) flying in tight formation and or lights on the underside of an odd shaped craft .
Davenport · FL, USA
Fast moving objects racing across florida sky
Orlando · FL, USA
Saw a light slowly lift straight up from behind the trees, and then head South. The light kept increasing and decreasing in brightness
Prescott · FL, USA
((NUFORC Note: Possible hoax. No Prescott in FL; Yavapai County is in AZ. PD)) Triangular craft with bright lights on the points…
Lehigh Acres · FL, USA
this light appeard and moved very fast and then dissapeard
Miami · FL, USA
A ballet of lights circling in the sky
Poinciana · FL, USA
Circular object with multiple white lights circling it in sync with each other almost as if chasing itself
Pembroke Pines · FL, USA
Cross-shape with what appeared to look like neon lights starting in the center and radiating outward. ((Celestial body??))
Flagler · FL, USA
A bright light appeared out of a black sky over the ocean then turned orange and dimmed out.
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
circling pin point of light
Cocoa Beach · FL, USA
lights in the daylight sky at the time of the Atlas rocket launch on the 31st of Aug.
Boynton Beach · FL, USA
big huge bright yellow light .. light faded 3 small red lights then no lights at all!
Gulf Breeze · FL, USA
strange bright cloud ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch from Cape Canaveral. PD))