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
Two unidentified crafts noted over the Gulf of Mexico.
Port Orange · FL, USA
Three red disks flying from west to east in a staggered formation, spanning the sky in five seconds at a high altitude.
Deerfield Beach · FL, USA
Flashing red,blue & white lights, hovering over deerfield beach in florida
Orlando · FL, USA
Three small lights in formation seen at low altitude. no body visible.
Plant City · FL, USA
On my way out to the shed in our back yard to put a tool up, I wittnessed over the Oak tree tops behind our shed a saucer hovering. The
Chiefland · FL, USA
Two cigar shaped UFOs meet near a small plane in the afternoon Florida sky.
Hernando · FL, USA
RAPID SPEED AND CHANGE DIRECTION
Venice · FL, USA
Triangular craft spotted over Venice, FL
Miama · FL, USA
TOTAL OF 11 UFOS SIGHTED OFF OF COAST OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
Fort Myers · FL, USA
10/19/2003 Very high very fast silver diamond/oval shape, observed with naked eye and through binoculars 6-8 sec before it disapeared
Jacksonville · FL, USA
It appeared to be a very bright and large shooting star falling downwards with a trail
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Green object with tail headed from the sky straight down
Hampton · FL, USA
A green and yellow object traveling at a high rate of speed
Cocoa · FL, USA
A green ball of light in the north west sky moving in an arc shape as if it was falling, then it dissapeared.
Dade City · FL, USA
a bright yellow object floating from the heavens.
Pensacola · FL, USA
Replicating triangle light patterns over I-10 in Florida
Hollywood · FL, USA
Devins clouds an uncexpected sighting
Tallahassee · FL, USA
flash of light, great speed, rounded turn/change of course, abrupt full stop
Miami · FL, USA
An irridescent boomerang shaped object in the western sky, and five minutes later it came back moving the same direction
Melbourne · FL, USA
While driving a white sphere crossed road in front of us at high speed then turned straight down and disappeared.
Milton · FL, USA
Black cloud vortex appears, and I lose tens minutes of time that I cannot account for.
Punta Gorda · FL, USA
odd bright object with comet like tail in Southern Florida. ((NUFORC Note: Titan 4 launch from Cape Canaveral. PD))
Tampa · FL, USA
A sighting of an apparent ball of flames turned into three smaller spheres... ((NUFORC Note: Titan 4 launch from Cape Canaveral. PD))
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
Sighting of 3 lights in northern sky. ((NUFORC Note: Titan 4 launch from Cape Canaveral. PD))
Tampa · FL, USA
large ufo -triangle shaped-three lights ((NUFORC Note: Titan 4 launch from Cape Canaveral. PD))