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)
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
3 star, triangle formation, moved overhead, created spark, moved back out in direction it came from.
Kissimmee · FL, USA
UFO sighted at night while on way home from teaching my martial arts class. Sighted as I drove through town which is a well lighted met
St. Petersburg (south) · FL, USA
500-600 ft.chevron shaped craft moving to the NW fast at about 3500ft elevation craft had 12-16 dim white lights to the front of chevro
Lutz · FL, USA
At dusk I looked up just in time to see a strange green light dip beneath the clouds then take off quickly in another direction. The ne
Ocala · FL, USA
We saw a light in the sky moving rapidly in almost a circular motion We then started to drive towards the object and ended up parking a
Mary Esther · FL, USA
I walked outside my garage and saw a ufo in the sky coming towards me with white flashing lights
Navarre Beach (other end of pensacola beach · FL, USA
while exiting a mardi gras parade at pensacola beach we notice a red light in night sky that brightened to white then faded to red
Loxahatchee · FL, USA
I saw the object in the sky about 2 miles away, I pointed over and told my dad that he would see it once we passed a group of trees, bu
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Lighted object observed strobing red, white & blue while completely stationary for apx. 20 mins. at altitude. Visual confirmation by AT
Orlando · FL, USA
Star like object high in the eastern sky appeared stationary, thought it was a planet, but then shot out into space toward the NNE leav
Sarasota · FL, USA
I saw a bright light at a distance. When it got closer I noticed 5 lights on it. It was shaped like a blimp going approx 100-200 mph an
Jacksonville · FL, USA
WE WERE LOOKING OUTSIDE FROM THE SIDEWALK AND WE SAW A BRIGHT LIGHT THAT WAS FLASHING BLUE AND RED AND IT WAS NOT MOVING I WAS LOOKING
Tallahassee · FL, USA
White and red objects in sky videotaped over Tallahassee, Fl is a no go. The local police report a business in the area has been shinin
Tallahassee · FL, USA
3 minute video-two objects in sky-1st very large bright white saucer shapedlight with four legs-descends below house behind sub-2nd obj
Longboat Key · FL, USA
Pulsing light over the Gulf of Mexico changing color, frequency, and intensity moved in an erratic pattern across the clear sky. The m
Port St. Lucie · FL, USA
3 unidentified craft
Lake Wales · FL, USA
we have been video tapping strange craft here for the last three days they are yellow fireballs they appear in the sky and dont move fo
Ocala · FL, USA
bright lights in front of the dark body of the object with perhaps windows over the lights
Lehigh Acres · FL, USA
wHITE STREAK AS IF A METEOR EXCEPT WENT FROM GROUND ELEVATION TO A 45 DEGREE ELEVATION CROSSED IN FRONT OF A AIRLINER WHICH HAD JUST TA
Miami · FL, USA
AN ANOUNCEMENT WAS MADE ON LOCAL NEWS OF REPORTS OF STRANGE LIGHT. WTVJ,CHANNEL 6,THEY HAVE VIDEO.ODD HOVERING LIGHT,NOT A STAR.WTVJ ST
Pensacola · FL, USA
illuminating firey red ball that slowly sunk over the bay between Pensacola and Gulf Breeze
Bradenton/Palmetto · FL, USA
Green light moved extremely fast over the sky in the north. seemed to move downward to the horizon. no meteor. not a plane. Duration ab
Fort Myers · FL, USA
3 lights with a very large flame trail traveling west to east
Orlando (Disney World Resort) · FL, USA
Three or four red lights int he shape of a squre or triangle way up in the sky moving at a rapid pace.
Long Key · FL, USA
We saw approx. 12 comet-like objects moving from the SW to the NE. They were in a ununiformed formation, & all had massive comet-like t