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)
Port Charlotte · FL, USA
silent ship close enough to hit with a rock(but i didn't)
Plantation Key · FL, USA
It was 11:33 PM on Wednesday 12/16/98 on our way home from Miami to Marathon Florida. |At about 89 mile marker,my wife said : Do you se
Boca Grande · FL, USA
Football field size saucer with blinking white lights, made no sound as it traveled across the sky near Boca Grande, FL
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
Triangle UFO sighting
Miami · FL, USA
Big round red pulsating, plasma like ball in S. FL heading west & disappearing from view
Winter Park (just outside Orlando) · FL, USA
Large green fireball seen through clouds falling diagonally for 3 seconds and terminating in a flash of white light.
Punta Gorda · FL, USA
I saw 3 triangular craft in the night sky over my home in Florida.
Cape Canaveral · FL, USA
Glowing orb/circle with ability to hover and move at speeds above those visible by eye.
Tampa · FL, USA
Flying V seen by multiple wintesses in during meteor shower.
Port Charlotte · FL, USA
I am a newspaper reporter. A resident came to me 11/19 and said he filmed a "ball of fire" traveling slowly at high altitude toward hor
Port Orange (Daytona Beach) · FL, USA
OBSERVED TRANSLUCENT TRIANGULAR OBJECT MOVING NORTH TO SOUTH DIRECTLY OVERHEAD, APPROXIMATELY TWO HAND WIDTHS WIDE.
Tavares · FL, USA
Observing metor shower. 10 minutes into obsevation an object was seen to pass from NW to SE all lights extingwished. Estimate no more t
Gainesville · FL, USA
Viewed a delta shaped craft in the SE sky traveling south, craft made no noise and flew smoothly before banking and disappearing
Montverde · FL, USA
What we saw was not exactly oval, but larger at the top.
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
Bright burning object with tail originating in northern sky heading east.
Key West · FL, USA
I WAS SITTING ON MY FRONT PORCH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TRUMAN AVENUE A FEW NIGHTS AFTER THE STORM, IT WAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. I STARTED TO H
Miami · FL, USA
Object was not moving,but flashing different colors(blue,red,white and maybe yellow,1 object was seen.It lasted for aprox one hour unti
Pensacola Beach · FL, USA
Perfectly round flame colored object growing larger and then vanishing within an instant.
Tampa · FL, USA
A LITTLE LARGER THAN A FULL MOON (WHITE IN COLOR). TWO FAST MOVING CIRCLES MOVING IN LARGE CIRCLES. ANOTHER DRIFTING SLOWLY. NO SOUND
Delray Beach · FL, USA
My 11 year old son and myself driving north on Military Trial saw bright light in sky.
Perrine · FL, USA
My son and I were looking at constellations when suddenly 4 illuminated units flying in a triangle formation came across the sky, from
Ft. Myers Beach (off coast of) · FL, USA
Sept. 1998 Ft. Myers, Fla. Triangular w/lights 3-5 mins. NO SOUND
Shalimar · FL, USA
. A burning orb appeared for the west at about 45 degrees and slowly moved to about 20 degress changing color from a bright red to a ve
Bradenton · FL, USA
Dimmed orange lights in formation of a half circle--six lights in semi-circle with one light in center of semi-circle
Melbourne Beach · FL, USA
What looked like a bright green ball entering the atmosphere.