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)
Clearwater Beach · FL, USA
UFO encounter at Clearwater Beach, during meteor shower
Ocala · FL, USA
Midnight White Oval / Fireball UFO
Milton (north of) · FL, USA
Saw triangle craft with 5 white lights on front and 1 red light on bottom. elev approx 500-1000 ft, moving approx 50 mph in a SW direct
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
Object changed direction twice.
Pompano Beach · FL, USA
Bright orange Sphere goes over Pompano Beach, Florida in seconds!
Clearwater Beach · FL, USA
Encounter On Caladesi Island/ Clearwater Beach, Florida -Two Crafts With Glowing Amber Lights
Palm Harbor · FL, USA
tracked a triangular object with seven or eight lights hover for approx. 2-3 min. then travel eastward out of view.
Deltona · FL, USA
Cigar shaped, light blue to white, with beam of same color light.
Lakeland · FL, USA
3 oval shaped reddish-orange lights flew over my house, heading directly south. The lights formed a perfect triangle, but flying severe
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Metallic Sphere Scans My Entire Body
Orlando · FL, USA
Rounded rectangle of a cluster of frosted raspberry lights slowly moving north, then, swiftly gone...
Panama City · FL, USA
Looked like stars in the sky so far up/moveing fast
Palm Harbor · FL, USA
Two saucer shaped silver metal crafts with opposite spinning white and red lights on top of each other
Cantoma · FL, USA
Triangle with light on all the ends.
Parkland · FL, USA
something tought to be a heli move forward and shoot back wards in a blink of a eye
Tequesta · FL, USA
Saw object resembling firework flare streaking across sky. First thought: shooting star but much too large for placement in sky.
Miami · FL, USA
RE; Six stars in a vertical line, moving all at the same speed.
Miami · FL, USA
Six stars in a vertical line, moving all at the same speed.
Navarre · FL, USA
Several bright lights that seemed to appear and disappear. They were so bright they made the evening sky illuminate. The clouds were
Gulf Breeze · FL, USA
I first spotted a single eztremely bright orange glowing light, which was followed by 5 to 7 other stationary similar objects in a hori
Merritt Island · FL, USA
White yellow light "jumping" around in the sky over Brevard county, FL
Sarasota · FL, USA
What looked like a shooting star STOPS and changes direction 90 degrees and disappears!
Hieleah · FL, USA
ufo seen over back yard 30 feet from the ground.
Orlando · FL, USA
two orange lights cossing back and forth from one another
Altamonte Springs · FL, USA
Fast moving star like light coming at us.