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 St. Lucie · FL, USA
thought it was space shuttle lift off
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
Bluish object hovering,then gone.
North Lauderdale · FL, USA
WOKE UP IN MIDDLE OF NIGHT TO BRIGHT LIGHT IN LIVING ROOM. SAW BLUE/GRAY HOODED CLOAK. LOOKED TWICE A MESSAGE WENT IN MY HEAD TO GO BAC
Gainesville · FL, USA
Nighttime sighting. UFO was on the ground. Occupant sighted. Did not stay long.
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
Two fireballs, western palm beach county Hwy. 710. ((anonymous report))
Rockledge · FL, USA
Bright light, intense noise, waking me.
Naples · FL, USA
A very large, black, silent, boomerang flying very very fast over Naples, Florida.
Flagler Beach · FL, USA
A silent triangle close enough to hit with a thrown object
Cross City · FL, USA
In moonless but bright star country sky, Dark Triangular shape follows family in car.
Pensacola · FL, USA
Mistaken identity? Helicopter? Ball of light, turns into Alien aircraft and shoots into space!
Miami · FL, USA
Large fireball object passes quickly over Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida
North Miami Beach · FL, USA
90 degree turn, possible missing time (?)
Tallahassee · FL, USA
a bright light caught my eye for some reason and gradually came closer.
Williston/ Archer · FL, USA
A blue, firey ball, about 20 feet wide and 150 feet in the air, flies over head at a slow rate making no sound and lighting up the goun
Seminole · FL, USA
UFO pitstop near Park Blvd. Intra-coastal bridge?
Bushnell · FL, USA
I saw a slow moving triangle shaped craft moving northward. It's perimeter was light up a burgundy color.
Ocala · FL, USA
TRIANGULAR CRAFT MADE 90 DEGREE TURNS
Cooper City · FL, USA
Couple witness arrowhead triangle, w/ 7 lights, streak overhead during night launch of Space Shuttle.
Tallahassee · FL, USA
small spheres flying in formation near approach to Tallahassee airport
Ft. Walton Beach · FL, USA
As a law enforcement officer I was dispatched to a UFO sighting near a military base.
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
After reading the 1966 acount of Jack brown in cal, talked about a butane shaped craft. I thought I would tell you about the one I saw
Englewood · FL, USA
LOOKED LIKE SEVEN STARS IN V FORMATION MOVING HIGH RATE OF SPEED,FASTER THAN A SATALITE,AND SEEMED TO BE FARTHER OUT THAN A SATTALITE
Miami · FL, USA
Dark boomerang shaped UFO hovers over MIA airport then flies upward past arriving airliner
McAlpin · FL, USA
Silent orange rotating light over McAlpin, Florida field.
Key West · FL, USA
ON OR ABOUT THE DATE LISTED ABOVE I,ALONG WITH MY FAMILY, WERE DRIVING HOME FROM THE BEACH WHEN MY WIFE ,WHO WAS LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW