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)
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
A beam of light that resolved into 40 to 50 flying disks, outside of our atmosphere, with stars seen through their formation.
Sanford · FL, USA
I WAS COMING HOME IN DOWNTOWN SANFORD FL. WITH MY WIFE AT THE TIME, WHEN A LITTLE HISPANIC BOY WITH A DOG ON A ROPE CAME RUNNING AROUND
Florida (off coast · FL, USA
light and multiple contacts in Bermuda triangle
Surfside · FL, USA
A tumbling football shaped UFO with triangle windows of equal size with a different soft pastel colored light glowing in each window.
Lake City · FL, USA
Light beamed over top and front of car
Titusville · FL, USA
3 lights appear in the sky, rotating and seperate.
Orlando · FL, USA
17 lights that appeared they were playing tag in the night sky.
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
lights by my bedroom window
Longwood · FL, USA
Huge Silent Chevron with all white lights surrounded by gas flying slow and low about 100 feet off ground for 15 minutes.
Longwood · FL, USA
Huge chevron, just above rooftops, speed about15 mph, no sound, no wind, enclosed by white fog, very bright lights.
Jacksonville · FL, USA
round metallic object with three white lights hovering at tree top level made no noise left at high rate of speed
Jacksonville Beach · FL, USA
During a period of several nights, points of light moved over and under the ocean water in various formations, which were later reveale
Winter Haven · FL, USA
Temporary total electrical failure residentail lights out vehicle disabled everything came back on after a short time.
Hollywood · FL, USA
A silent, slow moving oval craft followed my four diamond shaped objects.
Pensacola · FL, USA
Huge Saucer over Pensacola Pass.
Pompano Beach · FL, USA
Saw something that looked like a billiard rack silently moving south to north.
Sarasota · FL, USA
very large craft up close and personal
Orlando (South-southeast) · FL, USA
Saw a multi-colored, rectangular object flying through the sky from the NE to the SW...
Kendall (S. Miami) · FL, USA
Fleet of silver-ish cigar shaped objects, one appearing after another and then disappearing.
Miami · FL, USA
Certain things happen to you in your life that you never forget and this is why you know they are real the rest of your life.
Port Saint Lucie · FL, USA
Large triangular craft going east over the Atlantic Ocean.
Temple Terrace · FL, USA
disc shaped object spinning w/lights, no sound, hovering over me and husband in our pool in daylight.
North Lauderdale · FL, USA
Early morning low hovering UFO over rooftops in N. Lauderdale, FL neighborhood in 1980.
Tampa · FL, USA
MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: I seen a pancake shaped object with rectangler size windows all around it with lights.
Homestead · FL, USA
Glowing white circular object seen in the Florida Everglades around 1980.