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
Classic "flying saucer" moving low and slow through condos in gated Ft. Lauderdale prestige golf community.
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
Slow moving classic disc 50ft up
Haines City · FL, USA
a shooting making a right angel
Orlando · FL, USA
Midday observation of cylinder type wingless craft with pointed top which flew horizontally.
Gulf of Mexico · FL, USA
I was on board Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet WMEC 176 when we encountered loss of electronic power while towing a electronic surveillance
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Rotating Saucer Shaped Object with Multicolored Lights Flying Over Jacksonville
Brooksville · FL, USA
Upclose saucer experience
Miami · FL, USA
Orange sphere with alternating sound, 30 feet in diameter
Marianna · FL, USA
the object was oval shaped and at the tipical attitude of small planes no distinguishing features no sounds
Pahokee · FL, USA
Rapidly moving oject travels south, pause, goes north, and exits atmosphere, seen a shooting star.
Fern Park · FL, USA
Beam, Column of light from overhead, no sound
Edgewater · FL, USA
lg glowimg ball Florida 1975 S. of Edgewater after midnight maybe around 2:00 for an hr. jit looked floating ground level
Jacksonville · FL, USA
WHILE WALKING ON ATLANTIC BOULEVARD IN JACKSONVILLE I WITNESSED A BOOMERANG SHAPED OBJECT ALMOST COLLIDE WITH A COMMERCIAL AIRLINER
Tampa · FL, USA
Zig Zagging Star Over Tampa Florida
Miami · FL, USA
The object ws sighted from the cockpit of a Choey Lee sloop, docked by a condo on a causwat between Miami & Miami Beach. It first appea
Miami · FL, USA
UFO lights in night sky, one came down and was wittnessed by young girl.
Miami · FL, USA
At 01:00 hrs looking out my room window I saw about 14 lights moving in the sky, they began to pair off and move in diffrent direction
Marianna · FL, USA
Flying Disk seen in Fl Panhandle
Indian Rocks Beach · FL, USA
Shooting star stops, reverced direction, loops back and then shoots off into night.
Haines City · FL, USA
silver saucer hovering over an orange grove.
Orange Lake · FL, USA
gray shaped like 1/3 ball top of disk rotated but not 360 degrees it roated clockwise then counter clockwise several degrees moving ver
Orange Lake · FL, USA
a gray disk with a shinny rail on which a wheel turned
Cocoa Beach · FL, USA
Very large very slow moving triangle shaped craft, no sound east bound over B-line Expswy between Orlando& Cocoa Bch , June-July 1975
Hallandale · FL, USA
i live on the ocean in a high-rise condominium.at approximately 3am i awoke and walked over to the living room where my terrace overloo
Pensacola · FL, USA
On Santa Rosa Island; Fort Pickens beach while vacationing with family. I was a teen with my sister and other campers on gulf side beac