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)
Apopka · FL, USA
Red/Orange stationary light left a short tail behind it as it shifted to the left then dimmed for a few seconds then became bright agai
Sanford · FL, USA
MADAR Node 91
Merritt Island · FL, USA
Two lights seen. Stationary, not moving. I took video. We watched for a few minutes as two aircraft, helicopters or small aircraft, wit
New Port Richey · FL, USA
Brightest ball of light
Holiday · FL, USA
A stream of approximately 40 star-like objects flying in the same direction. ((NUFORC Note: "Starlink" satellites? PD))
Cape Coral · FL, USA
Just watched a bunch of small lights heading northeast. ((NUFORC Note: "Starlink" satellites? PD))
Spring Hill · FL, USA
Strands of lights. ((NUFORC Note: "Starlink" satellites? PD))
Lutz · FL, USA
Parade of lights floating across sky without a sound! ((NUFORC Note: "Starlink" satellites? PD))
Largo · FL, USA
Multiple lights moving in formation. ((NUFORC Note: "Starlink" satellites? PD))
Largo · FL, USA
Multiple lights moving in formation
Apollo Beach · FL, USA
25+ lights in formation, Heading north East. ((NUFORC Note: "Starlink" satellites? PD))
Brandon · FL, USA
3 white bright flashing lights shaped as a triangle with no sound .
Leaving Pensacola 30-45 mins outside of Pensacola · FL, USA
11/23/19 abt 4am/415am in Florida leaving Pensacola, FL riding on I10 to Orlando, FL a group of cars not traveling with us in tow. I t
Pensacola · FL, USA
MADAR Node 157
Sarasota · FL, USA
Six perfectly straight lights high above Sarasota. ((NUFORC Note: "Starlink" satellites? PD))
Pembroke Pines · FL, USA
Intermittently since around 7am I and my neighbor have heard and felt a very deep rumbling throughout our neighborhood. It lasts about
Gainesville · FL, USA
Rectangular/cylindrical large object seen in the western sky
Valrico · FL, USA
3 orbs in a triangular shape that were flickering orange, red, and green, hovering in same spot.
Ruskin · FL, USA
I was outside playing call of duty on my phone, when I noticed some stray cats near my trailer home were looking up towards the sky .
Largo · FL, USA
MADAR Node 140
New Port Richey · FL, USA
I seen something with colorful lights moving strangely. It was pretty low to be an airplane. And the way it moved was definitely not a
Tampa · FL, USA
outside with my mom, flat row of lights that seemed to dance and disappear showing up a mile away or right over our head in same second
Tampa · FL, USA
VIDEO CAN BE SEEN ON YOUTUBE AT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBKh9oyT-mU&t=18s My mother and I are standing in the backyard until
Port St. Lucie · FL, USA
Awoke unknown reason. Heard noise of unknown origin and observed two white lights in extremely fast succession flying up the street. We
Harmony · FL, USA
I was talking on the phone laying on my front porch. At first the object appeared to be a satellite it was traveling due South and I s