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)
Sarasota · FL, USA
South bound on I75 towards Sarasota saw bright strobes in the clouds. Started with one and 2 more showed up. ((anonymous report))
Siesta Key · FL, USA
fiery orange ball off Florida coast
North Port · FL, USA
MADAR Node 147
Palm Bay · FL, USA
a glowing ball of light was flying and moving very fast across the sky into orbit
North Port · FL, USA
MADAR Node 147
Kissimmee · FL, USA
I saw a big flying round green light shining object flying by my house slowly.
ZEPHYRHILLS · FL, USA
LIGHTS IN A FORMATION.
Port St. Lucie · FL, USA
I went outside around 2-2:30 AM to just check the Huge Blood moon that was rising with my binoculars when I first saw something that lo
Ocala · FL, USA
MADAR Node 135
Largo · FL, USA
2 parallel lights heading NW to SE toward MacDill AFB.
Destin · FL, USA
UFO over Holiday Isle in Destin.
Orlando · FL, USA
In direction of daytime moon seen what appeared to be metalic object hovering very high in sky.
Maitland · FL, USA
Giant x shape with blue and orange lights at each corner
Orlando · FL, USA
1 big circle in sky that looked like light then 6 smaller “lights” came apart
Crestview · FL, USA
Multiple bizarre objects in the night sky
Fernandina Beach · FL, USA
Roughly 1 am, a blinking red beacon became visible, first appearing to move like normal aircraft, suddenly began to zip, then suddenly
Venice · FL, USA
From fourth floor apartment, granddaughter saw a orange light decending from the sky over the Gulf of Mexico. we saw it moving very sl
Boca Raton · FL, USA
5 lighted objects flying in a single file line formation before disappearing. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly Space Link satellites?? PD))
North Port · FL, USA
MADAR Node 147
Fort Myers · FL, USA
Large orange fireball with long tail appeared over the Gulf of Mexico and appeared to get higher in the sky as it head east. Went from
Grant-Valkaria · FL, USA
Two objects moving very slowly, very bright, flashing every 14 seconds. Recordied for 3 minutes.
Grant-Valkaria · FL, USA
Three minute video shows an extremely large cube shaped object that appears to be rotating with a variable flash rate.
Miami · FL, USA
I took a picture of the clouds during the setting of the sun.Then I noticed a red rectagular grid in the clouds. I was trying to figure
Williston · FL, USA
Saw large craft very high sat in one position forover ten minutes with slight position changes. The while time I was hearing a hovering
Miami · FL, USA
Just followed lights from a couple feet of water surface Until up and out of sight, also have footage of on shooting of a laser.