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 Chase · FL, USA
dozen disc shapes around mother ship, florida
South Tampa · FL, USA
Flying metallic sphere over close to MacDill airforce base. Slow moving.
Wewahitchka · FL, USA
Bright lights in sky. Red blue maybe green. Hoovering. Another one further out. I Never seen a star like this. ((anonymous report))
Bradenton · FL, USA
I was walking my dog about 1am on August 1, 2017 in my complex.I noticed some nifty looking clouds that were brighter then others s
South Daytona · FL, USA
Red-orange, glowing egg shaped orbs hover in formation and fly away single file.
Niceville · FL, USA
Orange sphere traveling north west from the Gulf of Mexico, just above the horizon; silent, level flight path.
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
Round shaped craft with 4 lights spotted over water at Fort De Soto Campground; morphed shape into military grade looking plane.
Davenport · FL, USA
My girl friend and I were outside having a cigarette, happened to look up and noticed a couple pulsating lights from yellow to blue.
Daytona Beach · FL, USA
Two drone-like objects over ocean at Daytona Beach early evening.
Kissimee · FL, USA
Unusually configured stationary flashing lights.
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
Shooting sphere.
Jensen Beach · FL, USA
Round hovering ball of light (craft), no noise; disappears after 3 minutes.
Cape Coral · FL, USA
Saw an orange globe over NE Fort Myers sky from Cape Coral, thought it was part of the meteor shower, but it came in fast and dipp
New Port Richey · FL, USA
Secret rocket launch in southern Florida, tonight?
West Palm · FL, USA
Triangle shaped object with two green lights and one red light then it appeared to have three green and one red. It moved side to side
Winter Haven · FL, USA
Orange ball splitting into several oblects.
Springhill · FL, USA
Sideways teardrop mirror reflective silver blimp like.
Sanford · FL, USA
Orange spheres over centrral Florida.
Delray Beach · FL, USA
8/21/2017 3:35 pm Delray Beach Florida Oval 2 minutes green alone in SUV. ((NUFORC Note: Lens flare. PD))
Ormond Beach · FL, USA
Saw multiple ufo's over my house AND CAPTURED ON VIDEO.
Fort Myers · FL, USA
UFO sighting during eclipse.
New Port Richey · FL, USA
Dark grey saucer witnessed by 3.
Treasure Island · FL, USA
Roughly 3-5 miles off shore of sunset beach on treasure island, many lights appeared in a horizontal line across the water. There were
Pompano Beach · FL, USA
Low and fast object leaving a blue flash.
Ft. Myers · FL, USA
I saw a red blue possibly another color not sure, went to grab my phone turned for a second and it was gone. ((anonymous report))