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)
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
Round UFO may be related to flashing star-like ufo that reacted to laser pointer.
Merritt Island · FL, USA
Large orange orb not moving in the sky for at least 40 minutes and still there.
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
bright orange fireball west to east movement. ((anonymous report))
Port Saint Lucie · FL, USA
Saw three circular orange lights traveling south at a steady speed. Approximately airplane speed. ((anonymous report))
Delray Beach · FL, USA
Four spheres over ocean at Delray Beach.
Orlando · FL, USA
4 yellow/red lights with little lights trickling under them as they stayed still in the sky in a triangle. ((anonymous report))
Dade City · FL, USA
2 people along with my self was looking S in the sky and saw an extremely brite light in the sky that was not moving.
Lutz · FL, USA
Large, Bright Luminous Circular Body in the Western Sky, Lutz, Florida
Miami · FL, USA
Every night around 6:30 looking at the west sky, I see a super bight light, it's not a star or a planet. ((NUFORC Note: Venus? PD))
Jacksonville · FL, USA
A total of 5 orange-red spheres/lights spotted in Jacksonville, FL 01/01/2017.
Casselberry · FL, USA
10+ Orange orbs following in a line
Seminole · FL, USA
Red and white looking craft moving slow, moving towards the east.
Pbg · FL, USA
10-12 red glowing balls moving 50-70 mph southeast to northwest.
Placida · FL, USA
Cigar-shaped glowing orange object silently moving steadily from south to north 100 yds away, suddenly disappears seen by six adults.
Apopka · FL, USA
A brigth, beautiful incredible object. I had ever seen anything like that. ((anonymous report))
Valrico · FL, USA
Large Disk shape, changing shape and color and smaller objects flying around it.
Palm Coast · FL, USA
While having a cigarette on my Lanai area and looking up at the stars a large bright light oval in shape went across the sky at a low a
Zephyrhills · FL, USA
A big circle of light was hovering out side my window.
Holiday · FL, USA
Solid Green lights fly together in triangular shape, then separate and only one light starts flashing and flies in the other direction.
Orlando · FL, USA
Me my boyfriend and my best friend was sitting in the car in our complex and we noticed a bright spear light in the sky I thought it wa
North Port · FL, USA
2 lg spherical orange-red objects in sky in North Port, FL.
Tarpon Springs · FL, USA
Tarpon Springs Small Triangle Craft.
Ponce Inlet · FL, USA
Spectacular pulsating lights forming a sphere fixed in the night sky
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
Light were free flying there was not an object that could be seen
Melbourne · FL, USA
Irregular, white light sitting low inthe SW sky over Melbourne, FL. ((NUFORC Note: Venus in the southwest sky. PD))