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)
Port Saint Lucie · FL, USA
Unidentified craft circling my neighborhood.
Wesley Chapel · FL, USA
Two red balls of fire rise into the sky...hover...and fly away from us.
Lake Wales · FL, USA
firey round object approached us and stop changing direction and color with no noise.
Vero Beach · FL, USA
What I thought was a meteor might have been something else.
Boca Raton · FL, USA
Silent fireball like object slowly flew across sky, then darted off to the east, like a shooting star, leaving our atmosphere.
Citrus Springs · FL, USA
I was looking at the sky and seen a bright light coming from this thing in the sky; it got brighter. ((anonymous report))
Vero Beach · FL, USA
Fireball looking UFO hovered near us on beach
Pompano Beach · FL, USA
Green Fireball spotted over Pompano Beach in the Morning.
Fort Pierce · FL, USA
From my backyard in Fort Pierce/Lakewood Park we witnessed a fireball over the East Coast coming from N, heading S.
Southport · FL, USA
Unusual space craft making erratic movements(turns) in the evening sky(21:45) , Aug 20th.2016 over Southport, FL.
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
Light in sky that looked like a star but just started to move left right all around it was not a star stars dont move
Palm Harbor · FL, USA
On the night of Aug 23 at around 9 to 9:30pm I observed a group of about 20 orange/red Lights traveling from west to east in the sky. T
Seminole · FL, USA
10:54 PM EST Seminole, FL. Leaving out home next to Seminole High School, we noticed an odd light arrangement in the sky.
Holiday · FL, USA
Flashing circular objects moving.
Lakeland · FL, USA
Driving E. In the SE direction, I notice a bright white light that isn't moving.
Altamonte Springs · FL, USA
Hovering in sky with no sound. ((NUFORC Note: Twinkling star? PD))
Miami Beach · FL, USA
We currently are experiencing strange appearances in the sky : one blue light and another red light always almost close to each other a
Jacksonville · FL, USA
5 orange-yellow lights near I-295 E of Buckman Bridge, moving slowly vertically and horizontally.
Seffner · FL, USA
I was taking a picture over my neighbor house. Then was going to send to them. When I looked at picture saw a weird image.
Weston · FL, USA
We saw two bright fireballs in the sky, which later disappeared very quickly. ((anonymous report))
Jacksonville · FL, USA
A floating ball of light that zig-zag's at light speed leaving a light trail.
Palm Harbor · FL, USA
Sitting by my pool. Saw 2 orange round Fireballs in the sky moving around strangely. Grabbed my phone to go out of the screen in enclos
Orlando · FL, USA
While relaxing in the pool w/family I was watching the con trail of an aircraft traveling North, at that time an object appeared seemin
Zephyrhills · FL, USA
Stepped outside to witness fireworks, I noticed a orange ball off fire enetering from the north and heading south for 2 minutes.
Viera · FL, USA
Small red sphere breifly observed changing size, color, and intensity before disappearing