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)
Daytona Beach · FL, USA
05:30, woke up, looked out my 10th flr. apt door, on D.B.,FL. saw this Tubular object slowly floating above the Atlantic.
Palm Springs · FL, USA
Triangular shaped aircraft flying in an irregular pattern.
Saint Petersburg · FL, USA
Stationary, hovering triangular craft with lights.
Holiday · FL, USA
Strange Bright Orange Fiery Glow over Tarpon Springs area.
Merritt Island · FL, USA
Small round object that went from three green lights to three red lights very quickly.
Brandon · FL, USA
Orange sphere hovering outside window.
Yulee · FL, USA
I was on my balcony when I saw what I thought was a large,red, lowest moon. I took a picture of it then I noticed it moving like it was
Orlando · FL, USA
Black object was moving slowly across the sky and did not look or move like anything I had seen in the sky before
St. Petersburg Beach · FL, USA
Red/Orange flame-like ascending orb offshore Tampa/St. Pete.
Alachua · FL, USA
An orange orb appeared from seeming nothingness and slothfully passed over at an interminable speed as if observing.
St. Petersburg Beach · FL, USA
I was filming the storm to catch a few seconds if lightning. After posting the video to Facebook for my daughter to see, I rewatched i
Port Charlotte · FL, USA
I retrieved my roommate to witnesses ther event.
Homestead · FL, USA
I am a retired US ARMY Soldier and State Law Enforcement Officer who resides in Homestead, FL. I was just finishing some paperwork in m
Tampa · FL, USA
There were two bright circular objects in the direction of Tampa International. ((NUFORC Note: Venus & Jupiter? PD))
Summerfield · FL, USA
Looked up to the west, saw very low very bright white lights clustered together,is this a space station?motionless
Miami · FL, USA
Green light fades into the night.
Pinellas Park · FL, USA
3 glowing object sightings within hour, 6 witnesses; FL
Wellington · FL, USA
Orange-yellow light surrounding a craft hovering.
Ocala · FL, USA
I captured video of an orange orbs during 4th of July celebration. The fireworks we're set off to the W.
Vero Beach · FL, USA
HUGE ORANGE BRIGHT BALL HOVERING, THEN CHANGING POSITION.
Hollywood · FL, USA
We saw 4 double orange fireballs flying in the sky!
Panama City Beach · FL, USA
Square cluster of lights over beachfront
Boca Raton · FL, USA
We start watching the fireworks while in our pool, and we saw a lit object in the sky that appeared to be moving at a high rate of spee
Palm Bay · FL, USA
There were two slow flashing lights, red in color. They were north of my location, strobing in sync with each other.
Port Charlotte · FL, USA
2 bright red and orange fireball shaped objects slowly flying above the tree line in my back yard around 9:40pm The craft hov