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)
Niceville · FL, USA
Unidentified hovering craft in South Okaloosa County, Florida
Eustis · FL, USA
UFO spotted in Eustis, Fl.
Naples · FL, USA
Lights in Formation changed in brightness and moved within three minutes
Miami Lakes · FL, USA
Yellowish bright solid light traveling west to east.
Miami · FL, USA
Watched a light move at a steady pace, but then swiftly for a split second and back again to its steady pace. Looked like a star.
Kissimmee · FL, USA
Fire looking object moving at a rapid pace, then just vanished.
Pompano · FL, USA
Stationary light in the sky over Pomano beach florida. Inland about 5-10 miles. Lights look like 3 in sequence tight. Thought was a sta
Siesta Key · FL, USA
Bright glossy red orb appeared, path with slight directional change, dimmed/pulsed and vanished mid-flight near middle of the sky
Ormond Beach · FL, USA
Lightning flash, followed by floating bright light seen in Ormond Beach, FL, early Easter morning.
Tampa · FL, USA
Red and cobalt blue pulsing light seen moving quickly across sky above Gandy Bridge, Flying southeast toward MacDill AFB.
Lady Lake · FL, USA
Strange blue light circle shaped object flew across Florida sky in a bizzare pattern.
Merritt Island · FL, USA
Flickering orb. Mostly stationary. Moved down,left,and right periodically. Flashed red,blue,white,and yellow.
Indian Lake · FL, USA
Bluish Orb exits cloud.
Flagler Beach · FL, USA
This event should have been witnessed by hundreds in Flagler Beach/My guess is aircraft borne flares
Tarpon Springs · FL, USA
Saw a star-like light moving back and forth across the sky.
Indian Lake · FL, USA
Daytime orb.
North Port · FL, USA
Pulsating, frantic moving light barely misses collision with plane
Alachua · FL, USA
Seen two lights crossing 241 not plane lights or helicopter lights very large in size moved at a slow speed across the sky lost them in
Tampa · FL, USA
Two bright orange lights traveling northeast over Tampa, Fl.
Tampa · FL, USA
Two red lights with no sound, hovering, then disapeared.
Tampa Bay · FL, USA
Military laser show looks like UFO.
Miami Beach · FL, USA
Cigar shaped cloud...
Melbourne · FL, USA
I was driving South on 95 and saw a yellowish round aircraft that went from West to East. What amazed me was it went from one side of t
Jenson Beach · FL, USA
4 bright objects, then 6, 2 turned into box-shaped, orange objects from S to N, then faded away.
Altamonte Springs · FL, USA
Orange, fiery lights moving single file in the same direction but, not all moving the same speed.