State Report
UFO Sightings in Florida
12,688 sightings on record from 1944 to 2023, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.
Total sightings
12,688
Share of US total
5.92%
Peak year
2013
1,035 reports
Top shape
Light
2,292 reports
Years active
79
Sightings by decade
reports / decadeTop shapes reported
all-timeLatest 20 sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | Shape | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-18 | Hudson | fireball | 5 minute's max | Red bulb of light that slowly faded to yellow and then to gray before floating there. |
| 2023-12-18 | Murdock | sphere | 1.5 minutes | We saw an orangish sphere heading south then turning east. |
| 2023-12-12 | Ocala | orb | 15-20 seconds | Bright, slightly shape shifting orb |
| 2023-12-11 | Seffner | triangle | It kept flying zig zag | They kept flying zig zag and when I pointed a laser at it it disappears and reappears |
| 2023-12-09 | Moore Haven | other | 1 minute | It was like an oval shape but bigger on one side with jagged edges. |
| 2023-12-06 | Melbourne | disk | Just over a minute. | Hovering in place until shooting off southbound and disappearing in a small flash of light. |
| 2023-12-03 | Davenport | orb | 20 minutes | We were swimming, I just so happened to look up and saw strange lights. |
| 2023-11-30 | Ponte Vedra Beach | cigar | low and slow | Saw two tictac shaped objects, silent from where I was, swimming backstroke. 3rd object came shortly after. |
| 2023-11-23 | Montura | light | 2 minutes | lights in line moving slowly to the north. Very clear night. lights all dimmed together and whatever it was no longer... |
| 2023-11-19 | Valrico | circle | 15min | Thought it was rocket launch. I have video and photos. A lot of planes fly over here so I know what they look and sound... |
| 2023-11-16 | Fort Myers | circle | 15 minutes | A small circular UFO that blinked white and black. |
| 2023-11-11 | Lakeland | triangle | 10 seconds | I saw a HUGE triangle craft with at least 7 bright white lights in a perfect “V” at the front and no lights on the... |
| 2023-11-09 | Orange Park | changing | Maybe 30 seconds? | 2 gleaming white objects flying in formation across the sky |
| 2023-11-08 | Lakewood Ranch | rectangle | Less than a minute | 3 separate moving craft spotted between 5:36pm and 5:45pm, all coming across the sky from a similar point of origin and... |
| 2023-11-08 | Coconut Creek | light | 1hr | It was extremely close to the moon. Shined brighter with an imagine shown of a person when zoomed in |
| 2023-11-05 | Santa Fe | formation | 4min/drove out of sight | While driving (dark) noticed 2 large lights to left. Once at field, saw underside, 3 lights(triangle) and small ones.... |
| 2023-11-04 | Fort Lauderdale | light | 10 minutes | 3 lights stayed in same location for several minutes |
| 2023-11-03 | Melbourne | chevron | 3 seconds | While sitting in my hot tub I was looking in a Southward direction waiting for the SpaceX rocket launch, when I saw what... |
| 2023-10-24 | Hallandale | changing | 2 1/2 minutes | Sitting on my terrace suddenly saw vertical blue light sky opened turned yellow path. Objects went up through... |
| 2023-10-24 | Pensacola | unknown | Several minutes | Can only be seen when playing the videos in slow motion. It’s there then it’s gone in the blink of an eye even in slow... |