NUFORC Reports for State FL

Link	Occurred	City	State	Country	Shape	Summary	Reported	Media	Explanation
Open	01/02/1995 06:25	New Port Richey	FL	USA		Man witnesses huge, "coin shaped," orange object. Accelerated very fast and streaked off "like lightning."	01/02/1995
Open	01/09/1995 19:00	Port Charlotte	FL	USA		Woman, husband, and son witnessed oval object w/ hundreds of lights on it. Est. 1/2 size of shopping mall!!	01/09/1995
Open	01/30/1995 20:00	Jacksonville	FL	USA		Man and wife observe three strange lights over Jacksonville that fly to southeast and fade out suddenly.	01/30/1995
Open	03/09/1995 21:00	Plant City	FL	USA		Two young brothers report bizarre object giving off "blue lines" of light.	03/09/1995
Open	03/15/1995 23:00	Gainesville	FL	USA		Woman saw "twinkling, flashing object" streak north.	03/15/1995
Open	03/15/1995 21:30	Cannis City	FL	USA		Two males walking on railroad tracks see luminous, white disc descend from clouds, level out, turn, streak north.	03/15/1995
Open	03/19/1995 20:00	Jacksonville	FL	USA		FAA Shift Supervisor relays rept.--Woman reported large obj. close to ground, hovering. ( No follow up call.)	03/19/1995
Open	03/29/1995 20:35	Jacksonville	FL	USA		Woman reports bright, "neon-like" light, which moved, got brighter, ascended vertically very fast.	03/29/1995
Open	03/24/1995 01:27	North Dade	FL	USA		Man at work witnessed a bright white light rise vertically, hover, then shoot off w/blue streak. Dramatic.	03/24/1995
Open	04/19/1995 00:30	New Smyrna Beach	FL	USA		Man witnesses four strange lights in formation in NW sky. 2 lights were bright & large; 2 were dull & smaller. Disappeared	04/19/1995
Open	04/23/1995 21:30	Bradenton	FL	USA		Man & wife witness "Armada of bright objs," streak across sky in formation. Fly SE. Very unusual. Not meteors!	04/23/1995
Open	04/30/1995 22:00	Riverview	FL	USA		Man & wife witness multiple, multi-colored objects, some of them "large." Neighborhood dogs barking wildly. (Facts unclear.)	05/01/1995
Open	05/13/1995 20:25	Tampa	FL	USA		Man looks at disc of moon w/ binoculars. Sees bright, round "dot" move very fast across face of moon. Convincing rept.	05/14/1995
Open	05/27/1995 02:00	Hialeah	FL	USA		Man & fiancee witness bizarre obj. that looked "like lampshade" hovering in sky. Very bright w/ circulating lights, little windows.	05/27/1995
Open	06/14/1995 21:40	Miami	FL	USA		Two young men witness a round, "cloudy white obj., 5 times diameter of brightest star," move from E to W overhead.	06/14/1995
Open	04/19/1995 19:30	Pembrook Pines	FL	USA		While stopped at traffic signal, woman sees "blimp" in W sky. Obj. started moving, then suddenly diminished in size. Bizarre.	06/26/1995
Open	07/04/1995 21:30	Orlando	FL	USA		5 witnesses report 3 yellow oval lights the size of venus passing over Orlando. Faster than aircraft but slower than shooting star.	07/06/1995
Open	08/08/1995 04:00	Clearwater	FL	USA		Two men fishing witness "meteor shower." Then see many objects streaking, maneuvering very fast. Approach boat. Men alarmed.	08/11/1995
Open	08/12/1995 21:34	Naples	FL	USA		Man witnesses peculiar, bright obj. streak horiz. from NW to SE. Called FAA, no pilot reports. Obj. had "round, bright head."	08/16/1995
Open	08/25/1995 22:00	Sarasota	FL	USA		Man repts. seeing "elliptical, solid object" descend through clouds. Was not plane, had no wings. Obj. darted "all over the place."	08/25/1995
Open	08/26/1995 23:30	Dade County	FL	USA		Metro Dade Police relay UFO report. (No follow-up call from observer.)	08/27/1995
Open	08/12/1995 01:00	Fort Myers Beach	FL	USA		Woman witnesses "meteor shower" over G. of Mex.. Minutes later, sees very bright light streak overhead at very low altitude.	09/11/1995
Open	09/13/1995 00:20	Tallahassee	FL	USA		Two men witness "large white disc, w/ slight yellow tinge, larger than full moon," move slowly across sky to S, turn. Halo around it.	09/12/1995
Open	06/16/1995 00:00	Freeport	FL	USA		Man reports witnessing w/ 6 adults a "flashing red triangle" that appeared, disappeared suddenly in rapid sequence several times.	10/07/1995
Open	10/17/1995 20:45	Miami	FL	USA		FAA controller relays UFO sighting reported by "crew" of aircraft 15 miles SE of Lakeland FL. Vortac. Did not show on a/c radar.	10/17/1995
Open	11/06/1995 00:20	Tampa	FL	USA		Woman & husband witness "extremely brilliant white light w/ pink & blue" in the E sky. Appeared to eject obj. Changed shape.	11/05/1995
Open	11/06/1995 00:15	St. Augustine	FL	USA		Anon. rpt. of bizarre obj. that "looked like the Shuttle" moving S to N across sky, 20 deg. in 20 sec.. Visible exhaust plume. Bright.	11/06/1995
Open	11/18/1995 00:00	Orlando	FL	USA		Woman repts. bizarre "half circle" obj. in sky to SE. Projects ray downward! Something appeared to "fall" from the main object.	11/17/1995
Open	11/20/1995 13:42	Tampa	FL	USA		Nursery owner repts. peculiar ring of flattened grass on his property. Grass had been killed earlier w/ spray, but was matted down.	11/20/1995
Open	12/07/1995 20:40	Oldsmar	FL	USA	Light	Six witnessed very bright obj. streak from N to S in E sky. 1/4 size of full moon. Blue head, short orange/blue tail. Silent.	12/07/1995
Open	03/07/1996 00:25	Coral Gables	FL	USA		Young man and woman report witnessing an obj. in the W sky, that was moving & flashing red, blue, and white. Moved suddenly.	03/06/1996
Open	03/19/1996 20:30	St. Petersburg	FL	USA		Five adults witness bright object in W sky, 45 deg. above horizon. When aircraft flew by it, obj. streaked to S, then returned.	03/19/1996
Open	02/09/1996 21:40	Hollywood	FL	USA		Man sees a "star" overhead begin to move from W to E, fly w/ oscillating movement, "from side to side," fade from sight. 2nd observer.	02/09/1996
Open	02/18/1996 19:45	Gainesville	FL	USA	Diamond	Man, wife, and 6-yr. old daughter witness "huge, diamond-shaped" obj. SE of city. Obj. had "massive floodlights," passed overhead.	02/18/1996
Open	02/19/1996 20:45	Vero Beach	FL	USA		Young man & woman witness peculiar bright yellow light, w/ "green streaks," in W sky. Moves, turns red. 3rd observer 10 mi. away.	02/19/1996
Open	02/26/1996 12:20	Fort Lauderdale	FL	USA	Diamond	Three adults observe 2 "two tiny white rectangle, or rhomboids" just above horizon over ocean. Objs. descend, rise. 2nd sighting.	02/26/1996
Open	03/26/1996 19:30	Miami	FL	USA		Couple on roof see extremely bright red light flying directly toward them. Saw yellow on nose, tail was "on fire." Streaks off.	03/27/1996
Open	03/23/1996 20:00	Ocala	FL	USA		Woman witnesses extremely bright light in neighboring field behind trees. Hears a huge "crash" that rattles neighborhood.	03/27/1996
Open	04/02/1996 20:15	Jacksonville	FL	USA		Man standing outside house witnesses "star" moving W to E in N sky. "Star" suddenly "turns 90 deg., goes straight up out of sight.	04/02/1996
Open	07/31/1995 21:30	Sarasota	FL	USA		Man driving on I-275 sees 3 subdued lights in triangular pattern moving to N. Very strange appearance & manner of flight. Disappear.	04/09/1996
Open	04/09/1996 21:50	Bradenton	FL	USA		Woman, co-worker see very bright light to W over ocean. "Teardrop" shaped obj. drops from it, shoots off! Guards rept.radio static.	04/09/1996
Open	04/13/1996 23:17	Fort Myers	FL	USA		2 males see orange ball of light streak from SE to N. "100x faster than Blue Angels." Covered 45 deg. of sky in 4 sec.; 2x size Venus.	04/13/1996
Open	04/28/1996 00:10	Fort Walton Beach	Fl	USA		Capt., 4x crew, witness VERY bright descend from sky to N, hover over water. Obj. moved from off bow to off stern, ascend vert!	04/28/1996
Open	06/20/1996 22:00	Fort Myers (north)	FL	USA	Light	Point of light (" star") moves incredibly fast across sky. Witness does not believe it was shooting star due to speed and trajectory.	06/27/1996
Open	05/06/1996 22:00	Tampa	FL	USA		Man & son witness two bright objects in SSE sky. Very bright, with "ring of light" around one of them. (Possible twinkling stars?)	05/06/1996
Open	05/08/1996 15:00	Cocoa Beach	FL	USA		Young couple witness cluster of 6 objs. over Cape Kennedy. Very high alt. Objs. were shiny, suddenly turn dull black. Move E to W.	05/08/1996
Open	05/15/1996 06:15	Jacksonville	FL	USA		Two fishermen witness very bright obj. pass overhead from SW to NE. Covered 90 deg. of arc in 30 sec., they thought. (Satellite?)	05/15/1996
Open	05/17/1996 01:30	Miami	Fl	USA		Man sees aqua-green obj., with bright orange nose, streak vertically from the night sky. Light visible through clouds. Obj. dims out.	05/16/1996
Open	05/22/1996 20:30	Venice	Fl	USA		Mother, 2 sons driving along wooded road, see huge silver disc. 50-60 yds. in diameter, "pinkish streamers" beside. Totally silent.	05/22/1996
Open	05/26/1996 01:55	Fort Myers	Fl	USA		Woman driving home from shopping sees "subdued white" disc. Obj. suddenly ejects multi-colored sparks in a stream.	05/26/1996
Open	11/16/1996 23:10	Jacksonville	FL	USA		Jacksonville FAA relays rept. from 2 airliners: both at 41' k. see two objs. in large cloud of blue light streak by them. NOT meteors.	11/16/1996
Open	11/20/1996 22:30	North Port	FL	USA		Man & wife witness large white light in distance. Grows larger, descends, passes directly overhead. Big disc. Dog, cats VERY upset.	12/04/1996
Open	12/05/1996 05:30	Brooksville	FL	USA		Man standing outdoors waiting to see Space Shuttle sees 2 white lights at high alt. flying at very high speed overhead. Unusual sight.	12/05/1996
Open	12/10/1996 19:55	Pensacola	FL	USA		3x adult males driving S on Hwy. 98 witness large, bright yellow obj. hovering. Obj. begins to expell other objs.! Complex sighting.	12/10/1996
Open	12/11/1996 19:55	Gulf Breeze	FL	USA	Fireball	Large red firy orange balls in a figure approaching a triangle in shape 40 years old , some graduate school,	12/11/1996
Open	12/17/1996 20:00	Sunrise	FL	USA	Orb	We saw a comet like shape heading west to east very fast, Suddenly the comet tail dissapeared, than ignited twice then disapeared. O	12/18/1996
Open	02/15/1971 00:00	Everglades (on Aligator Alley)	FL	USA	Disk	Sighted while driving across the Alley It was about midnight and a UFO crossed the highway in front of me at very low altitude.It wa	01/05/1997
Open	01/31/1996 20:15	Buckhead Ridge	FL	USA	Light	I observed an object apparently making a controlled reentry or entry into the atmosphere. It was the size of a medium sized star and	01/21/1997
Open	02/01/1997 21:00	Winter Springs	FL	USA	Cone	We were jumping on the trampoline and we see a top-looking shape in the air hovering above us with no sound. it had lights surrounding	02/01/1997
Open	11/26/1996 03:20	Daytona Beach	FL	USA	Disk	miles to the east we saw 5 discs in a semi arc. they were the size of a dinner plate. color that of a lighter flame, yellow. the clouds	02/09/1997
Open	11/14/1996 19:00	Hobe Sound	FL	USA	Fireball	Green fireball moving at high rate of speed.	03/26/1997
Open	03/27/1997 01:03	Williston	FL	USA	Sphere	I was standing out side looking at Hail-Bop, when I saw a huge sphear of light fly about 50 ft. off the ground and burn a hole through	03/27/1997
Open	01/01/1994 01:00	Interstate 10	FL	USA	Triangle	slow moving craft with 6 small green lights one side facing us.Moving slowly almost touching tops of trees.Making no sound and with no	04/18/1997
Open	08/01/1978 20:30	Dundee (5 miles east of)	FL	USA	Sphere	My sister and I were takeing the garbage cansup the driveway one summer night. Three whiteglowing ojects in triangular formation flew	04/20/1997
Open	04/23/1997 21:00	Orlando	FL	USA	Orb	bright light travelling east to west veryhigh in the sky similar to headlights comingthrough fog then disappeared suddenly	06/18/1997
Open	05/15/1997 16:53	Palm Beach Gardens	FL	USA	Formation	Red flare like lights in formation. Tv footage was very good. Airline piolt reported alt as 10,000 This story did not make it out of Pa	06/19/1997
Open	10/07/1995 22:30	Jacksonville (in Mandarin)	FL	USA	triangle	Triangualar shaped object hovering in place.VERY close to the road,and this was a busy highway with people in front and behind.At night	06/20/1997
Open	03/14/1997 01:35	Dunnellon	FL	USA	Light	It was about 1:35 in the morning,and i wasspending the night at a friends house, wegot bored because there was nothing to do,so we went	06/28/1997
Open	06/13/1991 20:00	St. Petersburg	FL	USA	Other	Bluish object hovering,then gone.	07/10/1997
Open	07/23/1996 21:32	Miami Beach	FL	USA	Triangle	A friend of mine and me were camping on my roof we saw a green triangle shape thing zip by. This was no meteor because it slowed down	07/08/1997
Open	07/22/1997 11:45	Tequesta	FL	USA	Fireball	Saw object resembling firework flare streaking across sky. First thought: shooting star but much too large for placement in sky.	07/22/1997
Open	07/30/1997 20:10	Gulf Breeze	FL	USA	Formation	I first spotted a single eztremely bright orange glowing light, which was followed by 5 to 7 other stationary similar objects in a hori	07/31/1997
Open	07/30/1997 20:00	Navarre	FL	USA	Circle	Several bright lights that seemed to appear and disappear. They were so bright they made the evening sky illuminate. The clouds were	07/30/1997
Open	05/23/1997 04:00	Arcadia (outskirts of)	FL	USA	Light	Me and my friend were traveling down I-75 towards Arcadia, Fl. when we saw a very bright pulsating white light hovering in a clearing,	07/30/1997
Open	02/25/1988 21:00	Brandon	FL	USA	Light	One evening I looked 100' ahead and 100' high and saw what looked like stadium lights in a vacant field where there was no lighting wha	08/03/1997
Open	10/01/1997 23:15	Lakeland	FL	USA	light	3 oval shaped reddish-orange lights flew over my house, heading directly south. The lights formed a perfect triangle, but flying severe	10/07/1997
Open	06/15/1992 01:00	Jacksonville	FL	USA	Formation	An very similar sighting to the one reported over Phoenix this year happened over Jacksonville in 1992.	10/14/1997
Open	11/15/1997 18:45	West Palm Beach	FL	USA	Other	Object changed direction twice.	11/15/1997
Open	11/24/1997 22:55	Palm Harbor	FL	USA	Triangle	tracked a triangular object with seven or eight lights hover for approx. 2-3 min. then travel eastward out of view.	11/24/1997
Open	11/24/1996 21:00	Miami	FL	USA	Light	A light the size of an average star was spotted traveling at grater spped than commmercial aircraft at a high altitude.	01/07/1998
Open	01/01/1962 08:00	Key West	FL	USA	Sphere	in the very early morning hours of 1962, I don't recall the date or month, at the time I was only 10 years of age, a very loud whistlei	01/18/1998
Open	01/24/1998 21:28	Cape Coral	FL	USA	Diamond	2 glowing objects seen in the sky with many lights; dimond shaped. Seen for at least for 30 minutes with photographs taken.	01/24/1998
Open	01/27/1998 21:23	Miami	FL	USA	Light	As I walked into the backyard of my house in Miami, I noticed a sort of amber /white light moving in the sky.	01/27/1998
Open	01/09/1998 20:00	Cape Coral	FL	USA	Light	a white object was traveling in the eastern sky when we saw a huge blue and red burst of flame speed up the object and travel very fast	02/01/1998
Open	12/30/1997 19:30	Milton (north of)	FL	USA	Triangle	Saw triangle craft with 5 white lights on front and 1 red light on bottom. elev approx 500-1000 ft, moving approx 50 mph in a SW direct	02/02/1998
Open	04/15/1984 02:00	Lake Worth	FL	USA	Disk	Saw obj out window appx 0100. Enter E-W slow bright. Outside stared obj 1h. Hypn 5 yr later. Abduct, exam, unsettl	02/08/1998
Open		Aventura	FL	USA	Triangle	dimly lit lights, appeared to be orbiting, ressembled a constellation, yet unlike a constellation, as seen from earth, the object tran	02/16/1998
Open	02/15/1973 22:00	Lake Okeechoobee	FL	USA	Unknown	2 WHAT looked LIKE stars STARTED to MAKE right AND LEFT ANGLES and GO real FAST seemed that they went around the earth and then stopped	02/16/1998
Open	03/07/1998 19:30	Kennedy Space Center	FL	USA	Triangle	two crafts in the clouds, one with a vague lightbeam coming out the bottom	06/04/1998
Open	02/21/1998 11:30	Nokomis	FL	USA	Sphere	A shiny object, fast moving, high in the sky, moving wnw direction...	02/21/1998
Open	03/07/1998 20:00	West Palm Beach (Vero)	FL	USA	Fireball	Two lights over ocean exploding into the sea.	03/07/1998
Open	03/07/1998 19:00	Central Florida (Melbourn to West Palm to Orlando)	FL	USA	Light	Two lights in their own haze. Very bright one on right moves off and dissapears 30 sec. later other light moves in same directiona and	03/08/1998
Open	03/07/1998 18:45	Fort Myers	FL	USA	Fireball	2 incoming spheres of light with cone shaped mist eminating from all around the spheres.Standing facing east,the spheres were moving fr	03/08/1998
Open	03/07/1998 19:00	Port Charlotte	FL	USA	Light	Observed 2 flickering white lights to the east 4 fingers above horizon moving erracticly.Light on left above right,right faded out fist	03/08/1998
Open	03/07/1998 19:30	Bonita Springs (in the east as seen from)	FL	USA	Other	rocket plumes,apparently rising into the sky in the east.	03/08/1998
Open	03/07/1998 18:50	Lehigh Acres	FL	USA	Fireball	Two glowing fireball objects with a large afterglow spread out behind them.	03/08/1998
Open	03/07/1998 18:50	Sarasota	FL	USA	Cone	Object observed coming from SE at twilight, sky very clear and not yet dark. Object was white with small white core moving towards us (	03/08/1998
Open	03/07/1998 19:50	Punta Gorda	FL	USA	Disk	Two brightly glowing objects sighted about 100 degees during twilight at about 40-50 degrees above the horizon.	03/08/1998
Open	01/26/1998 16:50	Coconut Creek	FL	USA	Orb	I SAW A GLOWING ORB OF LIGHT FLOAT OVER AN AREA OF TREES. IT FLOATED THEN SPED OFF AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED TOWARDS THE NORTH	03/08/1998
Open	03/07/1998 18:45	Tampa	FL	USA	Other	On the date and time listed above my girlfriend and I saw two unknown objects over the Tampa Bay area. They were appeared to be trapezo	03/09/1998
Link	Occurred	City	State	Country	Shape	Summary	Reported	Media	Explanation