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Florida UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 333 UFO sighting reports in Florida from 2022 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "light" (48 reports, 14.41% of total).
- October is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (46 reports, 13.81% of total).
- Friday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (55 reports, 16.52% of total).
- 05/06/22 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (13 reports, 3.90% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (125 reports, 37.54% of total).
Florida UFO Sighting Reports in 2022
This is a sampling of 20 Florida UFO reports from 2022, presented as they were submitted other than paragraph breaks added for easier readability where necessary.
You can click the 'Report' link to view the original report along with any photos that may have been submitted to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC).
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A triangular or boomerang shape silently flying 500-1000 feet off the ground I was just outside on a clear night talking on the phone and saw out of the corner of my eye what I initially believed to be a shooting star. Once I focused on it I was in disbelief. It was a definite triangular shaped craft flying slowly and silently from the north to the south with very dim amber lights that I could visibly see on three corners.
It was too large to be a drone (probably from my vantage point 40’ wide) and made absolutely no sound.
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An unidentified lighted disc hovering The oval disk with lights around it suddenly came into our view and hovered in the distant Northern sky above the canal tree line behind our house (50 miles away or more?), and it had orange or red lights around the circumference. Some kind of government space training above Cape Canaveral or St. Patrick’s Air Force base?.
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Captured in background of photo 8 disc shaped bright white objects with black edging on the front. 1 smaller, more diamond shaped. Discs were in a 2, 4, 2 pattern with the diamond in the front right.
Picture taken at sunset with very few clouds around.
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3 White lights in V shaped triangle. For north to west mock 1 Through the clouds Being pursued numerous helicopters in the area. Triangler shape With 3 bright white lights at each point.
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2 bright lights connected Tic Tac shape I was watching the birds fly in the sky and noticed 2 bright lights that were very close to one another but connected which looked like a tick tack. I watched it float in the sky at a very slow pace. There was even a commercial jet that flew much closer to me and underneath it.
There was no sound and no contrails. It just kept moving until it was out of sight. I video taped it with my phone.
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I was on the plane on my way home. All of the sudden the plane gains crazy acceleration and I see out the window 3 floating disks. We were on a plane on the way to Fort Lauderdale, FL.
I am aware that whenever the plane is about to land they go a little out south to the ocean and make a turn around. First thing that felt odd was that the plane went really far out, we were having a lot of turbulence and people started to get scared. At this point I am looking out the window but I do not see anything since it’s very cloudy and we are still high in the sky.
The turbulence continues and then the plane comes down and the sky is clear, pitch black, time at this moment is 11:53 PM. I noticed the plane out of nowhere started to accelerate tremendously. I’ve never been on a plane go that fast, specially when they are about to land.
Anyways, I see people are recording and looking out the window so I do the same. When I look outside I see like 5 bright disks but at the end only 3 stayed. They were very close to the plane, I would guess around a little less than 100 meters.
I could see so clearly, the colors they had, one of them was bright orange/red, the other one was kind of blue, and the other one kept lighting on and off, just a cool white color. They stayed flying by the plane, it seemed they could move so fast effortlessly and the plane was going at very very high speed. I stared at them for maybe 2 minutes and started recording! After we get out of this pitch black place and actually see some city lights they just disappeared and the plane was still going super fast.
The plane never stopped or slowed down whenever we landed so I think it was trying to scape it. Flight Details: Airline: Silver Airlines Flight: 3M 69 Date: December, 27, 2022 .
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Unknown Flying Object over Poinciana Florida Hovered low abt 4-6 stories high, helicopter sound with loud engine, no blades seen, all red lights and circled around same location and pattern. Much much larger than a drone. My area doesn't have towers so, objects can fly very low here.
I tried to record it, but could not. I don't what the heck that thing was. Very concerning.
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Took pictures of interesting clouds & found a stealth UFO! The UFO was discovered today 1-4-23 in the photo that was taken Christmas Day. The photo was taken due to interesting cloud formation while driving.
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Key West miles offshore weird bright light- photos zoomed in reveal odd almost prong like shape witnesses on boat- two girls on a fishing trip with other men, girls dad and girls friend, said group of people frequents the keys for vacation let it be mentioned that in total there would be 7 men and two girls. Men saw the object but were a little more skeptical however admitted it was weird weird, beautiful sunset, the object kept getting lost in the sunset almost? Im sorry I wish I could be more detailed but I think the videos and photos will do the heavy lifting. EDITED- this is my second report, I just realized I completely did not check off the authorization box on my last report.
I will resubmit it with authorization if you think that is necessary.
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Five gold orbs, turning white, Cylinder Cylinder. Golden orbs over Orlando turning white heading from Orlando too the south towards hunters creek and possibly the Disney area. I enlarged one of the photos to find a cylinder shaped object in the white lights.
The first sighting was two lights maybe 30 minutes later three more came in from the same area. The first two objects that I saw over Orlando a little after 12 AM one had left and flew off to the north the other one flew towards my area heading south.
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1 ship v shaped square like 2 rectangles slanted towards each other v shaped white/peach color 2 red lightsbehind it rightoneblinking I saw 1 v shaped ship like 2 short rectangles slanted towards each other like a v moving in the sky hovering over the park going east to west white/peach type color it had 2 red lights behind it the right one was blinking every 2 seconds its altitude was about 60 to 80 feet in the air no noise at all crazy thing about 1,000 people were in my area in the park by where I was walking and looking up I was by the food trucks and nobody was looking up I was literally the only one that was looking up asking myself what is this? I know what planes helicopters comets satellites look like I know it had to be other worldly object because I've been looking up my whole life and I have seen things my dad told me once "stare at something you love looking at and you will notice a bunch of things you never knew about it" I called police at 7:54pm and I told him I'm the security guard at the garden I asked him if they had any helicopters flying over the botanical garden he paused for about a second and said "no they didn't have none in that are if anything it was another agency" he asked me if I wanted to report it but I said na I'm good I said ok thanks man and hung up. Only reason I said helicopter was because if I wouldve said ufo he probably would not have checked if there was a helicopter in the area. The garden has a lot of colorful lights and thousands year old seeds that are the plants and trees that you see at that park today it's also very foggy sometimes because of the smoke they use in the garden About 4 to 6 weeks ago I could've sworn I saw 2 things small people looking type things walking across the path in the fog I only seen the top of the head when they walked across the path the fog glided on top of there head like forcefield type thing I'm not crazy I know what I've seen.
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Triopd of lights over ocean; non moving While out for our walk along A1A in Delray Beach we spotted the tripod of large, non moving lights out over the ocean. This was at a traffic light intersection of A1A and Casuarina Road where there is a wide opening to enter the beach. We observed for about 8-10 minutes and and took cell phone photos, then walked away.
The lights did not move while we observed them.
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Lights in triangle forms flashing & taking off I have a video of more evidence where do I submit it.
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Craft heading east to west Craft moved faster and lower than a plane. A few seconds later another object coming from same general direction but my view was obstructed by clouds.
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Bright light appeared, started to move and creates blue trail and everything goes dark and 2 orbs result. Then another shortly appears. Im driving for a rideshare company and just dropped off my final rider for the night and a block away, I stop at about 250am on the morning of Sunday December 11 at a stop sign to put my app on "home mode" when I noticed this really bright light as bright as the streetlights around me up in the sky on the horizon.
It starts moving toward me and when it does it continues to glow really bright and a blue tail followed in its path. It looked like a comet but as it got closer I noticed it looked like a ship. Im not kidding when I say it looked like an A-wing from Star Wars.
I tried my quickest to get my phone out and record. I shut down my app and pulled up my camera. Unfortunately the camera was facing me (selfie mode) and it was too dark to see.
I noticed however it wasnt picking up the UFO. I turned the camera off and back on and hit record. As I was doing this the entire thing, ship and light blue contour just completely disappear.
I notice out of exactly where the light was, these barely visible orbs. 2 of them. They take off in opposite directions.
I continue filming one of them as I exit my vehicle. In the video Im freaking out. Im talking about the orbs as I follow one with my camera.
Then it goes out of sight on the horizon to my right. Im still filming, freaking out and upset because I missed filming the best part. Then, on film, a 3rd orb appears where the 1st one originated in front of me near the horizon.
I film it and got a great video. It was a bright yellow light and it appeared out of nowhere. I saw it materialize.
Then it got really bright like an exploding star. I start freaking out again and it disappears on film. I continue to watch for 20 more minutes and it seemed to be over so I shut it down and went home.
I have the video but it says it is too large to upload it. I would like to give it to you. Please contact me for it via email.
Thank you.
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A shiny chrome-looking object in a clear blue sky My friend and I were driving on W. Colonial Dr. It was 12/9/22 and there was not a single could anywhere in the sky.
He spotted a spherical object in the air very far away. To my surprise he blurted out: “ I think I see a UFO!!” when I looked up, I happened to see two airplanes going by, and I said to him those are airplanes, not UFOs. He directs me to a higher spot in the sky, around the 10 o’clock position, and I was finally able to spot the spherical shiny object.
Almost 2 seconds later, it completely disappeared; However, it reappeared in a different area within a few seconds (around the 12 o’clock position). We were both almost narrating what was going as it was happening in unison, because we couldn’t believe what we were looking at. Within around four seconds, of its reappearance, it split into two separate entities.
The best way I can describe what happens next, it was as if someone were slurping noodles from a bowl. These objects completely disappeared, going faster than anything we have ever seen before. There was no activity after that for about 2 to 3 minutes, then it reappeared closer to us, around the 3 o’clock position.
Once it reappeared, we could see that it was kind of on its side, and it looked like a saucer. It then proceeded to totally disappear again, just to show up around the 4 o’clock position. It repeated this same movement about 4 times in a quick sequence.
It then disappeared, never to be seen again, by us. This object did not have any smoke emanating from anywhere. It was truly unbelievable.
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Looking east seen off white cigar shape object that 1st blended in with clouds Stopped at traffic light. Happened to look up seen what I first thought was a blimp coming out of clouds then as it moved I realized it was not. It sat for a few seconds then disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The date and time are approximate, I already put in a report. Since then I have been researching on what this may have been, Also I have not mentioned this to anyone not even my spouse.
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Three flying triangle objects flying, then disappeared. As I was driving Eastbound (North) on I-4 towards the Orange City/Deltona exit, I saw three silver triangles in the sky reflecting the sun. I pulled over to the exit lane to observe.
They flew in a triangle pattern going towards the west and the objects were at an angle thus reflecting the sun. All of a sudden, they all flattened out so I could definitely see their triangle shape. At that point they were more flat grey in color.
I did not notice any lights on them. Right after they flattened out, they totally disappeared from the sky. It appeared as they either became invisible, or moved so fast that they disappeared! After that, I did not see anything else.
They were flying lower than a plane and slightly higher than a helicopter.
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At 7:36 pm I saw a green lighted craft travelling toward glide slope at Venice airport. It moved at high speeds, flashing,brightening. Single green light moving within landing flight path used minutes earlier.
Came from N. Direction and brightened, flashed,moved at sharp angles, appeared to hit ground near county office bldg to my E. Dropping in 5 steps from 1k feet it then reappeared brighter above the scene,then disappeared after putting on an airshow with un natural movements.
If it was a drone, which cannot move like this, it was a dangerous place to fly. Official, or police presence noted afterward as well as a helicopter making circles over area half hour later. Not seen since.
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Round blue orb attached to white changing figure I was at home watching my security camera on our car lot,when something flew down from above.It started changing its shape.It had a round blue orb above the white figure that was constantly changing shapes.
I noticed it did not have a shadow and it was not transparent. It seem to divide into two blue orbs, and then vanished.
Florida UFO Sightings From 2022 By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Light | 48 reported sightings | 14.41% of all reports |
Circle | 48 reported sightings | 14.41% of all reports |
Triangle | 30 reported sightings | 9.01% of all reports |
Changing | 24 reported sightings | 7.21% of all reports |
Other | 23 reported sightings | 6.91% of all reports |
Unknown | 22 reported sightings | 6.61% of all reports |
Cigar | 18 reported sightings | 5.41% of all reports |
Disk | 18 reported sightings | 5.41% of all reports |
Sphere | 16 reported sightings | 4.80% of all reports |
Oval | 13 reported sightings | 3.90% of all reports |
Fireball | 12 reported sightings | 3.60% of all reports |
Cylinder | 10 reported sightings | 3.00% of all reports |
Rectangle | 8 reported sightings | 2.40% of all reports |
Formation | 5 reported sightings | 1.50% of all reports |
Diamond | 4 reported sightings | 1.20% of all reports |
Orb | 4 reported sightings | 1.20% of all reports |
Teardrop | 3 reported sightings | 0.90% of all reports |
Chevron | 3 reported sightings | 0.90% of all reports |
Delta | 2 reported sightings | 0.60% of all reports |
Star | 2 reported sightings | 0.60% of all reports |
Cone | 2 reported sightings | 0.60% of all reports |
Cross | 1 reported sightings | 0.30% of all reports |
Egg | 1 reported sightings | 0.30% of all reports |
Cube | 1 reported sightings | 0.30% of all reports |
Florida UFO Sightings From 2022 By Month
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.
Month | Sightings | % Of Total |
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October | 46 reported sightings | 13.81% of all reports |
September | 45 reported sightings | 13.51% of all reports |
January | 31 reported sightings | 9.31% of all reports |
December | 29 reported sightings | 8.71% of all reports |
May | 28 reported sightings | 8.41% of all reports |
July | 27 reported sightings | 8.11% of all reports |
April | 26 reported sightings | 7.81% of all reports |
June | 23 reported sightings | 6.91% of all reports |
March | 21 reported sightings | 6.31% of all reports |
November | 21 reported sightings | 6.31% of all reports |
February | 19 reported sightings | 5.71% of all reports |
August | 17 reported sightings | 5.11% of all reports |
Florida UFO Sightings From 2022 By Weekday
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the day of the week the sighting occured on.
Weekday | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Friday | 55 reported sightings | 16.52% of all reports |
Monday | 52 reported sightings | 15.62% of all reports |
Sunday | 51 reported sightings | 15.32% of all reports |
Saturday | 50 reported sightings | 15.02% of all reports |
Thursday | 45 reported sightings | 13.51% of all reports |
Wednesday | 45 reported sightings | 13.51% of all reports |
Tuesday | 35 reported sightings | 10.51% of all reports |
Florida UFO Sightings From 2022 By Date (Top 5)
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the date the sighting occured on, limited to the top 5 dates with the most sightings.
Date | Sightings | % Of Total |
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05/06/22 | 13 reported sightings | 3.90% of all reports |
07/04/22 | 6 reported sightings | 1.80% of all reports |
10/21/22 | 6 reported sightings | 1.80% of all reports |
05/08/22 | 5 reported sightings | 1.50% of all reports |
06/19/22 | 4 reported sightings | 1.20% of all reports |
Florida UFO Sightings From 2022 By Time
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the time of day the sighting occured during. We took logical 4 hour windows in order to split the day into early morning, morning, afternoon, evening, night, and late night buckets for this analysis.
Time Of Day | Hours | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 125 reported sightings | 37.54% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 66 reported sightings | 19.82% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 57 reported sightings | 17.12% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 34 reported sightings | 10.21% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 28 reported sightings | 8.41% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 23 reported sightings | 6.91% of all reports |
All Florida Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2022
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in Florida, in 2022
Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Florida
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Florida.