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Clearwater Beach, Florida UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 7 UFO sighting reports in Clearwater Beach, Florida to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "oval" (2 reports, 28.57% of total).
- January is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (3 reports, 42.86% of total).
- Thursday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 28.57% of total).
- 1997 is the year with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 28.57% of total).
- 09/15/07 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 14.29% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the late night, between the hours of 00:00 - 03:59 (3 reports, 42.86% of total).
20 Most Recent UFO Sightings in Clearwater Beach, Florida
These Clearwater Beach, Florida UFO reports are 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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Strange lights appeared over the water. Some friends were on top of a hotel on Clearwater beach and seen this.
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Two bright white object moving in high rate of speed and synchronized movements. At approximately 22:50, on the evening of Sunday, the 2nd of May, 2021, I witnessed 2, small but very bright lights traveling at a very high rate of speed traveling in a westerly direction coming from over land and heading out over the Gulf of Mexico. At first I thought I was witnessing two meteors as they were traveling much faster than any aircraft or other man made object could.
I tracked them for approximately 20 seconds in a straight line. Both objects were traveling side by side, in the exact same direction and speed. At that time, both objects made four very distinct course corrections.
Both objects made the same zig zag, “z” shaped movements. First to the right, back to the left, back to the right and finally left continuing westerly in a straight line and at a burst rate of speed before disappearing. The speed, distance apart and the movements were identical and did not very from the each other.
Due to the precision, speed of the movements and rate of acceleration, I am confident these were a form of mechanical objects that were neither a man made or natural objects.
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Three Orbs spotted out around 5-7 miles of Clearwater Beach Florida while flying in our Cessna 172. Tonight me and two friends decided to go for a sunset flight out of Clearwater International Airport in a Cessna 172. We were airborne around 7pm (eastern standard time) and flew out to Clearwater Beach than turned heading south.
We flew over toward the Skyway Bridge. By the time we reached the bridge the sun had completely set. After doing a flyby near the bridge we turned around and headed back up toward clearwater beach (North of our location) flying along the coast.
At roughly 7:40pm I noticed (while sitting in the co-pilot seat) an orange ball of light that appeared to be on the water surface. For what ever reason I became fixated on the object, something about it did not seem normal. While I was watching this object it suddenly skyrocketed to easily 4,000ft in under two seconds.
at this time I started freaking out and pointed the object out to my buddy (flying the plane) and my friend sitting in the back right passenger seat. We all saw this object! Through the 15-20 or so minutes watching this object it changed extreme flight levels over 10 times from what appeared to be from the water surface and at one point easily over 5,000 feet. There is no way this was any type of known government aircraft for the G's this object would have had to be pulling were in no way survivable by any human.
As we were watching this bright orange orb I noticed two smaller much lighter colored objects (both orbs as well colored more like a light star). These smaller orbs seemed to be getting closer to the bigger orange orb and than would move away in a different direction quickly. The big orange orb would then seem to chase them almost like a few kids playing tag with each other.
We are all freaking out so much that we tried to make sense of this occurrence, we even started flying in different directions with the aircraft to view it out of different windows to make sure it wasn't some type of optical allusion out of the one win! dow we first started observing from. This object was easily (! from wha t it seemed) 5-7 miles off shore. It even looked as if there was some type of boat near the objects, which in my mind any crew member would have had to have seen these orbs.
Due to the distance between us and these objects I can not say for sure the size of the objects, but for sure there was one larger orange orb (which seemed to be either a mother craft or something, just seemed as if it was in charge) with two much smaller lighter (whitish) orbs. I know aircraft very well and have been around them my whole life, this was not a plane or a helicopter of any type. This was not an aircraft/object flown by any human.
this thing shot from ocean level to 4,000 feet in a matter of 2 seconds or less (no exaggeration). We all know what we saw tonight. We tried to take video but we only had iPhones which of course could not zoom in on these objects.
We observed as much as we could and than decided that we needed to head back to the airport and land which was around 8pm or! so (give or take a few minutes). This is hands down one of the craziest experiences of my life. Might I add we were all perfectly sober too, this is legit and like I said, we all know what we saw.
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UFO Near Scientology building/church in Clearwater FL After making dinner I walked my dog before getting ready for bed. I live near the intercoastal so I always am looking into the sky around this time. However, when I walked outside I stopped at stared at a bright white star in the sky but to low to be a star.
Im not sure how long it was there, but when i looked at it, it then shot straight down at light speeds and disappeared in mid air. There was also a stranger in the parking lot on his cell phone. He hung up and we both said, "What the **** was that?!" We both stared in shock.
The circular white ball formed into two white balls and looked like a division symbol in the sky. It had one large dot then a line in the middle and then another dot directly behind the other as it shot towards earth. However, it looked like it would have landed close to the intercoastal waters or around the area where that scientology church is located in clearwater.
This thing went directly down and had no trail whatsoever, so we ruled out a comet. I am young, in great health and have no vision problems and do not follow scientology or science fiction. This is one of the oddest things ive seen and has inspired me to do some online research like this.
But what was odd was that, whatever it was, it looked like it would have hit somewhere very close to that scientology building. A few minutes later I heard an odd siren across the waters, they didnt sound like police sirens and were very brief. The hairs on my back and neck stand up when I think about it.
((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous. PD)).
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Extremely stealthy aircrafts, like helicopters, fly over Gulf of Mexico and Clearwater Beach, Florida This report is being filed almost five years after the fact. Better late than never. In September, 2007 (I am not sure of the exact date, but it was in the middle of the month), my wife and I saw unusual activity in the sky above Clearwater Beach, Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Although we now live in Clearwater, Florida, at the time we were vacationers to Clearwater Beach, annually. We were staying at our usual accommodations, a hotel located on the street that is directly across from the beach. As was our custom, we were booked into a room on the fourth floor, which is the top floor of the hotel.
The room has a balcony which overlooks the hotel pool and gives us a scenic view of the beach and the Gulf of Mexico. It happened to be the last night of a week-long vacation. We sat on the balcony to watch the sunset and remained there for several hours afterwards.
At approximately 2300 hours (11 p.m), I happened to notice a bright light on the horizon. Seldom have I ever seen boats out on the Gulf late at night, but I had no reason to believe it was anything other than a watercraft.
At first, I thought the light was moving north to south, parallel to the horizon, but soon I realized it was traveling east-west, heading in our general direction. I recall that the sky was clear and there was a half moon that evening. Given that it was the month of September, it was off-season.
Very few people were out and about that night and there was very little in the way of automobile traffic. As the light got closer, the first thing I concluded that if it didn’t turn, the craft would be heading directly for the beach, not the harbor. As the light got even closer, I knew it was not a watercraft.
It was an aircraft, flying at low altitude, but well above the water. It continued flying at the same altitude, but at what I would consider much too slow for an airplane or jet. My guess was that it was a helicopter.
The only thing I could see were lights at the front of the craft, seemingly encased in an elongated oval cover. I could not see how many lights were within this elongated cover, but I am sure there were at least three, maybe as many as five. These lights were white, not unlike headlights on an automobile.
Since they were not pointed at me, it’s not possible to say how bright the lights were. But from my view on the fourth floor of the hotel, I would conclude that they were much brighter than halogen bulbs on standard cars. It did not fly directly overhead, but about 3 to 4 blocks north of our location, above Pier 60, which is a local tourist attraction.
It was soon out of our sightline. If this was all that happened, I probably would not have remembered it. But over the next 30-40 minutes, this event occurred three more times, at least 5 -10 minutes apart.
Same thing each time: light on the horizon, approaching the beach, and finally out of sight. There was one major difference. Each time it passed, it was at a slightly different line of latitude.
The second time, it was a mere block away from our location, the third time, it was directly overhead, and the final time, it was closer to the location of its first pass, near the pier. I cannot say whether it was one craft that had turned about and made four passes or four separate crafts. But on its third pass, directly overhead, I was able to make the following observations: 1.
The front of the craft where the lights were, seemed to be rounded, much like the edge of a Frisbee. The only other part of the craft that was clearly observable was the area immediately around the elongated light cover. The lights reflected off this part of the craft as though the body of the craft was made of black chrome, but somewhat duller, like black patent leather shoes.
2. What I am less sure of is the shape of the craft. Based on the front of the craft, I would say that it was saucer shaped.
But as it passed overhead, there was something shadowy about the rest of the craft. It was as though the craft temporarily blocked out the starlight above. I had the sense that it was more like a boomerang.
3. I’m not good at measuring things in terms of inches, feet and yards. But if I had to guess the altitude of the craft, I would say that it was flying at a level that was five to six times the height of our hotel, a four story building.
My wife and I disagree on this; she believes it flew at a higher altitude. Either way, it was closer to the ground than any other craft in flight that I’ve ever seen, other than watching a helicopter take off. 4.
While it did not hover at any point, it moved much like a helicopter, and certainly moved at a speed I associate with helicopters. 5. This craft was absolutely noiseless.
No sound of an engine nor a rotary blade. After the craft made its last pass (or after the fourth craft passed), the show was over. Sadly, since it was the last night of our stay, I didn’t bother to recharge the battery for my camera, otherwise I would have recorded the last two passes for sure.
About my wife and I: we had not consumed any intoxicants that evening; we are both college graduates; and, we were both professionals. My wife was a nurse at a convalescent home and I was about to retire after 30 years as a public school teacher. As for why it has taken me 5 years to report this: 1.
It was late at night and this craft(s) did not seem to pose a threat. 2. I had no idea who to report it to, inasmuch as the U.
S. Air Force has washed its hands of UFO investigations. 3.
We checked the local news on television the following morning and there was no indication that anyone else had reported it, or at least the local stations were not covering such an event. 4. With Clearwater Beach being so close to MacDill AFB, the possibility occurred to me that I may have seen military aircraft, secret or not.
I finally decided to report this “sighting” based on what I’ve read about the raid to capture/kill Osama Bin Laden. In published reports, it has been stated that one of the concerns about the mission was that the helicopters that transported the Navy SEALS into Pakistan, while visually stealthy, were not as audibly stealthy as they would have preferred. The mission into Pakistan took place almost 4 years after my “sighting”.
I can tell you that if it had not been for the lights, I probably would never have noticed my craft(s). The craft(s) was/were virtually stealthy; almost invisible and certainly without noise. If the U.
S. military developed such capabilities, I wondered why they had not already been applied to currently used aircraft, including those helicopters used on the SEALS’ mission. As for my own reaction to the events of that night, the only word I can use is “fascination”.
I was not frightened not was I excited about the possibility I was seeing UFO’s. It was what it was. But after considering the technology this craft or crafts had, I can’t rule out the possibility of extraterrestrial activity.
I am very aware that more recently, hoaxes in this location happen often, with Chinese lanterns being used frequently. But these hoaxes tend to happen at the height of tourist season, not long after sunset, when there is a greater chance of witnesses. In our case, it was later in the evening and, other than my wife and I, no witnesses to speak of.
If any of the information I have supplied ties in with other sightings in Clearwater or elsewhere, I hope it is helpful. ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD)).
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UFO encounter at Clearwater Beach, during meteor shower I am a Native Floridian. In 1997, I was watching a meteor shower on Clearwater Beach. When I saw 2 glowing, amber-colored lights out over the ocean.
I pointed them out to my friends but they all just dismissed them as being planes. UNTIL.they started to get closer.
One stayed behind, and the other started approaching the shore, where I was standing. It seemed to just glide right to me. I was so excited that I said to my friends, "this is definately a ufo".
After I had said this they all took notice and became very scared. It did not take long for the four of them to take off running towards the pier. The craft was about 500 ft offshore when it sent down some kind of light beam that lit up a boat that was anchored right in front of me.
I was not the least bit worried for some reason. Once the light beam went off, the entire craft was no longer lit the orange-reddish glow that it was before. It looked as if it was reflecting it's surroundings.
I could see the water and the sky's reflection on the craft. It hovered above me and I remember feeling as if I was reporting to headquarters, so to speak. My head was tilted back all the way I was looking up at this object telling whoever everything about myself.
I have no idea why I was doing this. I was mesmerized. Then I felt like I was given a telepathic message or picture of them.
It was 2 beings that were facing each other. They were very tall and dark. My memory of this picture is not very clear.
I know I thought they seemed to be some kind of reptilian creature. I really can't say for sure if they were dark green or black, if they had scales or what. But I do know they had just introduced themselves to me.
This introduction must have taken some time. My friends had already reached the pier which was very far from where I was. It was about a half an hour to walk that distance.
After the encounter ended the craft just headed over the neighborhood, with no sound at all, it was lurking over certain houses, and I decided I needed to follow it. I ran back to where my friends were. There were Clearwater Police Officers at the pier who had also seen the object.
They were all discussing what it could be when I showed up. I convinced a friend to come with me, and we followed this thing from Clearwater all the way to Tampa. It was so bizarre.
When we were leaving the beach, watching this thing in the sky, was very eerie. It was as if time had stopped for me, like everything changed. My whole world had changed forever.
There was not a cloud in the sky and we both followed it to the Courtney Campbell Causeway. Once we were side by side, it started to created a cloud or fog around it, so it became impossible to see it. After about 10 minutes the entire sky was just fog.
So we ended the chase. Even though I wanted to try to find it still. I have had several more encounters with EBE crafts.
Two years ago I went to Sedona, Arizona and I saw many in the sky at night. Also in Gulf Breeze and Panama City we have seen interesting lights that hover around like bugs? Buzzing back and forth. I do not want to be afraid of these things.
But I really would really like to know what they are. This type of thing, people do not want to talk about. They will either think you are crazy for talking about it, or they just don't believe you.
So I hope to know more as to what they are and why they are here, and what they want. ((NUFORC Note: Date may be approximate. PD)).
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Encounter On Caladesi Island/ Clearwater Beach, Florida -Two Crafts With Glowing Amber Lights Hello, I am 27 years old and I live in the Gulf Coast area of NW Florida. I am a Native Floridian. November 17th 1997, I was watching the Leonids meteor shower on Caldesi Island near Clearwater Beach.
When I saw 2 glowing, amber-colored lights to the west out over the Gulf. I pointed them out to my friends but they all just dismissed them as being planes. Until one craft started to get closer.
One stayed behind, and the other started approaching the shore, where I was standing. It seemed to just glide right to me. I was so excited that I said to my friends, "this is definitely a UFO".
After I had said this they all took notice and became very scared. It did not take long for the four of them to take off running towards the pier. The craft was about 500 ft offshore when it sent down some kind of light beam that lit up a boat that was anchored right in front of me.
But the light only lit in a cylinder and no light anywhere but the tube of light! I was not the least bit worried for some reason. Once the light beam went off, the entire craft was no longer lit the orange-reddish glow that it was before. It looked as if it was reflecting it's surroundings.
I could see the water and the sky's reflection on the craft. It hovered above me and I remember feeling as if I was reporting to headquarters, so to speak. My head was tilted back all the way I was looking up at this object telling whoever everything about myself.
I have no idea why I was doing this. I was mesmerized. Then I felt like I was given a telepathic message or picture of them.
It was 2 beings that were facing each other. They were very tall and dark. My memory of this picture is not very clear.
I know I thought they seemed to be some kind of reptilian creature. I really can't say for sure if they were dark green or black, if they had scales or what. But I do know they had just introduced themselves to me.
This introduction must have taken some time. My friends had already reached the pier which was very far from where I was. It was about a half an hour to walk that distance.
After the encounter ended the craft just headed over the neighborhood, with no sound at all, it was lurking over certain houses, and I decided I needed to follow it. I ran back to where my friends were. Clearwater Police Officers were at the pier, they had also seen this object.
They were all discussing what it could be when I showed up. I convinced a friend to come with me, and we followed this thing from Clearwater all the way to Tampa. It was so bizarre.
When we were leaving the beach, watching this thing in the sky, was very eerie. It was as if time had stopped for me, like everything changed. My whole world had changed forever.
There was not a cloud in the sky and we both followed it to the Courtney Campbell Causeway. Once we were side by side, it started to created a cloud or fog around it, so it became impossible to see it. After about 10 minutes the entire sky was just fog.
So we ended the chase. Even though I still wanted to try to find it. I have had several more encounters with EBE crafts.
Two years ago I went to Sedona, Arizona and I saw many in the sky at night. These were blue-ish lights that zipped around really fast, but went right back to where they initially were. I saw them every night for 2 weeks while I was there.
Also in Gulf Breeze and Panama City I have seen interesting lights that hover around like bugs, buzzing back and forth. I go to Gulf Breeze every so often to watch them, but I would rather be with a group! Than to just be by myself. I do not want to be afraid of these things.
But I really would really like to know what they are. Most people do not want to talk about this type of thing with me. They will either think you are crazy for talking about it, or they just don't believe you.
So I hope to know more as to what they are and why they are here, and what they want. If I can find some sort of group or research team in this area it would be wonderful. Could you tell me what web sites if any, or meetings, when and where, that would be great! Thanks so much for your time, ((name deleted)).
Clearwater Beach, Florida UFO Sightings 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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Oval | 2 reported sightings | 28.57% of all reports |
Sphere | 1 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Formation | 1 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Circle | 1 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Other | 1 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Unknown | 1 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Clearwater Beach, Florida UFO Sightings 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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January | 3 reported sightings | 42.86% of all reports |
September | 1 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
May | 1 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
December | 1 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
November | 1 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Clearwater Beach, Florida UFO Sightings 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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Thursday | 2 reported sightings | 28.57% of all reports |
Sunday | 2 reported sightings | 28.57% of all reports |
Saturday | 1 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Friday | 1 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Monday | 1 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Clearwater Beach, Florida UFO Sightings 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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09/15/07 | 1 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
01/24/13 | 1 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
05/02/21 | 1 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
01/29/23 | 1 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
12/05/97 | 1 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Clearwater Beach, Florida UFO Sightings 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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Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 3 reported sightings | 42.86% of all reports |
Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 3 reported sightings | 42.86% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 1 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Clearwater Beach, Florida
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Clearwater Beach, Florida.
Year | Number of Reports | View Reports |
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2023 | 1 UFO Reports | Clearwater Beach, Florida UFO Sightings in 2023 |
2021 | 1 UFO Reports | Clearwater Beach, Florida UFO Sightings in 2021 |
2013 | 1 UFO Reports | Clearwater Beach, Florida UFO Sightings in 2013 |
2008 | 1 UFO Reports | Clearwater Beach, Florida UFO Sightings in 2008 |
2007 | 1 UFO Reports | Clearwater Beach, Florida UFO Sightings in 2007 |
1997 | 2 UFO Reports | Clearwater Beach, Florida UFO Sightings in 1997 |
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