Paranormal Sightings in Florida
20 nightmarks documented
20 paranormal sightings in Florida
The Myakka Skunk Ape Photographs — Sarasota County, Florida (2000)
An anonymous woman sent police two photos of a creature stealing apples from her porch. The Myakka photographs became iconic Skunk Ape evidence.
Skunk Ape Sighting Wave — Everglades, Florida (1970s)
A wave of Skunk Ape sightings swept southern Florida in the 1970s. A bus driver and passengers watched a large ape-like figure cross the road near the Everglades.
Bright object observed over Ocala in central Florida (1968)
A bright unknown over Florida horse country — one of Blue Book's final cases as the 22-year program wound down.
Bright object observed over Mims near Cape Canaveral, Florida (1966)
An unknown 20 miles from Cape Canaveral — where Gemini astronauts launched while something unexplained flew nearby.
Bright object observed over Tampa near MacDill SAC base, Florida (1962)
An unknown over Tampa's SAC base — just weeks after the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
Bright object observed over rural Old Town, Florida (1961)
A bright unknown over Florida's remote Suwannee River country — where dark skies and silence made the object unmistakable.
Unidentified object observed at Tyndall AFB weapons training center, Florida (1961)
The Air Force's own experts at identifying aerial targets couldn't identify this one — at their own training base.
Bright object observed over Oldsmar near MacDill SAC base, Florida (1957)
A bright unknown over Tampa Bay — near MacDill's nuclear bombers, where the Gulf Coast air was clear and the sky was watched.
Bright object observed over Lakeland in central Florida (1955)
A bright unknown over Florida's citrus belt — between MacDill's bombers and Cape Canaveral's emerging missile program.
Bright object observed over Miami Beach, Florida (1954)
A bright unknown over Miami Beach — where the tropics met the Cold War and SAC bombers lurked just miles to the south.
Unidentified object observed at Patrick AFB — headquarters of the missile range (1952)
An unknown at missile range headquarters — where the people who tracked rockets at Mach 20 couldn't identify this one.
Bright object observed over Miami, Florida during the great wave (1952)
A bright unknown over Miami — the day before the Washington radar events would make worldwide headlines.
Cluster of brilliant objects observed over West Palm Beach, Florida (1952)
A formation of brilliant objects over Florida's coast marked the opening salvo of the legendary July 1952 wave.
Second Blue Book unknown over Miami, Florida (1952)
Miami's second unknown — America's tropical gateway to Latin America produced cases spanning the buildup and peak of 1952.
The Mary Reeser Case — The 'Cinder Woman' of St. Petersburg (1951)
A 170-pound woman was reduced to a shrunken skull and one slippered foot — in an apartment where nearby newspapers didn't even scorch.
Bright object observed over Fort Myers, Florida (1950)
A bright unknown over Florida's Gulf Coast — clear subtropical skies left no room to mistake the unexplained.
Bright object observed over Cortez on the Florida Gulf Coast (1949)
An early unknown over Florida's Gulf Coast fishing village — from the Project Sign era when investigation was still genuine.
The Disappearance of Flight 19 — Five Planes Lost in the Bermuda Triangle (1945)
Five Navy bombers flew into the Atlantic and never returned. The search plane sent to find them also vanished. 27 men lost in one evening.
Early Skunk Ape Reports — Florida Everglades (1920s–1960s)
Florida's Skunk Ape has haunted the Everglades since the 1920s — a stocky, foul-smelling, ape-like creature adapted to the swamp.
St. Augustine Lighthouse — phantom children and a keeper on the stairs (Florida)
St. Augustine Lighthouse has been haunted since construction-era drownings in 1873 — phantom children and a keeper figure seen on the spiral staircase for over a century.