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Sarasota, FL
Florida · Sarasota County · North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota Metro
Sarasota is a mid-size city in Florida with a population of 56,218. Residents earn $70,065 per year, which is 7% below the national average.
3.2
/5.0
B
Good
56,218
Population
3,824/sq mi density
$70,065
Median Income
$59,028 per capita
$409,700
Home Value
$408,978 Zillow
$1,514
Median Rent
33.9% income on rent
74°F
Avg Temperature
330 sunny days/yr
546
Violent Crime/100K
3,176 property/100K
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Overall
3.2 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
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Economy
4.1 / 5.0
$70,065 median income, 1.9% unemployment
B
Affordability
3.4 / 5.0
$409,700 home value, $1,514/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
546 violent crimes/100K (44% above avg)
A
Education
4.3 / 5.0
41.7% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
82
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Historic Markers
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UFO Sightings Near Sarasota, FL
82 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Sarasota, FL.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sarasota, FL | 2014 | Red, rectangular shaped object, completely silent, was still as if watching something. Moved off after 3-4 minutes to the east. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2014 | One light traveling towards bradenton north west-of sarasota, a plane shortly followed into the vicinity, as if tracking the ufo. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2014 | 6-7 red fireballs, seen moving through the sky over Sarasota, Florida. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2013 | Bright red solid lights in sky - two |
| Sarasota, FL | 2013 | Viewed 5 orange colored lights in sky slightly larger than stars, they were gone 15 minutes later. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2013 | 5 good sized orange to white rectangular to oblong moving objects |
| Sarasota, FL | 2013 | I am wondering if anyone reported the sighting of any UFO, December 29񫺝, at approximately 6:20 p.m. I was jogging in my neighborho |
| Sarasota, FL | 2013 | Object was also seen 10/8/13 for about an hour both times the Light was bright like a bright star almost Object didnt move and left aft |
| Sarasota, FL | 2013 | Unexplained light in night sky changes color before disappearing. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2013 | 4 Strange lights fly across sky in Sarasota 12/31/13 just before midnight. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2013 | 9 orange lights slowly move across sky, all but one in pairs. |
| Sarasota county, FL | 2012 | Unknown objects in SE skies over Central Florida |
| Sarasota, FL | 2012 | White cigar shaped ufo not flying then dissappeared |
| Sarasota, FL | 2012 | Orange light seen in sky North of Sarasota, FL |
| Sarasota, FL | 2012 | Star like objects moving in a uncontrollable path. One stopped and then kept moving. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2012 | Fireball. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2012 | Red lights traveling in a v formation. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2012 | Bright neon green orb seen descending. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2012 | Dim lights |
| Sarasota, FL | 2012 | Bright Orange light in night sky |
| Sarasota, FL | 2012 | Triangle with lights seen moving south along us 41 sarasota |
| Sarasota, FL | 2012 | My friend woke me up and showed me a flickering multicolor object in the sky below Orion's belt. ((NUFORC Note: Sirius?? PD)) |
| Sarasota, FL | 2012 | UFO as bright as star with green tail of fire over Siesta key |
| Sarasota, FL | 2012 | 7 balls of light flying in different difections. at different times for about an hour. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2012 | This object was extremely clear and easy to see, silent and the dim lights were fascinating to watch. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2012 | It was July 4th 2012 (last night) my husband, our 2 girls and I were coming home from watching the fireworks. We were going south on US |
| Bay point park (radio marti), FL | 2011 | Stationary, odd shaped (almost plane like) object in sky - did not move at all - 15 miles east of Key West, FL along Rt. 1. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2011 | A la 9:15 salgo ala llarda de mi amigo amiral las estrella con su hija y mi amigo estoy localisando el lusero I me percato tres luces r |
| Sarasota, FL | 2011 | Ten-fifteen lights, appearing and reappearing in a line. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2011 | 03/21/00 18:30 pm sarasota fl round and oval 30 minutes round and over sarasota fl |
| Sarasota, FL | 2011 | Orange-Red spherical oblong shaped craft flying in formation above DUI checkpoint shortly before New Year's eve. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2011 | I was driving on Fruitville road, not fare from Sarasota's airport, it was dark about 6 PM . I saw five bright lights in a triangle for |
| Sarasota, FL | 2011 | very weird |
| Sarasota, FL | 2011 | Sarasota UFO sighting late night, Siesta Drive. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2011 | Large Red Pulsing light over Sarasota, Florida. December 9, 2011. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2011 | Large red pulsing light over Sarasota, Florida. Sitting on my sofa watching TV, I noticed a very bright red light in the sky. It wa |
| Sarasota, FL | 2011 | Bright Orange Diamond Shaped UFO In Sarasota Florida |
| Sarasota, FL | 2011 | bright light fading then reappear in same spot in sky |
| Sarasota, FL | 2011 | Triangular U.F.O. hovers near a main road, then over a neighborhood. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2010 | Large glowing red object moving slowly |
| Sarasota, FL | 2010 | Red and Blue lights jerking across the sky and multiple helicopters circling the event during and after. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2009 | spotted hovering silent clyndrical object. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2009 | During a severe storm this looked like a fire in the sky |
| Sarasota, FL | 2009 | near aircraft |
| Sarasota, FL | 2008 | left home in sarasota florida about 7pm 1/10/08 saw in northwestern sky a object with long tail(orange, fiery) going northeast very qui |
| Sarasota, FL | 2008 | ((HOAX??)) Two craft with seven orange lights on each, and a vague, dark triangular shape that housed the lights. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2008 | Two light objects sighted flying south off the west coast of Sarasota, FL |
| Sarasota, FL | 2007 | white twin lights, sarasota florida, june 27, 2007 |
| Sarasota, FL | 2007 | very bright star or planet in morning sky that moved very rapidly and then disappeared |
| Sarasota, FL | 2007 | Cigar Flying Headed North Over Fruitville in Sarasota |
| Sarasota, FL | 2007 | Round- Disc Shaped Craft with 4 - 5 windows or lights, hovering silently in lower level of clouds |
| Sarasota, FL | 2007 | ((HOAX??)) Spotted hovering for a long period of time over Bradenton Sarasota airport. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2006 | Bright White Light appearing over Sarasota |
| Sarasota, FL | 2006 | Disk over Bee Ridge |
| Sarasota, FL | 2006 | Fireball in the evening sky |
| Sarasota, FL | 2006 | A bright shinny silver object over University Parkway |
| Sarasota, FL | 2005 | Alien sighting at my door |
| Sarasota, FL | 2005 | the object seen was oval in shape with two winglike projections and a blue light emanating from the tail as seen with a pair of binocul |
| Sarasota, FL | 2004 | Seen 3/18/2004 near longboat beach in Sarasota. Amazing sphere just above water. Great photo of the object. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2004 | my fiancee and her mother as well as myself witnessed what appeared to be a star that moved in an extraordinary fashion...in vertical, |
| Sarasota, FL | 2004 | Two silver white cylinders moving way to fast for a blimp |
| Sarasota, FL | 2003 | I saw a fast moving white thin boomerang shaped line in the sky at night ,which was not a cloud or smoke or birds . not |
| Sarasota, FL | 2003 | Bright yellow ball with red comet tail turning into 3 lights in the shape of a triangle |
| Sarasota, FL | 2003 | two dim stars that were in a formation a flew an arch pattern together. then faded quickly |
| Sarasota, FL | 2002 | Crome object seen on Siesta Key Beach, FL and Pic. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2002 | Triangle shape with light at each point. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2002 | Bright fireball travelling S - N leaving a trail |
| Sarasota, FL | 2001 | White ball shape, with grey bottom and single row of multicolor lights,decended from cloud, traveled East to West overhead. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2001 | A BRIGHT LIGHT THAT APPEARED FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS THEN DISAPPEARED SILENTLY. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2001 | Evening sky was dark and clear with bright stars....Object approached slowly from the EAST...a large triangular shape object appearing |
| Sarasota, FL | 2001 | bright white Object darting cloud to cloud near Sarasota FL. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2001 | Two silent west bound objects gulf coast of Florida |
| Sarasota, FL | 2001 | My friend and I saw 2 caucers and 1 triangler prism being chased by 2 U.S. jets. |
| Sarasota, FL | 2000 | Small black object following airliner within its contrail |
| Sarasota, FL | 1999 | I saw a bright light at a distance. When it got closer I noticed 5 lights on it. It was shaped like a blimp going approx 100-200 mph an |
| Sarasota, FL | 1998 | Object observed coming from SE at twilight, sky very clear and not yet dark. Object was white with small white core moving towards us ( |
| Sarasota, FL | 1998 | Observed 2 lights, one staggered lower and to the right, East of Sarasota, FL. |
| Sarasota, FL | 1995 | Man repts. seeing "elliptical, solid object" descend through clouds. Was not plane, had no wings. Obj. darted "all over the place." |
| Sarasota (myaka state park), FL | 1987 | state road 72 disk with lights around it flew in a fast horizontal motion. |
| Sarasota, FL | 1983 | YIKES! BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AT 13 I PRAYED TO SEE A UFO AND WITHIN 3-5 MINUTES I HEARD A LOW RUMBLING SOUND FOR 15 SEC. AND THEN SAW A DI |
| Sarasota, FL | 1981 | very large craft up close and personal |
| Sarasota, FL | 1969 | 3 gold balls gather, split to 5 and disappear! |