Cigar UFO Sightings in North Carolina
96 cigar-shaped UFO sightings reported in North Carolina since 1960, peaking in 2019 (8 reports).
- Total sightings
- 96
- Span
- 1960–2022
- Peak year
- 2019 (8 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Cigar
1960–2022 · peak 2019 (8 reports)
Edenton · NC, USA
Two cigar shaped objects, no wings, lights, contrails or sound
Greensboro · NC, USA
Cigar-Shaped UFO Vanished
Brevard · NC, USA
String of lights
Charlotte · NC, USA
flying stick, the ends of it brighter. Recorded event
Troutman · NC, USA
Driving down road, UFO passes overhead flying at 125 yards. And disappeared into the clouds.
Alexander · NC, USA
Watched a cigar shaped object with horizontal lights hovered in the East at a 25 degree inclination for 2 hours until clouds hid it.
Wilmington · NC, USA
Long disc with approximately 10 round uniform lights. ((Starlink satellites?))
Shallotte · NC, USA
((NUFORC Note: Source of report provides no information. PD))((anonymous))
High Point · NC, USA
High Point North Carolina before crossing the bridge. Witnessed lights before crossing the bridge and after crossing another person pul
Point Harbor · NC, USA
14-16 lights moving in different directions but made 90 degree turns. ((Starlink satellites?))
Apex · NC, USA
Long object with 4 green fixed lights moving slow and low
Wilmington · NC, USA
7-8 elongated objects flying in straight line North to South along coast of North Carolina. Mid-level clouds above the objects.
Winston-Salem · NC, USA
Four cigar shape flying objects changing from red to silver-like moving horizontal appearing and disappearing very slow.
Charlotte · NC, USA
Me and my friends were kickin back one night. we had been up for awhile so the sleep deprivation started getting to us. We decided to g
Apex · NC, USA
Two white cylindrical objects sighted above Apex NC
Reidsville · NC, USA
There's normally one really bright one and the rest are small not as bright and they blink sometimes they blink red or white but they'v
Raleigh · NC, USA
Short white cigar shaped object
Clayton · NC, USA
Unusually long dark shape, moving very slow, no lights, no sound, at tree level.
Mars Hill · NC, USA
I and friend saw cigar silver craft going S to N about 1/2 mile to a mile up traveling approx, 250 to 300 mph seen for 35
Fayetteville · NC, USA
Me and my children were heading to my moms house when something very silvery like aluminum like so shiny flew by in the sky went in a c
Randleman · NC, USA
Extremely bright light moved left to right, parallel to horizon at very very high rate of speed and disappeared again.
Raleigh · NC, USA
White cigar shaped UFO flew over small patch of sky I was watching at 7:28 AM. ((anonymous report))
Lenoir · NC, USA
I just happen to look up from my porch to see a white cigar shaped craft amd watched it for at least 10 seconds. ((anonymous report))
Fayetteville · NC, USA
I saw a cigar-shaped aircraft with 3 bright lights that didn't blink.
Mt. Airy · NC, USA
I saw a missle like object with a green flame for the tail fly by. There was no sound and it was very fast. ((anonymous report))