Fireball UFO Sightings in North Carolina
225 fireball-shaped UFO sightings reported in North Carolina since 1960, peaking in 2012 (23 reports).
- Total sightings
- 225
- Span
- 1960–2021
- Peak year
- 2012 (23 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Fireball
1960–2021 · peak 2012 (23 reports)
Newport · NC, USA
Out of nowhere fireball appeared and disappeared. Red/Orange in color.
Emerald Isle · NC, USA
Lights over ocean at Emerald Isle
I-95 (near NC/VA border) · NC, USA
White Fireball followed by two fighter jets.
Holden Beach · NC, USA
large bright fireball
Highlands · NC, USA
Fireball in North Carolina Mountains.
Siler City · NC, USA
White fire ball falling from sky.
Thomasville · NC, USA
Night Time UFO
Southport · NC, USA
See approx. 15 reddish orange bright lights flying east of Southport, NC toward Wilmington, NC. All were flying in a straight line acr
Gastonia · NC, USA
Zig zaging fireball
Belmont · NC, USA
Me and 3 friends saw a bright orange orb slowly fly in and out of view.
Mebane · NC, USA
A orange glowing object changed direction in the sky without making a sound, then went into "hyper speed".
Cornelius · NC, USA
Red fireballs moving slowly overhead then disappearing in Cornelius, North Carolina.
Raleigh · NC, USA
25 slow moving, interactive fireballs seen in downtown Raleigh on Saturday night.
Buxton · NC, USA
Round flaming balls moving sporadically across The Point on Hatteras Island Beach
Charlotte · NC, USA
Weird object goes across sky and boards a sationary object. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD))
Durham · NC, USA
Blue-white fire ball over Durham
Franklinton · NC, USA
amber in color single fireball with no tail effect traveling west, seemed to travel faster than all known aircraft.
Lake gGaston · NC, USA
Fireball that hovered then took off in an upward diagnal at a high speed over the lake.
Greensboro · NC, USA
Large flickering light rising slowly in sky.
High Point · NC, USA
Multiple round, bright orange objects flew above High Point, NC
High Point · NC, USA
7 bright orange glowing lights in a steady formation going NW.
Hendersonville · NC, USA
Fireball seen by sheriff's deputy
White Lake · NC, USA
I was driving down the NC 41 between White Lake and Tomahawk, North Carolina and I saw a bright green light strike the ground. It came
Maysville · NC, USA
Moving bright light over Maysville
Kannapolis · NC, USA
large white flame in the Southern Sky