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)
Pinehurst · NC, USA
I took the dogs out and saw a light way too big to be a star in the direction of Fort Bragg. I then saw the lights of an aircraft besid
Fayetteville · NC, USA
It was a a yellow fire ball falling fast towards the noth of Fayetteville , NC
Hope Mills · NC, USA
Round fireball in the sky sitting still appeared and disappeared 3 or 4 times. Large in size.
Havelock · NC, USA
Bright, white, extremely large meteor-like object seen in night sky.
Clinton · NC, USA
Clinton NC, around 21:31 hours an orange circular object was spotted west of U.S. Highway 421, it remained visible for only 10 seconds
Chapel Hill · NC, USA
Bright descending burst of light.
Southport · NC, USA
We were fishing at night for trout when I looked up in the sky and saw a large fireball moving very rapidly across the sky. I asked my
Wilmington · NC, USA
Fireball O'er Wilmington, NC. Unexplicable illuminations
Mooresville · NC, USA
Star appearance with rapid accelerations and instant major changes of velocity for over two hours witnessed by 5 people with some video
Charlotte · NC, USA
I thought it was a firework at first...then I realized it was too big and way too fast. We live about 15 miles from airport....this wa
Spruce Pine · NC, USA
large neon green ball with greenand white tail shooting across sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor. PD))
Oak Island · NC, USA
Huge light source, movement, flashing lights seen over Oak Island, North Carolina
Horseshoe · NC, USA
A fireball burning a bright greenish-yellow streaked across the road I was driving on.
Franklin · NC, USA
Green ball of light over Western NC
Mills River · NC, USA
Large, glowing, yellow sphere in Blue Ridge Mountains.
Boone · NC, USA
Glowing Green light in Boone NC
Wrightsville Beach · NC, USA
trange lights off of Topsail Beach
Jacksonville · NC, USA
5 or more balls of light darting back and forth. over the skies of Jacksonville, NC. near Camp Lejeune.
Winston-Salem · NC, USA
Great big orange reddish ball.
High Point · NC, USA
Bright green streak falling towards earth
Currituck · NC, USA
the object would move up and down slowly, object appeered as a star flikering violently. sparks were visible every so often without a p
North Wilkesboro · NC, USA
Odd, slow moving dull red fireball leaving a trail.
Oak Island · NC, USA
sat on porch n saw a sparkling light was chages colors red-green-yellow flashing staying in one spot below a few stars * darkness
Arden · NC, USA
Fireball seen after 10 shooting stars
Lexington · NC, USA
Yellow fireball object, viewed from lexinton, NC