UFO Sightings in North Carolina
3,393 UFO sightings reported in North Carolina since 1945, peaking in 2014 (282 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 3,393
- Span
- 1945–2030
- Peak year
- 2014 (282 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1945–2030 · peak 2014 (282 reports)
Top cities in North Carolina
Charlotte
1973–2030 · peak 2014 (20 reports)
Raleigh
1975–2022 · peak 2014 (13 reports)
Greensboro
1961–2021 · peak 2014 (8 reports)
Wilmington
1974–2022 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Fayetteville
1962–2021 · peak 2013 (9 reports)
Asheville
1972–2022 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Durham
1981–2021 · peak 2015 (8 reports)
Winston-Salem
1945–2022 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Cary
1998–2021 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Hickory
1966–2022 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Gastonia
1992–2022 · peak 2011 (8 reports)
Oak Island
2005–2021 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Holden Beach
1982–2020 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
High Point
1982–2020 · peak 2016 (5 reports)
Jacksonville
1967–2021 · peak 2005 (4 reports)
Nags Head
1973–2019 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Concord
2000–2021 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Carolina Beach
1987–2020 · peak 2014 (6 reports)
Morganton
1980–2019 · peak 2011 (3 reports)
Mooresville
1995–2020 · peak 2016 (4 reports)
Hubert · NC, USA
Seven objects had lights. ((Starlink satellites?))
Chapel Hill · NC, USA
Orb moving over the nighttime Chapel Hill suburbs
Kitty Hawk · NC, USA
Observed straight line of 8-12 “moving stars on a very clear night. ((Starlink satellites?))
Wilson · NC, USA
20 lights flying single file evenly apart. ((Starlink satellites?))
Granite Quarry · NC, USA
Driving south on hwy 52 in Granite Quarry NC. 11:00am looked to the left and noticed a round shiney object 2 miles away and a few miles
Hope Mills · NC, USA
A perfectly straight line of bright lights were flying by overhead then ascended into outer space. ((Starlink satellites?))
Boiling Spring Lakes · NC, USA
Numerous objects, similar in size and brightness to stars at night, moving rapidly in a northwest to southeast arc, then disappearing.
Greensboro · NC, USA
23 unidentified flying objects in single file formation, flying at a high rate of speed. ((Starlink satellites?))
Richlands · NC, USA
lights evenly spaced traveling west to east. for aprox 15 min.. ((Starlink satellites??)
Leicester · NC, USA
A string of fast moving lights moving rapidly from north to south. ((Starlink satellites??)
Wilmington · NC, USA
10 white lights in formation, observed over Wilmington NC. ((Starlink satellites?))
Asheville · NC, USA
formation (("Starlink satellites??))
Maiden · NC, USA
Orange bright orb in NW Sky above Maiden NC Every Night moving erratically - ongoing. ((NUFORC Note: Probably Venus?? PD))
Charlotte · NC, USA
Double or triple bright lights, not moving, just side by side/ clustered for several minutes.
Wilmington · NC, USA
Sighted one bright low-flying light slowly glide up and abruptly stop. originally guessed it might have been a helicopter or osprey out
Boone · NC, USA
lots osf siteings and no one to talk to
Red Springs · NC, USA
Two Orange fire balls fly across the sky in Hoke County NC between the towns of Red Springs and Raeford
Rose Hill · NC, USA
Bright light that's been in the same area of the sky when there is no cloud overcast. We first spotted it on the 20MR20. ((Venus??))
Greensboro · NC, USA
It was a circle like a trash can lid but bigger and had bright yellow light touching the ground
Pleasant Garden · NC, USA
I noticed a light moving from my window and I started to watch it. I saw the object move in an up and down motion and occasionally side
Maiden · NC, USA
Three lights changed formation.
Raleigh · NC, USA
Bright white dots moving fast across the sky. ((Spacelink satellites))
Snow Hill · NC, USA
Out looking at the moon with friend, sun rises in East faint glow of daylight, full moon beginning to set west, few high level clouds b
Winston-Salem · NC, USA
I saw a very bright orange/red/pinkish sphere to the northeast of my house. At first, I thought it was a planet until I realized it wa
High Point · NC, USA
Bright light spotted in High Point NC over lake.