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)
Raleigh · NC, USA
Cross shaped orange & green lights moving at incredible speed.
Gastonia · NC, USA
bright light - traveling upwards, then left 90 degrees, then downward 90 degrees then disappear.
Mooresville · NC, USA
Disk shape object changing colors and moving up and down and side to side
Wilmington · NC, USA
Unkown encounter (Extremely Scary)
Charlotte · NC, USA
it was dark outside but i could see that they were shiny like silver and they were big,they hovered over a field for about 10 mins then
Boone · NC, USA
Circle of lights over BOONE, NC
North Carolina (Western part) · NC, USA
Picture of UFO in background at dusk on mountaintop in NC.
Celo · NC, USA
Saw three triangular shaped spaceships in sky. Had lights on corners. Have a witness.
Chapel Hill · NC, USA
Strange objects near Research Triangle Park, NC
Charlotte · NC, USA
Bright orange object in the eastern sky.
Boone · NC, USA
3 lights in moving triangle formation - changed formation to 3 lights in a row.
West End · NC, USA
There was a disc shaped saucer with lights that hovered above tree level for over 15 minutes without moving at all.
Gastonia · NC, USA
METEOR APPEARING LIGHT HEADS STRAIGHT DOWN ACCELERATING IN SPEED AS IT CHANGED SLOWLY FROM WHITE TO NEON GREEN
Charlotte · NC, USA
Silver egg-shaped objects following aircraft around Charlotte International Airport
Hilton Head · NC, USA
A circular light in the sky that appeared as silently and rapidly as it disappeared.
Wilmington · NC, USA
firey blue ball
Newland (near) · NC, USA
While photographing flowers on the Blue Ridge Parkway I was startled by the sound of a rocket engine...
Hatteras Island · NC, USA
On the beach of Hatteras Island in 2001, a 30 foot disk-shaped object hovered above 2 of us for about 3 minutes.
Charlotte · NC, USA
Shiny silvery orb following plane
Hickory (hwy 321 8mi s.) · NC, USA
june,01.2:30p.flying wing traveled north(shadow only)nothing in sky! hwy321hickory,nc
Charlotte · NC, USA
Lost time
Ocracoke Island · NC, USA
This was a complex sighting of a rocket, and the creation of a plume or cloud of particles ejected perpendicular to trajectory.
Blowing Rock · NC, USA
I was looking out at the lights below me and saw an orange dot above one of the towns below. It stayed in one place and did not move.
Murphy · NC, USA
I saw a flashing light move in all directions across the sky, then in a final bright flash it was gone.
Apex · NC, USA
Early morning, house filled with light, and there it was above me...