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)
Winston-Salem (north of) · NC, USA
white light moving at very fast speed then going verticle
Wilmington · NC, NC, USA
((HOAX??)) Had encounter with nice alien in waste deep water with head size of fist and eye the size if silver dollar.
Mt. Airy · NC, USA
We where at a drive in movie, it was my family and my fiance. My mother first noted the objects. Due to her recent outpatient surgery
Wilmington · NC, USA
There is "NO" aircraft that can fly that slow, with the exception of a helicopter/glider, and have enough "air lift" to stay aloft.
Cary · NC, USA
A red light from zero to light speed, no time flat.
Apex/Holly Springs (between) · NC, USA
Town of Fuquay, NC had power blackout -10PM - 06/22/98. Hwy 55,north of town, saw BRIGHT white light-southern horizon. Shaped like quar
Asbury community · NC, USA
the lights would change colors as if spinning really fast and they looked like the colors of a prism
Kinston/Richlands (between; Rt. 258) · NC, USA
Cigar-shaped craft, traveling over road in country, 200-300 ft. in the air. 200-300 mph, no wings, no markings, no sound. Silver.
Wilmington (off coast of) · NC, USA
Dark figure buzzed our boat and it wasn't an airplane!
Level Cross · NC, USA
Two rings and a sphere shape craft
Benson (Just outside of) · NC, USA
A comnet shaped object suddenly appeared in the sky and appeared to move across the sky slowly until it turned away from me and disappe
Greensboro · NC, USA
color changing light that made no engine noise and dissappeared in a clearsky
Rocky Mount · NC, USA
I was fishing in Stoney creeck about 10:45 pm. I looked up and I saw somehting aproaching me at pretty fast rate of speed, I would say
Halifax · NC, USA
While driving I noticed a large, bright orange circle in the sky with what appeared to be a straight object sticking down from the lowe
Morganton · NC, USA
Large amount of lights on a mountain about tree top level
Goldsboro (north of) · NC, USA
strange lights in NC
Charlotte · NC, USA
Similar UFOs sighted exactly a year apart
Charlotte · NC, USA
Cigar shaped, silvery-white object @ 500-1,00' up, in a clear blue, cloudless sky. Object was silent, immobile, and when I glanced dow
Lagrange · NC, USA
I saw two glowing, softball sized objects fly across the road directly in front of my truck.
Hickory · NC, USA
I was outside when I saw a red "fireball" moving in an oval pattern.
Charlotte · NC, USA
I spotted two triangular craft over the treetops........
Glen Alpine · NC, USA
I herd a humming sound and a bright lite. From - Thu Oct 30 14:34:07 1997 Return-Path: nobody@colorado.nwlink.com Received: from colora
Bakersville · NC, USA
A bright light with a long tail (presumed to be a meteroite) was sited moving slowly across the eastern sky, in a south to north direct
Rutherfordton · NC, USA
A cigar shaped craft with 2 6-ft tall beings obucted me and later crashed in the mountians of lake lure.
Biscoe · NC, USA
while standing outside my car in front of food store, a huge metal-grey oblong unidentifiably-shaped object suddenly soared over the fr