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)
Greensboro · NC, USA
The object moved right and left very fast then a flash of light it split in two objects.
Kannapolis · NC, USA
brilliant light coming and going
Charlotte · NC, USA
We were under brilliant illumination that was much brighter than the 2:30 pm afternoon clear day sunlight.
Conover · NC, USA
Unexplained hovering fire ball in the sky
Havelock · NC, USA
all in all i saw a gray/silver ship that i could only see a triangleish part of.
Apex · NC, USA
3 egg shaped yellow crafts seen in the sky by 12-15 witnesses, hovers for 15-20 minutes then vanishes!
Zebulon · NC, USA
Gigantic flat black ship with molded rooms on bottom and tubes leading to each room seen in Zebulon, North Carolina.
Asheville · NC, USA
Seen craft very close hovering over telephone poll not moving or making a sound.
Morganton · NC, USA
Red Object over my backyard.
Selma · NC, USA
Saw a orangish yellow oval move very suddenly and make an immediate right hand turn.
Garner · NC, USA
Flat square I only saw the bottom it was about 60 ft above my head
Efland · NC, USA
large craft hovering in field
Jamestown · NC, USA
strange explosion
Forest City · NC, USA
I encountered an object around June or July of 1993. My family and I had just drove up to my house after returning from the store aroun
Gastonia · NC, USA
A triangle formation seen each morning before daybreak for five days off Bud Wilson Road.
Creston · NC, USA
Shere shaped object with brilliant bright lights
Henderson/Oxford · NC, USA
Never seen a UFO....come to Henderson.
Raleigh-Durham (from cockpit) · NC, USA
Chevron shape vehicle, NE of RDU ((NUFORC Note: Report submitted by senior airline pilot (ret.). PD))
Wilmington · NC, USA
multiple saucers, there and gone.
Nags Head · NC, USA
I lived a summer in Nags Head to complete a hotel internship for my university. I lived in a house with a Christian family. They call
Rocky Mount · NC, USA
On that evening I was working as a patrol officer for the Rocky Mount Police Department. Between calls for service I was standing with
Gastonia · NC, USA
Bright Orb
Salisbury · NC, USA
My dad had stepped outside (for what reason, I cannot remember) but he came running back in a rant. He kept saying there is something i
Frisco · NC, USA
A friend and myself were standing on the shore of the Pamlico sound as we observed 4 objects moving in up and down motions for about 30
Fayetteville (near) · NC, USA
Fast moving object that would just stop and then dart off and then just stop again.