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
Fast, silent Mystery Craft.
Troutman · NC, USA
Several strange orange lights seen in formation on the sky near Troutman, NC.
Carolina Beach · NC, USA
Red Orb silently hovers over Carolina Beach, NC, and Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant in Southport.
North Wilkesboro · NC, USA
On the evening of April 21, 2019 approximately at 22:25pm EST in a town at the base of the Appalachian mtns in North Carolina I looked
Lexington · NC, USA
Hovering Light Over NC.
Concord · NC, USA
Glowing orange concentric circles craft in the sky @akingsrule Instagram for the video
Mebane · NC, USA
Interdimensional Beings Caught using thermal vision telescope and UFO Fleet Over Alamance, NC.
Hatteras Village · NC, USA
Initially observed a small object which was thought to be a drone circling Hatteras Lighthouse from a distance of 10 miles southwest at
Trenton · NC, USA
I have been contacting diamond dancing lol like disco ball UFO's for about 3 weeks now. It usually starts around 9 pm just above tree l
Nags Head · NC, USA
I was driving south of Virginia Dare trail when I noticed two bright yellow lights in the sky.
Charlotte · NC, USA
Green and white fireball coming toward Earth. ((anonymous report))
Granite Falls · NC, USA
Green comet and helicopters.
Lawndale · NC, USA
I saw 3 blue lights close together hovering over the treeline across the street.
Charlotte · NC, USA
Dark object in sky.
Burlington · NC, USA
Two bright white lights low in the atmosphere over North Carolina.
Garner · NC, USA
At least 11 circular orbs in two groups flying together at wavering speeds in an constant ellipse motion, moving towards each other.
Garner · NC, USA
Strange orbs moving in sky over Highway 70 in Garner, NC. ((anonymous report))
Wilmington · NC, USA
TWO BRIGHT LIGHTS MOVING SLOWLY
Gastonia · NC, USA
Well over a hundred little blinking dots was heading South. They were in a scattered formation across the sky. They were fast.
Summerfield · NC, USA
Triangular object with multicolored lights, very slow and low to the ground, circling area.
Burlington · NC, USA
A stationary green light dove to the ground and disappeared.
Salisbury · NC, USA
A circle was spinning and hovering with colorful flashing lights.
Jackson Springs · NC, USA
I was driving to work Friday morning January 11, 2019 when I looked in my rearview mirror and saw an oval object for about 23 seconds w
Mooresville · NC, USA
My neighbor asked me to come outside to look at something in the sky. We both witnessed a slow moving light (blue in color) traveling s
Lowgap · NC, USA
Dog barked an alert, 4 to 5 huge flashes of green light that lit up everything outside.Shortly afterwards the power went out.Never hear