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)
Manassas · NC, USA
Dark, triangular object hovering in a clear sky making no sounds.
Raleigh · NC, USA
Square floating object.
Raleigh · NC, USA
Large cube shaped object seen in Raleigh. ((anonymous report))
Davidson · NC, USA
The object was as long as a football field bigger in the front than the back. Rectangle in shape. We thought it was 5 helicopters flyin
Smithfield · NC, USA
I noticed 3 red lights flying low in the sky and in a straight formation moving across the night sky. ((anonymous report))
Asheville · NC, USA
Strange boomerang shaped craft sighted outside of downtown Asheville.
Pfafftown · NC, USA
2 round lights like stars lower then stars changing from blue, red, and green. Many mi. apart ((NUFORC Note: "Twinkling" stars?? PD)
Edenton · NC, USA
Large comet falling, 3 smaller objects broke away, fell with the object, and then hovered as another similar object appeared above.
Middlesex · NC, USA
Unexplainable bright lights.
Bullock · NC, USA
Fast moving white light separates into three individual lights, then totally disappears within a second.
Raleigh · NC, USA
I saw 2 bright lights hovering over 401N on my way home.
Lincolnton · NC, USA
I was outside w/ my mother on the 2nd floor balcony of our house. Two wobbling lights appeared in the sky and wobbled for twenty min.
Fayetteville · NC, USA
I observed what I thought was a satellite falling from the sky or a meteor with a debris trail. But as it fell the object broke into 5
Nakina · NC, USA
Multiple sightings of single "light craft" zigzagging back and forth across the sky.
Knightdale · NC, USA
4 horizontal lights in the sky... stationary, then zig zag with tail, finally still again. ((anonymous report))
Franklin · NC, USA
Very bright, low flying orb
Hickory · NC, USA
On our way home when suddenly we looked up in the sky and saw blue and green lights looked like a circle. ((anonymous report))
Greensboro · NC, USA
Lights different directions that changed color.
Browns Summit · NC, USA
Phenomenal sighting of 12 orange balls of light in the night sky, as they slowly combined and faded away!
Waxhaw · NC, USA
Staring at sky when a bright green ball is seen S S/W about 187 degrees descending from sky in a falling action, trailing red sparks.
Winston-Salem · NC, USA
Lime green triangular light, stationary, then moving, then vanished; while driving I-40
Hope Mills · NC, USA
Three family members witness orange light orbs flying through sky with no sound.
Hope Mills · NC, USA
Saw more than 5 Orange Orbs in the Night sky.
Hillsborough · NC, USA
Flying very slowly in the S sky near the Aquarius constellation were a total of 4 large red lights in an "L" formation.
Black Creek · NC, USA
A series of bright firework-like lights apparently exploded and backlit a large object