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)
Walkertown · NC, USA
Sitting at a traffic light on the way home from work. Sky was dark due to pending storm. There is an area of light break in the sky a
Black Mountain · NC, USA
Bright flashing, shimmering, unmoving and color changing light seen for 15 minutes.
Mooresville · NC, USA
spinning sphere with colors and more details closeup 42x zoom
Garner · NC, USA
Saw UFO between a double-rainbow outside a restaurant. ((NUFORC Note: Possible lens flare, we suspect. PD))
Wilmington · NC, USA
Bright green neon laser light.
Emerald Isle · NC, USA
Yellow Orangish fireball observed over Emerald Isle, NC. ((anonymous report))
Durham · NC, USA
Saw what sounded like a helicopter, but looked so wrong once, and then two more times during a meteor shower.
Angier · NC, USA
Circular Blue object appearing in the sky
Gastonia · NC, USA
Two, separate bright red flashing simultaneously balls of light flying in formation very low in sky with no sound. Moving N-S, slowly.
Indian Trail · NC, USA
2 odd acting circle ufos almost searching in sky for something or someone.
Raleigh · NC, USA
Object 300 meters in the air, crossing the sky like a rocket opens the walls of earth and explodes into thin air leaving just a trial
Elizabeth City · NC, USA
Saucer-shaped chrome vessel, hovering near wind turbines in Elizabeth City, NC.
Nags Head · NC, USA
Had 8 lights in a circle and 1 in the center but I couldn’t take a photo
Cornelius · NC, USA
One round bright light, brighter than the moon, appearing from nowhere and descending rapidly straight down followed by two smaller bri
Hamlet · NC, USA
3 bright, red, blinking lights, flying low in the eastern sky, Hamlet, NC.
Monroe · NC, USA
1 orb fading in and out, in the sky.
Asheboro · NC, USA
Looked like a flying saucer.
Southern Pines · NC, USA
Chevron sighting with lost time and nightmares
Goldsboro · NC, USA
At first appearance we thought it was a star.Noticed it was flashing, noticed color changing, Red white green blue, has stayed in s
Wilson · NC, USA
White, pill shaped, silent, wingless aircraft glided from north to south across the horizon in full daylight.
Surf City · NC, USA
6 glowing orbs floating silently just above the houses.
Raeford · NC, USA
2 nights consecutive I witnessed from my back deck facing West toward Ft. Bragg an illuminous orange orb. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))
Surf City · NC, USA
Orange pulsating orb above beach.
Fayetteville · NC, USA
UFO seen hovering South East 4 to 6 miles from Simmons Air field near Fort Bragg. Roughly between 15000 to 20000 feet in altitude.
Concord · NC, USA
We saw 3 triangle objects in the sky with Redish Orange Lights that hovered over the treeline and then disbursed into the sky.