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)
Boiling Springs · NC, USA
It's the size of a hot air balloon and has a cyclinder in the middle with 3 pods flashing green and orange light, also could see a blue
Clemmons · NC, USA
Round white bright object with flashing red and green lights moving slightly up and down
Marshallberg · NC, USA
The object was very bright and moved fast zigzagging and disappearing then back in another spot.
Charlotte · NC, USA
I saw one bright, non-blinking object, high in the sky which gave no sound nor did it leave a streak as a meteor would.
Boone · NC, USA
Orbs of light behind clouds circling around each other. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights circling?? PD))
Boone · NC, USA
Orbs of light behind clouds circling around eachother.
Charlotte · NC, USA
Four orbs of light moving in a around each other consistantly. ((NUFORC Note: Possible advertising lights, we wonder? PD))
Charlotte · NC, USA
Orbs moving in sequence. ((NUFORC Note: Possible advertising lights, we wonder? PD))
Hickory · NC, USA
UFO on the ground, next to power pole, observing traffic on Route 40, Hickory, NC.
Cary · NC, USA
I have never seen anything like it before
Charlotte · NC, USA
Bright white lights form pyramid in the sky, which then changed into a straight line of lights whose trails connected them together.
Snow Camp · NC, USA
My girlfriend & I seen a constant bright light with a red & green flashing light moving straight up & side to side then disappeared.
Hickory · NC, USA
V-shaped object with 6 white lights and 1 red light at the point
Gibsonville · NC, USA
Solid green light moving slowly or nearly stationary, then suddenly flying off and disappearing
Asheville · NC, USA
Rotating shape covered in white lights with a cylinder in the center.
Winston-Salem · NC, USA
I was driving down Peters Creek Parkway and noticed an oval shaped object with lights all around it...most white...and maybe one or two
Wake Forest · NC, USA
Just saw something really weird. 6-8 orange light traveling E to W. They seemed to be less than 1000 ft in altitude.
Currie · NC, USA
V-formation or large red lights the size of a football field flying tree top low and silently.
Hertford · NC, USA
Pulsating array of several lights traveling in unison
Burlington · NC, USA
On Thursday, 10/08/15 my husband was driving home after being in a conference in Durham nc through a small town by the name of Mebane.
Raleigh · NC, USA
The oblong light was visible on the traffic report on NC17 news . I recorded it.
King · NC, USA
Large green orb defied physics
Durham · NC, USA
Large red linear blinking light pattern moving south from southern Durham. Was banked sharply to the left, then rotated as it moved awa
Boiling Springs Lake · NC, USA
Solid light followed by Flashing light at close (connected) range.
Rockingham · NC, USA
Three large planes surronding two white spheres