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)
Aberdeen · NC, USA
The object was quitely flying by and stopped slowly, when I recorded the video.
Fayetteville · NC, USA
Flying.
Taylorsville · NC, USA
UFO seen in Taylorsville, NC 28681.
Statesville · NC, USA
UFO Spotted In Statesville 9/01/13.
Mt. Airy · NC, USA
Huge bright circular object over Mt. Airy, NC...Surry County.
Waxhaw · NC, USA
Multiple red/orange orbs hovering in sky, and an aircraft with orange triangle on bottom, and silent military helicopter spotted.
Advance · NC, USA
UFO traveling north-south flys over rural farm area slowly and silently.
Kings Mountain · NC, USA
"T-Shaped" lighted craft travels North-South across sky at low altitude, makes very soft, hollow whistling noise, sky flashes.
Advance · NC, USA
Diamond craft looks like a very large bright red star then flys over us with blinking multicolored lights on stroke of midnight.
Cary · NC, USA
Bright glowing circular object south of Raleigh Durham Airport in Cary, NC.
Emerald Isle · NC, USA
Emerald Isle orange lights.
Asheville · NC, USA
Light, Disk
Leland · NC, USA
Two light in the sky that responded to camera flashes.
Hamstead (Hollyridge) · NC, USA
8 to ten lights bright orange in color large to small only lasting a few seconds
Buxton · NC, USA
Bright orange rectangle in three connected equal sized boxes. Didn't move.
Fayetteville · NC, USA
Meteors or any other space debri dont turn with these angles and become stationary like this..
Emerald Isle · NC, USA
Red and orange circular objects disappearing and reappearing.
Emerald Isle · NC, USA
Two orange balls of light appearing sporadically over thirty minutes then fading to nothing.
Emerald Isle · NC, USA
Over ocean, first looked like orange star then got larger and simply faded away.Then five more apeared two rectangle shaped with t
Holden Beach · NC, USA
A single orange fireball in the South sky that lasted approximately 2 seconds and disappeared.
Kill Devil Hill · NC, USA
Object, with orange lights, huge, noiseless and moving at incredible speeds.
Mt. Airy · NC, USA
Extremely large star/cross like light over NW North Carolina.
Greenville · NC, USA
Glowing orange/yellow light in sky flew across and diss appeared instantly.
Gastonia · NC, USA
3 cones hover over back yard/trees.
High Point · NC, USA
Flashing diamond shaped object that change blue/white/red