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)
Raleigh · NC, USA
Dark cylinder hanging motionless in the sky near a jet.
Marshville · NC, USA
Three strange crafts circling over head
Greensboro · NC, USA
UFO over Greensboro, NC 4-27-12 looked like Jupiter but moving very slow all the way across the sky. ((NUFORC Note: ISS? PD))
Charlotte · NC, USA
Red Lights Over East Meck High
Cary · NC, USA
Round suv-sized object seen traveling, hovering, traveling, just after sunset; no lights, no sounds
Cary · NC, USA
Green turning to blue and red oval object in western sky.
Greensboro · NC, USA
Yellowish spheres observed by three.
Smithfield · NC, USA
Five fireballs moving across sky in Johnston County NC
Gibsonville · NC, USA
8 sphere see in the sky by 3 people
Jacksonville · NC, USA
21:00 pair of objects seen in sky. Moved diagonally and in sync against cloud motion. ((NUFORC Note: Jupiter and Venus. PD))
Winterville · NC, USA
UFO over Greenville/ Winterville, NC (March13, 2012)
Wilmington · NC, USA
Object spotted in Eastern sky because of flashing colors of red, orange, blue, green, and white. Object also dances in a circle approxi
Walkertown · NC, USA
11 objects with a pinkish tone seen over Walkertown, NC in the southeastern sky on 3-14-2012 20:25 hours
Madison · NC, USA
Small, plain white speck of light smoothly, slowly, and without sound headed directly southeast. Used to seeing planes with blinking li
New London · NC, USA
4 blue lights in triangle hovering over baden lake
New London · NC, USA
Triangular object with one light on top and three on the bottom, flashing clockwise, Hovered for about 3 minutes.
Nuese River Mouth (Cherry Bay) · NC, USA
No lights or sound, pitch black triangle over the water.
Chapel Hill · NC, USA
3 white lights in a triangle formation pointing down with a green light below the white lights. No strobes just solid lights.
Charlotte · NC, USA
Triangle ship seen
North Wilkesboro · NC, USA
Orange chevon/seagull type lights seen over North Wilkesboro, NC.
Hudson · NC, USA
Silver mettalic craft shadowing large jet with no visible exhaust
Wrightsville Beach · NC, USA
2 triangle objects and 1 sphere object, dancing and hovering in sky, red, purple, green, pink, very bright white lights.
Lillington · NC, USA
3 red and white blinking lights stationary in sky
Hiddenite · NC, USA
Green/white lights of several UFOs seen by two private citizens.
Marshall · NC, USA
I watched and noticed that the object was also moving up, down, sideways and directions that would have been impossible for even a heli