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)
Bessemer City · NC, USA
Daytime sighting of round rotating low altitude UFO.
Graham · NC, USA
Very bright object with blue, red, and orange lights flickering; moved slowly stayed in the same area of the sky.
Warrenton · NC, USA
Bright lights and craft within a week.
Highlands · NC, USA
Fireball in North Carolina Mountains.
Wilson · NC, USA
several unidentified objects where seen on this day from my home in Wilson, NC
Burgaw · NC, USA
Long uniformly shaped cylinder overhead at low altitude, minimal sound and changed direction easily
Waxhaw · NC, USA
SKY LIT UP GREEN.
Hendersonville · NC, USA
UFO taking things from our environment
Fayetteville · NC, USA
Orange bright light over fayetteville Nc
Siler City · NC, USA
White fire ball falling from sky.
Louisburg · NC, USA
Dimly-lit objects seen racing over north carolina sky
Four Oaks · NC, USA
UFO SIGHTING NEAR FOUR OAKS NC OVER MY HOUSE NO NOISE JUST A LIGHT IN THE SKY THAT MOVED REAL SLOW STOPPED AND TOOK OFF.
Wrightsville Beach · NC, USA
Four orbs of light, in no particular formation as if one craft, moving very fast south of wrightsville beach moving south.
Troy · NC, USA
Two orange spheres were flying together before they joined back together and accelerated straight up into the sky and out of sight.
Wagram · NC, USA
The object was floating over the highway just above the tree line with red, blue, and yellow lights on the bottom of a dark surface
Apex · NC, USA
unexplainable air craft
Asheville · NC, USA
a very bright slow moving large object with no sound, awsome!
Nebo · NC, USA
Brightly glowing orangish colored light flying too low to be "normal" aircraft.
Gastonia · NC, USA
dim triangular lights headed south.
Blue Ridge Pkwy · NC, NC, USA
Saw a light moving very quickly across the sky, and changing directions.
Asheville (near) · NC, USA
blinking lights twirl and fly away
Spruce Pine · NC, USA
Red and Yellow Prisms in the Sky over Appalachia
Charlotte · NC, USA
3 lights in a row, red mix then dim white
Topsail Beach · NC, USA
brigth orange globe that became four objects.
Raleigh · NC, USA
Green scanner laser like light flashes over the sky in Raleigh, NC