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)
Thomasville · NC, USA
Night Time UFO
Charlotte · NC, USA
saw a group of bright orange (30) lights moving from east to south
Charlotte · NC, USA
Reddish orange and yellow little circle not blinking but moving in slowish motion than disappearing into thin air.
High Point · NC, USA
disk made 2 90 degree turns and past air craft at high speed.
Havelock · NC, USA
orangy light, in a diamond shape, disapear into thin air. havelock nc
Fayetteville · NC, USA
FAST RED LIGHT WITH SLOWER BUT LARGER WHITE LIGHTS FALLING
Climax · NC, USA
Floating Multicolored object spotted in N-NW Sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible twinkling star, we wonder. PD))
Ocean Isle Beach · NC, USA
Orange, flickering light in the sky moving silently and changing direction 90 degrees once before dimming out.
Charlotte · NC, USA
5 pulsating lights above Charlotte, NC
Charlotte · NC, USA
Silver to turquise in color size of a car near charlotte motor speed way.
Raeford · NC, USA
white moving light that appears every night in Raeford, NC.
Caswell · NC, USA
it was not a air craft it moved to slow
Blowing Rock · NC, USA
Star like object that pulsed a bright red then disappeared.
Raleigh · NC, USA
2 objects that looked like bright stars moving in parallel about 45 degrees above the horizon
Burnsville · NC, USA
3 sets of 3 lights hovering silently in night sky
Hillsborough · NC, USA
Orange UFO exploded by something.
Garner · NC, USA
UFO SIGHTING RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA
Catawba · NC, USA
3 lights to the south.
Huntersville · NC, USA
white lights high in the skies over huntersviile, nc moving very fast at all different directs. sit outside wherever you are and look
Asheville · NC, USA
Two gaslike lights moving in circular manner in southern sky
Wilmington · NC, USA
Large Black Rectangle - 2 white lights - 1 red slow pulsing light
Oak Ridge · NC, USA
Star-like Object witnessed above FL600 at a high rate of speed traveling SSE to NNW
Laurel Hill · NC, USA
Large, exploding fireball
Browns Summit · NC, USA
Very bright silver circle seen in the sky.
Kings Mountain · NC, USA
Up in the hills of Kings Mountain. UFO sighting on hwy 161 between 7pm and 7:30 pm EST. Bright orange oblong shaped aircraft.