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)
Wallace · NC, USA
Huge black and silent triangular UFO that moved silently and low to the ground over a walmart parking towards the woods
Eden · NC, USA
An unidentified flying object in circular shape hovered for approximately 10 minutes before slowly flying off.
Chapel Hill · NC, USA
Bright white light flashing repeatedly in the same area of the sky for thirty to forty minutes.
Conover · NC, USA
several round objects moving real fast across the sky.
Raeford · NC, USA
Three identical white shapes far off in sky - one disappears instantly
Waxhaw · NC, USA
red glow/flame over waxhaw, nc
Rockwell · NC, USA
Brilliant silver/white silent object flew into sight, slowed, paused then faded from sight.
Cary · NC, USA
Object appears and hovers, strange maneuvering.
Deep Run · NC, USA
Car like object in the sky
Greensboro · NC, USA
Light shaped reflective star that moving over the sky in a westerly direction.
Greensboro · NC, USA
Broad daylight multiple color changing spheres
Flat Creek · NC, USA
Triangle craft headed towards Mars Hill, NC.
Greensboro · NC, USA
Saw 3 hovering orange, fuzzy glowing objects with no definition except when leaving. One appeared disk shape.
Clayton · NC, USA
1 light ver fast then gone
Raleigh · NC, USA
I have one picture of green spheres near the moon. Eight to twelve objects the same size. Plane green spheres
Greensboro · NC, USA
Round object maybe 5 miles away with an altitude about the same as a plane and has been stationary for about 20 min so far.
Wilkesboro/DeepGap · NC, USA
Two strange multicolored dancing lights in the sky over Wilkesboro, a third above Deep Gap
Charlotte · NC, USA
Weird object goes across sky and boards a sationary object. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD))
Madison County · NC, USA
I was driving down the road came to a stop sign. As i slowed i saw a bright flash of red and white light to my right. I then noticed in
Conover · NC, USA
white light hovering, glowing, and disappearing.
Spruce Pine · NC, USA
Fast, silent, low flying cylinder in Blue Ridge Mtns of North Carolina
Lexington · NC, USA
Slow moving White lights moving from north to south.
Durham · NC, USA
Blue-white fire ball over Durham
Fuquay Varina · NC, USA
5 bright lights that were slanted appeared next to each other in the night sky over Fuquay Varina, NC.
Franklinton · NC, USA
amber in color single fireball with no tail effect traveling west, seemed to travel faster than all known aircraft.