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)
Franklin · NC, USA
2 group of lights in Eastern Sky about 11:00 PM. Lights turned colors, white, red, and blue. Sorry I couldn't see their shape.
Rockingham · NC, USA
Triangle Craft 3 White Lights- non-flashing
Sanford · NC, USA
red object with white lights around it, moving up & down.
Wrightsville Beach · NC, USA
11/17/09 a disc w/ flashing lights hovered off coast of NC for 1hr+ moving horizontally then climbing off at a steep angle.
Valdese · NC, USA
Watching movie, cousin got my attention, pointed at craft outside literally floating in the air as if it was on ice. Never changing alt
Asheville · NC, USA
Silent white lights slowly move low in the sky then vanish.
Ralleigh · NC, USA
v-shaped object with white and red flashing lights moving slowly over falls lake
Lake Toxaway · NC, USA
2 bights lights traveling together faster than an airplane then suddenly fading and disappearing
Raleigh · NC, USA
I saw 4 large white lights circling then meeting together and going back out again
Trenton · NC, USA
I saw a odd formation over hwy 41
Mebane · NC, USA
I was smoking a cigarette on my porch, in the farm house I just moved into when what I thought was a jet coming over my house. I just m
Wilkesboro · NC, USA
Object was red and silver with no wings (cigar shaped) moving at slow jet speed.
Wilmington · NC, USA
i've been looking to the sky nightly until now
Angier · NC, USA
An oval shaped craft was seen for a minute then gone.
Shallotte · NC, USA
unusual round orange lights
Wilmington · NC, USA
I came home last night, I live in apartments, and I was pulling into my parking area only to notice 3 red lights in the sky. I remembe
Wilmington · NC, USA
Two lights seen with a lighting of something strobe like near the ground.
Raleigh · NC, USA
Bright light/hovering craft seen in raleigh near state fair around midnight.
Burnsville · NC, USA
Star-like, color changing triangle shape object
Deep Gap · NC, USA
Five lighted craft dance about Orion during a meteor shower, spotted from the Appalachian Mountains.
Raleigh · NC, USA
20 flickering red lights in imperfect succession, floating up and vanishing into the clouds.
Durham · NC, USA
3 bright lights over Durham
Surf City · NC, USA
Craft appeared to bounce close to ground before shooting straight up into the sky and has been stationary for an hour+.
St. Paul's area · NC, USA
Silver craft seen in North Carolina
Fleetwood · NC, USA
Opaque objects that seemed to disappear once they got above the horizon