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)
North Myrtle Beach · NC, USA
Orange Orbs over North Myrtle Beach June 25, 2020
Spruce Pine · NC, USA
Strange wall of wind swooshing overhead
Oak Island · NC, USA
Bright lights appeared off the coast, multiplied, disappeared, and a single light reappeared and vanished again.
Ocean Isle Beach · NC, USA
orange orbs
Arden · NC, USA
Glowing orange inverted teardrop silently flying low overhead
Topsail Island · NC, USA
5 orange lights over the ocean, they would fade away and come back about every 15 minutes; 2, then 3, then 5.
Carolina Beach · NC, USA
Was with an off duty forefighter who got a call that there was a possible boat fire 11-17 miles off shore. We ran to the beach and saw
Saluda · NC, USA
At 11:45 pm a flashing object was noticed north from Saluda, NC. The object was flashing green, blue, red, orange and white in a seemin
Weaverville · NC, USA
Aircraft with 3 unknown objects surrounding
Holly Springs · NC, USA
30 to 40 tiny lights moving in unison. Every 15 to 30 sec a new light followed. ((Starlink satellites?))
Murphy · NC, USA
Three Star like non-blinking lights moving South to North, One Changes Direction to South East. ((Starlink satellites?))
Pittsboro · NC, USA
(bright, round, white object [1/2 magnitude of Venus] with a much smaller [dimmer] object tethered below and swinging conical
Bryson City · NC, USA
I saw an object that I believed to be a cloud, but, in the the photos I took, it looks like an oval shaped object with lights.
Charlotte · NC, USA
Bright light hovering,caught on camera disappearing
Henrico · NC, USA
Bright white intermittently lights moving quickly at tree line several appearing at a time and sometimes seemed to zigzag
Henrico · NC, USA
Bright white lights to saucers to gel
Spout Springs · NC, USA
2 Yellow-Orange-Red Spheres Floating Silently Overhead at Night
Shallotte · NC, USA
((NUFORC Note: Source of report provides no information. PD))((anonymous))
Asheville · NC, USA
Lineal pattern, sequential, star-like lights seen flying for 15 minutes in Asheville, NC. ((Starlink satellites?))
Flat Rock · NC, USA
I went outside to move my vehicle and noticed an odd bright light . At first I thought it was a plane waiting to land staying still for
Hickory · NC, USA
Two small orange spheres moving quickly across the sky while changing direction.
Brevard · NC, USA
Sharp turning and free falling pulsating light
Mount Holly · NC, USA
Large Fireballs appeared orniting each other before moving rapidly out of sight
Wilmington · NC, USA
Went out to my car in the middle of the night to have a cigarette (feels safer being in the car) once i was done, i felt nervous going
Wilmington · NC, USA
Very Fast Bright Sphere in the Sky.