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)
Sneads Ferry · NC, USA
Two UFO's appear over a small neighbourhood in North Carolina.
Norwood · NC, USA
Cylinder, Amber Colored, no blinking lights, moving from South-to-North, extremely clear night.
Oak Ridge · NC, USA
rectangle shaped, low flying object over Oakridge, NC
Wilmington · NC, USA
Triangular object with lights rotated as it flew over me.
Angier · NC, USA
me and my uncle saw a bright red circle shape object
Cornelius · NC, USA
An orange glowing object that made no noise nor did it move. After twenty seconds the light just slowly went out and was gone.
Rowland · NC, USA
Neon Green object appears from behind cloud and Shoots faster than lightning across Sky.
Kannapolis · NC, USA
Glowing oval object over North Carolina sky
Hendersonville · NC, USA
2 stars slowly moving in unison and climbing the sky until that faintly and slowly disappeared. ((NUFORC Note: ISS w/ Shuttle. PD))
Salisbury · NC, USA
Very Strange UFO Sighting!!!!
Fayetteville · NC, USA
I was driving up to Raleigh, NC on I-95 N from Fayetteville, NC to visit some friends. It was about 10:30 at night. I am pretty sure it
Robbinsville (near) · NC, USA
Four orange lights seem in Graham county, North Caroline.
Pinnacle · NC, USA
Rectangular object in the direction of HighWay 52 south, no sound, not moving, 2 amber colored lights
Hendersonville · NC, USA
Do Stars shoot up?
Lake Jocassee · NC, USA
Light size color and brightness of venus appears in sky and moves changing direction and hovering without noise, responded to a flare.
Asheville · NC, USA
blue red bright lights stood still for approx one hour
Wilmington · NC, USA
Near ILM airport ,before dusk we saw a oval orange tinted object not moving at first and then slowly moved and disapeared.
Hubert · NC, USA
2 blinking lights observed from back porch for 1 minute duration. No sound. Dogs barking.
Mooresville · NC, USA
Star appearance with rapid accelerations and instant major changes of velocity for over two hours witnessed by 5 people with some video
Marion · NC, USA
Lights with no aviation lights visable every night with large binoculars
Spindale · NC, USA
Oval object over Forest City, NC moving fast, then abrutly changing direction and altitude
Charlotte · NC, USA
Weard light moving southeast of Charlotte, oval shape moving really slow
Raleigh · NC, USA
Bright Green Triangle in sky zooms ahead and disappears in an instant.
Raleigh · NC, USA
Glowing green triangle moving at a very fast pace, stopping, flew away even faster, no noise over RBC Center.
Kannapolis · NC, USA
Top &bottom of chrome disk in morning sky for 10-15 seconds,then it disapears!!