UFO Sightings in South Carolina
2,109 UFO sightings reported in South Carolina since 1939, peaking in 2014 (260 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 2,109
- Span
- 1939–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (260 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1939–2022 · peak 2014 (260 reports)
Top cities in South Carolina
Myrtle Beach
1981–2022 · peak 2014 (45 reports)
North Myrtle Beach
2002–2021 · peak 2014 (30 reports)
Charleston
1962–2022 · peak 2014 (11 reports)
Columbia
1968–2020 · peak 2015 (9 reports)
Greenville
1972–2021 · peak 2019 (7 reports)
Surfside Beach
2003–2020 · peak 2014 (7 reports)
Summerville
1969–2022 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Pawleys Island
1995–2022 · peak 2014 (11 reports)
Irmo
1971–2022 · peak 2020 (13 reports)
Conway
1997–2022 · peak 2014 (6 reports)
Rock Hill
1959–2019 · peak 2007 (5 reports)
Simpsonville
1998–2020 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Garden City
1985–2020 · peak 2014 (9 reports)
Anderson
1975–2021 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Florence
1975–2020 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
North Charleston
1975–2020 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Lexington
1999–2019 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Murrells Inlet
2003–2021 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Sumter
1991–2021 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Easley
1991–2021 · peak 2020 (4 reports)
Beaufort · SC, USA
Noticed two (2) flashing white strobe lights in the sky traveling from North to South at a high rate of speed.
Irmo · SC, USA
MADAR Node 95
Georgetown · SC, USA
Brownish, bronze colored round or egg shaped UFO passed by. Silent and no change of course.
Summerville · SC, USA
Was driving late at night on highway and saw a a ufo appear to crash but no explosion afterwards.
Irmo · SC, USA
MADAR Node 95
SeaBrook Island · SC, USA
Two red lights: One stationary, other moving.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Red lights multiply then collapse and disappear
Bishopville · SC, USA
triangular shaped craft moving sw
Between Orangeburg and Santee · SC, USA
White lights in that appeared to be oval in fashion was hovering approximately 500 feet from the ground. Turned to a 45 degree angle an
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
At 4:25AM every night an orange light off the coast, with two accompaning red lights that stay equidistant, that move together as one.
Gaston · SC, USA
Large white disc SE at 20-30 degrees, no sound no movement
Pawleys Island · SC, USA
2 Orange UFOs, one with horizontal lights and light beams
Charleston · SC, USA
A bright light about the size and distance of Lepus, become immediately brighter, then get very dim as it moved silently, staggered
West Columbia · SC, USA
I observed a large rectangular object moving at a steady rate from northeast to southwest in the early morning with clear skies.
Gaston · SC, USA
saw two craft (1) moving E to W and (1) moving N to S then back and a flashbulb
Irmo · SC, USA
MADAR Node 95
Bluffton · SC, USA
Perhaps a mile away, metallic, weird shape, no sound, almost looked floating moving to the east
Socastee · SC, USA
Ball of light moving across the sky
SC · USA
noticed what looked like individual com trails with black dots
Conway · SC, USA
Color changing orb hovering at 1000 ft, then split into 4 orange orbs and slowly moved toward the east as one big orb
Latta · SC, USA
Bright sphere at an angle of 100 degrees in the sky and followed the curve of the earth downward very rapidly - large and bright
Anderson · SC, USA
Blue sphere 60 to 80 ft dia less than 100 ft in the air
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Huge stationary yellow/orange orbs in triangle formation
Bishopville · SC, USA
Straight line of lights in the sky that slowly started going out from right to left
Whitmire · SC, USA
Blues orbs moving very strange in the sky.