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)
Rock Hill · SC, USA
It was a large red, orange pulsating orb.
Unknown traveling on rt. 25 · SC, USA
Green lights shaped like sideways candy cane with vertical tail, hovered made rise in elevation and shot horizontal at extremely fast s
Edisto Island · SC, USA
Orange glowing Orb off Edisto Island.
Hilton Head · SC, USA
Fixed orange lights in sky, then moving south as a line of 6 lighting up and fading in sequence
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Too fast to be a helecopter .
Isle of Palms · SC, USA
Orange orbs over the ocean.
Charleston · SC, USA
Smoke trail across the night sky, to the south with moon in background.
Hamer · SC, USA
2 orange spheres.
Columbia · SC, USA
Massive triangle in skies above Columbia, SC
Lancaster · SC, USA
Weird light formation high in the sky traveled 90 degrees around the 30 acres of my backyard to land in the woods beside my house.
Chesnee · SC, USA
Sphere like object with lights dropped 2 smaller ones and vanished.
Boiling Springs · SC, USA
My wife and I along with 2 neighbors were sitting at the pool talking between 10:00 and 11:00 pm on the night of 07/12/2019. We saw 3
Boiling Springs · SC, USA
UFO and possible Aliens.
Rock Hill · SC, USA
Unexplained light that accelerated towards the ground while changing colors.
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Alien UFO spotting in Cherry Grove, North Myrtle Beach!
North Charleston · SC, USA
4 green colored lights in straight line appeared then dissipated.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Myrtle Beach strange ufo under water.
Charleston · SC, USA
Observed large orange lights/orbs in the night sky. The bright circular light appeared suddenly, splittling from 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 orbs
Folly Beach · SC, USA
Orange orbs over the ocean at night, every 20-25 min, some grouped and some individual
Isle of Palms · SC, USA
My wife, son, daughter in law, and I were all sitting on the beach getting ready to look for shooting stars when we all saw four (4) or
Folly Beach · SC, USA
Parallel series of two orange dots, 4 pairs of 2.
Fripp Islands · SC, USA
Oval bright Red appearance over ocean the took off away from shoreline. At least 10k above ocean. 3 witnesses. ((anonymous rept))
Cherry Grove · SC, USA
Highly Advanced Aircraft sighting over the Cherry Grove Inlet in South Carolina
Mount Pleasant · SC, USA
5 red lights that were either spheres or round come from the south to the north.
Greer · SC, USA
A bright oval object traveling at speed exceeding that of man-made aviation capabilities.