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)
Garden City · SC, USA
Five bright orange orbs appear quietly over water not far from shore. ((anonymous report))
Surfside Beach · SC, USA
Orange orbs spotted.
Hartsville · SC, USA
In Northcutt Road before train tracks heading to Highway 15. Looked to the west above pine trees. Saw an orange fireball traveling abou
Dillon · SC, USA
I saw 12 UFO's in Dillon, SC. They were floating over the hospital in Dillon.
Irmo · SC, USA
2 witnessed 2 identical glowing objects in the sky over Irmo/Columbia, SC, at ~9:30pm.
North Charleston · SC, USA
Strange shaped aircraft sighted then disappeared. ((anonymous report))
Summerville · SC, USA
Green orb over Ladson, SC. ((anonymous report))
Gray Court · SC, USA
Small round light floating in southern sky bobbing up down back and forth up over tree line. Saw up close with bonoculars seemed to hav
Gray Court · SC, USA
At approx 2340, & again at 0:30 hrs a small greenish light appeared just over the tree line past a neighbors house in southern directi
Florence · SC, USA
Disk shaped UFO Ten feet off the road in front of me. In midday. 2 witnesses
Chesnee · SC, USA
Bright white, shimmering light disappeared. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus?? PD))
Greenville · SC, USA
Driving with my sister-in-law. We first saw them on Pleasantburg between Wade Hampton and Rutherford.
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Craft came down the coastline or from the ocean. It flew very near the small N. Myrtle Beach Airport. ((anonymous report))
Greer · SC, USA
I observed a white, illuminating dot hovering in the night sky and it ascended and disappeared. ((anonymous report))
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Large bright light stationary in the sky, watched for a good 8-10min then had to run to the store real quick before 9pm. When I got bac
Greer · SC, USA
It was a white, illuminating object that hovered in the sky for a second and then ascended rapidly. ((anonymous report))
Florence · SC, USA
Egg-shaped objects in the South Carolina sky.
Simpsonville · SC, USA
A pulsing green orb seen by a motorist as it arced across the sky.
Beaufort · SC, USA
Green lights, 3 on top two coming from middle light. Slow moving.
Hemingway · SC, USA
I looked up to see three lights out of my drivers window. These lights were elongated. ((anonymous report))
Harleyville · SC, USA
Bright light, appearing as a star but not! The light is very different, appears to be in our atmosphere, it appears some times right a
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Bright blinking Light moving through sky.
Hilton Head Island · SC, USA
Orange object moving rapidly through the sky. It then moved up and down rapidly before coming to a stop and soon disappearing completel
Sumter · SC, USA
Triangular object with blinking red light at bottom of craft with a smaller object ahead of it
Greenville · SC, USA
At traffic light at the corner of Verdae and Laurens.