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)
James Island/Charleston · SC, USA
Bright white and blue light, slow and constant moving, orb-like UFO.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Three red lights over the ocean in Myrtle Beach, flashed from left to right three times, then disappeared.
Hanahan · SC, USA
Is saw a triangle shape aircraft about 1500 feet in the sky that made no noise and had odd blinking lights.
Surfside Beach · SC, USA
Round shape that appeared like a ball of red light.
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
4 bright orange/reddish lights in a perfect diamond.
Pawleys Island · SC, USA
4 orange lights over ocean for 10 seconds.
Socastee · SC, USA
4 pale white oval objects moving in formation under low cloud cover
Westminster · SC, USA
9 lights in shape of triangles each over the size of a home and very low to the ground
Charleston · SC, USA
In the evening of September 30, 2014, I observed an unidentified object flying about a building. It was stationary with a blue, red, gr
North Charleston · SC, USA
Triangle object seen in sky above North Charleston.
Lugoff · SC, USA
Orange ball of fire.
Isle of palms · SC, USA
Oval object over ocean horizon.
Surfside Beach · SC, USA
Circle, Orange fire ball was not moving Approximately 200 - 250 feet off of ground.
Charleston · SC, USA
On Friday 8-8-14 me and my wife were going to johns island and i looked towards charleston harbor and saw a rectangle like object in th
Pawleys Island · SC, USA
High altitude fast moving object becomes stationary over Pawleys Island for over 30 minutes.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
5/6 floating lights above inter-coastal waterway.
Charleston · SC, USA
Oddly shaped with large extending spotlight.
Effingham · SC, USA
Orange balls of light over Effingham.
Timmonsville · SC, USA
Around 11pm I saw six fireball looking objects. One would blink then go black then the others done the same when it got to the last one
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
There was 1 large fireball when I first saw it, looked to have 2 smaller fireballs 1 coming off each side.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Single red light fast moving, then hovering, then fast moving.
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
5/6 orbs out over ocean for seconds.
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Orange fireballs appear over North Myrtle Beach.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
I saw three lights disaper,and they reappeared. And they reappeared 6 or 7 lights red/orange sprinkle
Cherry Grove · SC, USA
8-19-14 11:15 p.m. Cherry Grove, S.C. 30-45 seconds Bright orange object with what appeared to be 2-3 smaller objects inside of it.