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)
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Orange lights over Myrtle Beach.
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Strange lights over the beach, 2 dozen or more.
Aiken · SC, USA
Very bright red light moving across the sky, disappears. Another one of the same comes back 30 minutes later. disappears.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Reddish-orange glowing orb seen fadeing out and crashing into the water.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Two bright orange colored balls of light, appearing just north of the Apache pier in Myrtle Beach, SC.
Columbia · SC, USA
Big red orb hovering above treeline.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
While on vacation, I saw one medium sized orange circular fireball smoothly gliding in the air over the ocean, yet it turned in differe
Mt. Pleasant · SC, USA
New Years eve ufos in Charleston, SC.
Taylors · SC, USA
3 reddish-orange lights in the sky.
West Columbia · SC, USA
I saw 5 or 6 light in the sky they were really bright and moving really rapidly it move side to side and then it stood still for a minu
Goose Creek · SC, USA
Diamond shaped with one side thinking back with LED like row of lights with circular lights in center
St. George · SC, USA
On 11-16-13, between the approx. hours of 05:30 05:50, I was in the deer stand hunting waiting for sunrise when I observed three white
Hartsville · SC, USA
Bright multi colored lights in the South West sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus?? PD))
Irmo · SC, USA
UFO sited 3 times in Columbia SC area, approximately 22 hours each time.
Rock Hill · SC, USA
One object it was a Circular. Green and reddish/orange lights on the side, middle was a greenish color, moved right.
Columbia · SC, USA
Big bright red and orange unknown shaped object hubbering in one spot in the sky for about 5 min then moved vely slowly to the right an
Lake Wylie · SC, USA
Possible UFO Sighting in Lake Wylie, SC.
Lake Wylie · SC, USA
Strange lights in the sky.
Fort Mill · SC, USA
UFO? Over Fort Mill.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
7 total objects seen in the sky coming from the vicinity of the ocean, triangular orange lights that seemed to pulsate, stop and hover
Folly Beach · SC, USA
Approx. 100 yards away from house. Red sphere that gradually diminished over 15 mins.
I-95 south · SC, USA
My husband and i were driving back home and saw this weird light ahead of us towards another light we thought they were going to crush
Pawleys Island · SC, USA
I was walking north on the beach from the Pearce Moser access. First object rose from the area of South Litchfield Creek traveling sout
Lexington · SC, USA
Orange lights.
Lexington · SC, USA
Weird Unexplained events.