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)
Irmo · SC, USA
MADAR Node 95
North · SC, USA
Triangular aircraft (not a helicopter) hovering in place next to road at night
Port Royal · SC, USA
Black triangle flight level 090-110 moving south rotational pattern.Silent, low level, 3 lights-one hull
Beaufort · SC, USA
Contact 2nd night in a row.
Panama City · SC, USA
We Spotted a small orange orb over the ocean, our first thought was it may be Mars, but the orb got bigger and it was able to move very
Edisto Island · SC, USA
Hovering bright light(s) horizontally aligned with red flashing lights between them-changing to 5-6 vertically aligned bright lights
Irmo · SC, USA
MADAR Node 95
Irmo · SC, USA
MADAR Node 95
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
I was laying in pool,clear day no clouds.Saw object very high in sky.Got binoculars and located object.It was a large cylinder floating
Irmo · SC, USA
MADAR Node 95
Inman · SC, USA
Object spotted off the right on little mountain rd proceeding towards Malcom rd. Caught my attention because the object was bright w
York · SC, USA
Bright colorful lights, capsule shaped object
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Light moving north to south over beach in north myrtle. No sound. Faster than anything give ever seen.
Summerville · SC, USA
Orange lights on an oval with a bright ring, that was standing still, then jerking around.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Perfect orange orb shape UFO splits in several before disappearing. Over ATLANTIC OFF MYRTLE BEACH
Powdersville · SC, USA
Spectacular light sightings above the clouds over the highway
Gaston · SC, USA
triangular object with red, green and white rapidly flashing lights, apparently stationary, low in the westerly sky at 17:00
Florence · SC, USA
Erratically flying light turns red and disappears.
Easley · SC, USA
Around 12:39 a.m. I saw two orange/red orbs/lights side by side sitting stationary above my apartment building.The lights quickly c
SC · USA
On vacation in north Myrtle beach. Sitting on beach front deck and observed 4 large horizontal lights At first thought it was a cl
Cherry Grove · SC, USA
Many bright white blinking lights scattered across the sky followed by Square orange lights coming on one at a time.
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
North Myrtle fire ball craft
Myrtle beach · SC, USA
Over the ocean large ball of orange light appeared. Split into 2 then 3 then 4. Disappeared almost instantly from 4th to 3, 2 , 1.
Conway · SC, USA
Four flashing lights in a long train across South Carolina night sky
Garden City · SC, USA
Unidentified Objects - Garden City SC