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)
Gaffney · SC, USA
Craft vanishes into thin air.
Cherry Grove · SC, USA
Orange lights alternating in a straight line several miles out above the ocean.
Garden City · SC, USA
Bright orange lights in the night sky.
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Huge Orange Balls of disappearing and reappearing lights seen briefly over the Ocean at North Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Strange moving bright lights.
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
One large red fireball descending from sky, which broke into 7 others and proceeded to blink and move sparatically.
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
North Myrtle Beach orange lights...cool.
Anderson · SC, USA
Was driving down 85 and saw what can only be described as a HUGE ripple of silver thin paper like material as big as a football field.
Rock Hill · SC, USA
Was driving down Charlotte Avenue to take my daughter by her house. Saw an odd oblect in the sky. I stopped in the middle of the road
Central · SC, USA
Two silver balls sitting in clear sky for 2 minutes and gone at high speed in 5 seconds.
Florence · SC, USA
It was 5:45am I looked up towards the west. There was only one star in the sky just above the tree line. It was very bright and twinkle
Florence · SC, USA
Was outside with my dog. Looked up to view the stars. Noticed something that looked like a dimly lit star moving southeast at a fairly.
Greenville · SC, USA
Red/orange lights in a formation.
Greenville County · SC, USA
Slow moving/hovering sparkler type light with no sound 250 feet in air 1230 at night.
Chester · SC, USA
A small sphere that hovered above the air strip and zig zagged in the same area, hovered, and zig zagged some more.
Florence · SC, USA
Lights in the sky
Folly Beach · SC, USA
Two large, extremely bright red/orange spheres moving in slow silent formation over the water at the beach.
Anderson · SC, USA
Orange and red ball of lights moving slowing.
Spartanburg · SC, USA
((NUFORC Note: Witnesses elect to submit no meaningful information. PD))
Moncks Corner · SC, USA
Triangular Craft Flies Above Home and Goes Lights Off
Conway · SC, USA
Saw a fireball or silent explosion in the sky.
Spartanburg · SC, USA
Bright circular object flashing red, green, and blue lights...had bobbing and subtle side to side movement.
Greenville · SC, USA
Four red/orange lights in cross formation hovering in sky, then disappear into thin air.
Charleston · SC, USA
Nine orange lights seen flying over Charleston, SC.
Elgin · SC, USA
Large object with one bright white at each corner (square shaped) moving slowly and low over town. ((NUFORC Note: From a/c mech. PD))