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)
Bluffton · SC, USA
Ball of red/yellow light followed by a trail of fire falls to earth in or around Bluffton, SC
Moncks Corner · SC, USA
Brilliant White falling object over Coastal South Carolina.
Mount Pleasant · SC, USA
Extremely fast moving craft with erratic stopping and side to side motion.
Charleston · SC, USA
Blue object, translucent, no sound
Boiling Springs · SC, USA
Triangle formed lights in sky.
Boiling Springs · SC, USA
Two vertical lines of 3 lights apiece, hovering.
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Three yellow orange spheres of light in triangle formation see over the ocean in the night sky at North Myrtle Beach.
Surfside Beach · SC, USA
Amber lights over South Carolina coast
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
4 orange circle lights appear and disappear
Columbia · SC, USA
Mulitiple sightings of the same UFO.
Surfside Beach · SC, USA
Color changing oval moving very slowly, (sometimes even stopping for minutes at a time,) through the sky
West Columbia · SC, USA
On October 22, 2011 around 8:30 p.m. we saw strange lights in the sky. They were moving slower and at what seemed like a higher altitud
West Columbia · SC, USA
50-100 "stars" flying in a line across the sky, almost like a close up constellation.
Santee · SC, USA
Only lasted about 3 minutes and was a fireball traveling hortizontally and was very bright
Anderson · SC, USA
Odd light effect in clouds
N. Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Lights off and on swishing back and forth, very clear night and no sound.
Ridgeland · SC, USA
Large Craft hovering over Highway surrounded by Bright white lights
Greer · SC, USA
Greer S C, 5 red spheres moving southerly near GSP/ 9/13/11
Greer · SC, USA
5 red spheres in sky Greer SC 9-13-11
Clemson · SC, USA
Observed large bright orange fiery object over Clemson SC night sky near midnight.
Georgetown · SC, USA
White lights that multiplied
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Two orange lights in the sky
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
UFO sighting Sept 29th 2011 8:53 I witnessed two yellow-orange color spheres about the size of 1/8 of the moon and 5 small star size ob
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
4 orange/yellow circular shapes spotted in Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
we saw a large bright orange circular lights that formed a v shaped pattern clearly then blink rapidly and disappear.