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)
Little River · SC, USA
Red blue green and white light slowly floating randomly within same area, disappearing and reappearing brighter and dimmer at times.
Anderson · SC, USA
Orange light that set down in woods, got brighter, then left
Lamar · SC, USA
Silver Cigar-shaped object at 7:38 am in Lamar, SC
Taylors · SC, USA
Airplane shaped aircraft motionless in the air.
Cherry Grove · SC, USA
TRI SHAPED CRAFT WITH THREE LIGHTS AND NO SOUND
Rock Hill · SC, USA
Colorchangin Light over Rock Hill, SC 12/28/2009
Columbia · SC, USA
Driving on the highway and saw something fall out of the sky.
North Charleston · SC, USA
Mysterious black rectangular object in the North Charleston sky.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Glowing Red Orb shaped light seen in Myrtle Beach,SC
Lyman · SC, USA
Star-like object at high altitude slowly moving over house to the southwest.
Taylors · SC, USA
It was an object roughly two football feilds in length going approximately 10-20 mph.
Darlington · SC, USA
3 orange-red lights appeared in the sky to form a triangle.
Pawleys Island · SC, USA
Orange glowing lights appearing & then fading away/White blinking objects moving across the sky freely
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Orange lights appearing in half-circle formation over the shoreline of Myrtle Beach.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Multiple unexplained lights
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Disc-like object emitting a cluster of lights spotted over Myrtle Beach, SC.
Little River · SC, USA
our siting relates to many of the other summarys
Lancaster · SC, USA
Bright blue orb.
West Columbia · SC, USA
Soundless mysterious flashes of light in the southern sky
Rock Hill · SC, USA
1-4 Lights Flickering On and Off and Then Disappeared in Upstate South Carolina near Rock Hill.
Lyman · SC, USA
((HOAX??)) I saw two blue saucer shaped craft in the sky just above the tree line moving up and down
Isle of Palms · SC, USA
7 lights sighted off of Isle of Palms, SC, 9/14/09
Mount Pleasant · SC, USA
Half Arrow shaped string of white, christmas like, and barely flashing/flaring lights. About 6 n the main line and 3 on the half arrow
Columbia · SC, USA
vertical lights 3 with one on each side columbia S.C
North Myrtle Beach/Ocean Drive · SC, USA
glowing red orange spheres off coast of n. myrtle beach