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)
Columbia · SC, USA
I've built model aricraft for years, yet never saw anything like this....
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Plasma like pulsating energy ball
Spartanburg · SC, USA
Upside down teardrop hovering over hwy witnessed by others.
West Columbia · SC, USA
two objests . I cannot tell how far away they are but they look like they are in west columbia.
Coward · SC, USA
3-4 orbs in triangle formation then spread out to straighter line while flashing red and white. no noise and irregular flashes
Summerville · SC, USA
On November 23, 2008 I saw a blinking orange light in the sky that hovered for a few minutes and then disappeared.
Anderson · SC, USA
Chevron shaped UFO seen over I-85 in Anderson, SC.
Conway · SC, USA
fast flying string of lights
Murrells Inlet · SC, USA
Orange lights in the sky hover over the SC coast near Myrtle Beach.
Timmonsville · SC, USA
Cluster of flashing white and yellow objects over Timmonsville
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Random lights over the ocean
North · SC, USA
Triangle shaped with strange lights.
Surfside Beach · SC, USA
Flashing Lights and Orange Orbs
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Two sightings, 3-5 bright lights in a diagonal formation and 3 bright orange spheres moving together illuminating and fading out.
Galivants Ferry · SC, USA
3 bright red lights appeared over the tree line and changed colors for about 5-8 minutes
Ladson · SC, USA
Fire call runs into a UFO
Spartanburg · SC, USA
Fairly large, diamond/kite shaped, white object spotted in mid-day sitting still in the sky for almost a minute or more.
Aiken · SC, USA
Black circle in sky over a lake
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
was watching ocean when orange balls where appering for about 20 to 30 secounds lasted for about 8 to 10 mins was 2 light at 1 time but
Greenville · SC, USA
Dark triangular UFO with three white lights, one red light, hovering in the sky
Charleston · SC, USA
Two lights in the sky that stopped and hovered above us before shooting off in different directions very fast.
Darlington · SC, USA
It was a silver ball looked almost like it was chrome. Very large at about 5 thousand feet in the sky. I sat and watched it never moved
Surfside Beach · SC, USA
3 orange balls of light blinking in unison over the ocean in Surfside beach S.C.
Antioch Community · SC, USA
06/07/08- Triangle- a couple of hours- at night- lost time- were positioned wrong in car when we woke up
Barnwell · SC, USA
Rectangle shaped object in the south sky, followed by two jets.