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)
Johns Island · SC, USA
UFO sighting over Johns Island moving toward Charleston
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
a sequence of orange lights in the sky above the Atlantic Ocean
Johns Island · SC, USA
Light floating above pasture
Spartanburg · SC, USA
Unknow triangular shaped object moving at slow rate of speed then hovered as I viewed it with my two employees
Rock Hill · SC, USA
Explosion rocks Rock Hill,SC
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Orange orbs over atlantic - North Myrtle Beach
Hilton Head · SC, USA
WHO'S FLYING AROUND HILTONHEAD,SC IT'S CRAZY 2 TIMES SO FAR. ((NUFORC Note: Possible tumbling booster? PD))
Mt. Pleasant · SC, USA
Moving very fast like a rocket / at least one blinking light on it / left a smoke trail
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
4 yellow colored lights in formation maybe as far out over the ocean
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
orange and redish lights off the coast of myrtle beach
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
I observed orange lights off of the coast.
Goose Creek · SC, USA
Three white lights over Goose Creek-North Charleston - maybe pursued by USAF fighters?
Easley · SC, USA
Bright white light moving in cloudless pre-dawn sky suddenly disappears
Catawba · SC, USA
I left home about 7pm to take my sons girlfriend home. About a fourth of a mile at a stop sign , I saw a red light in the sky to the le
Clover · SC, USA
Craft sighting in SC. Complex lighting system and lack of conventional engine noise.
Easley · SC, USA
Very bright white light, alarming speed and a change of direction.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Possible UFO siting, in the southern skies of Myrlte Beach, SC. One Object, mostly stationary but finally moved at a rapid pace away
Conway · SC, USA
((HOAX??)) We saw some weird shape flying over our house.
Summerville · SC, USA
very bright and fast moving light traveling low in a westerly to easterly direction
Lesslie · SC, USA
I saw a bright blue disc flying through the sky south of Charlotte, NC.
VA/GA (between; on I-20) · SC, USA
approximately 20:00 hrs. December 27, 2007 3 brights lights (15 minutes) in the sky then 1 bright light
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Large ghostly shape like a stacked hamburger almost transparent and extremely large prodominantly white.
Aiken · SC, USA
Clearly visible metallic cigar shaped craft hovering above densely wooded area at night 75 yards away
Simpsonville · SC, USA
Dim, low orbit, high detail, backyard satellite shaped object, hazed by distance.
Sumter · SC, USA
Staionary light in the sky which appeared to be disintegrating.