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)
Williamston · SC, USA
White lights seen over I-85
Hartsville · SC, USA
I woke up to my dog howling. I went to take my dog out thinking he needed to go out. Soon I realized other dogs from the neighborhood w
Tega Cay · SC, USA
Bright white light and then 2 blinking red lights in Western Sky
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Observed red lights over the ocean that appeared and then faded out.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Strange Red lights over Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Bright lights over the ocean in Myrtle Beach, SC... 3 of them forming a diagonal line.
Pickens · SC, USA
Cigar shaped craft were sighted over the South Carolina mountains in daylight on Oct. 28 and 30, 2007.
Table Rock · SC, USA
Appeared different from any aircraft known to me because of shape and lack of jet stream.
Pickens · SC, USA
Two large, cylindrical aircraft flew overhead in a steady line, despite having no wings or tail.
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
$ bright lights over Atlantic Ocean flying in rectangle formation, changed to orange cones then orangle cirlces with black core.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
UFO in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Andrews · SC, USA
Four, football field bright, lights over the sky of Andrews.
Surfside Beach · SC, USA
3 orange lights fading in and out at different locations in the sky at Surfside Beach, South Carolina.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Red/Orange lights over the ocean
Isle of Palms · SC, USA
white, chevron shaped. ((NUFORC Note: Probably a sighting of Venus. PD))
Laurens · SC, USA
TWO BRIGHT LIGHTS ONE ON TOP THE OTHER NORTH NORTHEAST SKY 45 DEG
Spartanburg · SC, USA
2 bright lights , 1 above the other, was 10 times brighter than venus for about 10 secs. was a long was off.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Perhaps the objects were not in the right time and were not meant to seen by people in this time.
Hilton Head Island · SC, USA
It looked like the Space Shuttle Main Engines but instead of three there were two. The color coming from the exhausts was red and blue
Hilton Head Island · SC, USA
Two objects moving across the sky on a clear day.
Isle of Palms · SC, USA
roung grey object streaks across sky without lights or sound
Rock Hill · SC, USA
((HOAX??)) Normal sightings at night are two or three. TONIGHT THERE ARE NINE!!
Rock Hill · SC, USA
At 9:40 p.m. on August 20 2007 I witnessed two bright spherical lights for about two minutes. ((NUFORC Note: ISS and STS?? PD))
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Diagonal straight line of three lights fading on and off appearing in different parts of the sky
Hartsville · SC, USA
Extremely bright UFO staionary then spirals away out of sight.