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)
Chesnee · SC, USA
The crafts were blue lights and fast
Mount Pleasant · SC, USA
3 solid red lights, not blinking, slow moving, "V" formation, disappeared up
Union · SC, USA
04/20/2020 Bright White Triangular light lighting up woods with Yellow light towards the top of trees- SC
Greer · SC, USA
White cylinder object disappears in a blink of an eye.
Easley · SC, USA
50 light anomalies headed north east in PERFECT FORMATION AND SPACING apart. ((Starlink satellites??)
North Augusta · SC, USA
Long string of lights traveling for south west to the north east. Evenly spaced apart. ((Starlink satellites?))
Folly Beach · SC, USA
Approx. y 40 white lights in a straight line moving from right to left all disappearing at a certain point. ((Starlink satellites?))
Belton · SC, USA
We saw (what I counted) 12 round orbs following one another at an exact distance from one another ((Starlink satellites??))
Taylors · SC, USA
String of lights formation. Traveling west to east. ((Starlink satellites?))
Mount Pleasant · SC, USA
We saw 6 lighted objects moving in a straight line towards a dimmer light and then disappeared.
North Augusta · SC, USA
Far-off light zigzags rapidly over the treeline, multiplies into up to six lights
Joanna · SC, USA
Bright object western SC for over 4 hours. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus?? PD))
Pickens · SC, USA
Seen them rising in the north heading east disappearing. One came every 30 seconds or so. ((Starlink satellites))
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Large Cargo Plane Hovering.
Inman · SC, USA
3 red lights moved across the sky in a triangle formation flying at the height of a helicopter while making no sound.
Irmo · SC, USA
MADAR Node 95
North Charleston · SC, USA
I saw lights bright as stars in the sky in a horizontal formation. (("Spacelink" satellites??))
Lake Wylie · SC, USA
fireball looking flying object
Charleston · SC, USA
3 objects buzzing around in broad daylight and vanish in formation.
Central · SC, USA
2 large low-flying, noiseless, triangle crafts over upstate sc
Aiken · SC, USA
Bright Sphere
Mount Pleasant · SC, USA
I was having a fire drill at my school and I saw a formation of ufos by the moon
Dalzell · SC, USA
In Dalzell, in the area where 441/521 crosses there appeared to be a large Spot Light above my house. I got out my camera and witness a
Dalzell · SC, USA
UFO?? Dalzell, South Carolina
Aynor · SC, USA
This orange/fiery object seemed as if were a plane on fire, and then I lost sight of it while driving after slowing down.