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)
Wedgefield · SC, USA
Traingle or 3 separate crafts in triang. formation over AFB bombing range.
Gaston · SC, USA
I drive a sweeping truck for a living,and this night an employee and i were heading to our next stop,when we both noticed a red light s
Conway · SC, USA
The event took place near Conway, SC on 7/20/97. I saw an object that resembled a plane but it wasn't because it hovering about 2 to 3
Pelzer · SC, USA
I was watching a few inmates who were on a small rec yard and it was dark out but we had a specific time for them to come in off the ya
Gaffney · SC, USA
I was standimg in my back yeard i something shiny cought the coner when i look there was a bright silver cylinder and it was siting sta
Williamston · SC, USA
20ft. from the road and 150ft. up a trianguler craft was hovering silently.
Cayce · SC, USA
Jesus and Aliens 2012
Columbia · SC, USA
Light in sky made 90 degree turn
Charleston · SC, USA
Flashing object above Charleston, SC
Goose Creek · SC, USA
blue lighted cigar slanted sighted over subdivison. was stationary then turned angle and shot up disappearing fast. 2 nights before s
Lancaster · SC, USA
Man, wife, & son witness very bright obj. in night sky near moon. Obj. reptd. to move "a fist's width across sky." (Planet or star?)
Horry County · SC, USA
Sheriff's dept. relays: Citizen reported seeing a large obj. "w/ a ring of lights around it" rise from ground level. 2 deputies see.
Camden · SC, USA
The largest fastest moving object that I have ever seen and never heard.
Charleston · SC, USA
Two men witnessed a large, white plume in the morning sky. (May have been Delta rocket launched from Cape Kennedy at 0600 hrs.)
Sumter · SC, USA
Woman repts. her husband had just witnessed two bizarre ships, "a round one, and a long torpedo-shaped obj.," pass overhead.
Westminster · SC, USA
The low-hanging cloud looked too dense
Bowman · SC, USA
At approximately 4 a.m. I wass sitting at at truck stop off Interstate 26 near Bowman South Carolina doing some paper work. I noticed
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Odd lights seen over ocean in Myrtle Beach, SC.
Greenville · SC, USA
My roomate and I were on our way to work around 1995 when we witnessed a UFO. It was 5:45 AM and obviously still dark outside. We wer
Georgetown (9 mile Curve) · SC, USA
Driving around 9 mile curve my husband and I watched it hover for a few sec. then shoot straight up then back and forward until shooti
Pawleys Island · SC, USA
Object spotted at boat storage.
Batesburg · SC, USA
Young man witnesses "very shiny obj., like egg" in N sky. Very bright, silver light. (Former mil., very familiar w/ aircraft.)
Columbia · SC, USA
Driver & passenger witness "triad of extremely bright lights" in perfectly triangular pattern. Lights faded.
Travelers Rest · SC, USA
something i never want to see again atleast not this close. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Greenwood · SC, USA
Bright red sphere floating and completely silent takes off and disappears.