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)
Saluda · SC, USA
Very scary
Sumter · SC, USA
Large object no engine noise, hovering 75 yards away. producing a light that made no shadows. after short hover time began climbing at
Kingstree · SC, USA
Egg shaped yellowish lights that danced around a tree and house.
Trio · SC, USA
Huge bright object with no noise rose up out of woods behind my house!!
Winnsboro · SC, USA
3 Silver Triangular Ships close and low disappeared as I turned around
Savannah River Site · SC, USA
I would love to keep my name out of this report.After we have had lunch (1:00 am)YES at night a few of us went up to the roof of ou
Greenville · SC, USA
My friend and I were in a parking lot (there was a moon) heading to our vehicle. I looked up and saw what I thought at first were mete
Columbia · SC, USA
Cylinder over Columbia, SC.
Summerville · SC, USA
Triangular ship with bright white lights and complex outer body.
Chapin · SC, USA
Two balls of light beneath the tree canopy swoop over my car and vanish.
Easley · SC, USA
Hockey-puck-shaped-thing.
Clemson · SC, USA
Traingular craft, with a circle in it's center,. circular lights in the circle that rotated.
Sumter · SC, USA
Classic saucer shaped object overhead at midday.
Gaffnet · SC, USA
they forgot to turn the cloaking device on
Greenwood · SC, USA
seen craft in plain day, less than 150 ft. away larger than a football feild, no lights , clear , fast, silent.
aiken · SC, USA
was order to stay inside of Canyon right before sighting but simply we where already on roof top of Canyon by the time the announcem
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
15 ships with base ship
Seneca · SC, USA
Five reddish-orange, round lights that spanned about two miles.
Lake Wataree · SC, USA
A large slow-moving, triangular, object passed over the highway in silence while we watched in awe.
Walterboro · SC, USA
Large black, circular U.F.O. in the night sky in the Summer of '89.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Lights over Myrtle Beach.
Fort Jackson · SC, USA
I saw this object at night about 300ft above the ground back in 1989 while I was in the Army bivouacking at Fort Jackson, South Carolin
Rimini · SC, USA
ONE NIGHT BACK IN 1988 OF OCTOBER MY SON AND I WAS LEAVIN MY PARENTS HOUSE.IT WAS AFTER 11:00ONE NIGHT, AS WE WERE GETTIN IN MY CAR I
Whitmire · SC, USA
The UFO I saw was on the FOX network!
Union · SC, USA
A round circular craft with bright lights followed me home and hovered over my front lawn.