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)
Myles Inlet · SC, USA
Hello . This was a sighting just out of Myrtle Beach in South Carolina .This Happened around 1978 . This was a different siteing that y
Columbia · SC, USA
A large circular craft with many different colored lights blinking around it (like they were windows or lights on the craft).
John's Island/James Island · SC, USA
3 oval shapes outlined in green glow lights, followed car at distance the length of Bohickett Road to James Island.
Edgemoore · SC, USA
IT WAS IN THE SUMMER OF 77-WE HAD NO AIR CONDUCTION,SO WE PUT A WINDOW FAN IN.SOMETIMES DURING THE NIGHT THE FAN WOULD GET OFF BALANCE
Edgemoor · SC, USA
IT WAS IN JULY-1977 WE DID NOT HAVE AIR CONDICTION, WE USED A WINDOW FAN TO SIRCULATE AIR,IT SAT IN BED ROOM WINDOW DURING THE NIGHT IT
Rock Hill · SC, USA
IT WAS IN THE SUMMER OF JULY-1977 WE HAD A WINDOW FAN SITTING IN OUT BED ROOM WINDOW,SOMETIMES IT WOULD GET OFF BALANCE,AND I WOULD GET
Edgemoore · SC, USA
IT WAS DURING THE SUMMER OF 1977, THE HOUSE I LIVED IN DID NOT HAVE AIR COND,WE HAD A WINDOW FAN IN OUR BEDROOM TO CIRCULATE THE AIR TH
Hartsville · SC, USA
A bright light object appearing to be the size of a house moving across the sky, making an abrupt triangle shape in the sky and leaving
Charleston · SC, USA
i was standing on the maindeck of anavy ship in port watching the lighting of athunderstorm ,i saw a solid bar of green light appear in
Ware Shoals · SC, USA
Large UFO flies within 50 feet of surprised bystander.
North Charleston · SC, USA
Several Flashing UFO lights over Charleston Naval Base in S.C.
James Island (Charleston) · SC, USA
In 1975 I lived on James Island, S.C. I was about 8 or almost 9 months pregnant. It ws almost dark and I headed home which was swampy
Sandy Springs/Pendleton · SC, USA
someone practicing flying,learning,data logging.crazy moves from ufo.
Turbeville · SC, USA
I was walking outside of our property to go to another building when a mint green light about the height of a telephone poll was glowin
Gray Court · SC, USA
Strange bright light hovered over mobile home.
Florence · SC, USA
first spotted thought was a helicopter with search light. As it came closer we noticed that there was no sound and was traveling extrea
Anderson · SC, USA
no noise, with no light, but with white glow, no markings, very close to ground and moving slow 1974-75
Aiken · SC, USA
parallelogram shape outline only, no matter (substance) visible between the inverting of itself changing from red to green
Irmo · SC, USA
Around midnight leaving work at Carolina Skateland saw a cigar shaped object hovering over the Winn Dixie next door, now Lizards Thicke
Columbia · SC, USA
Columbia, South Carolina 1974 Sighting.
Greenville · SC, USA
I HAVE NEVER REPORTED THIS BEFORE NOW, BECAUSE THE FEW CLOSE FRIENDS THAT I TOLD ABOUT THIS GAVE ME THIS STRANGE LOOK. YOU MUST BE CRA
Fort Lawn · SC, USA
When I was 6 or 7 years old, my sister and I were waiting early one morning to catch the school bus. Across from our stop there was no
Goose Creek · SC, USA
A report from Goose Creek, SC in April 1973 described a light-blue, disc-shaped object with an aircraft-like silhouette on its underside, lasting 3 minutes.
Pickens/Pumpkintown · SC, USA
Witnesses in the Pickens/Pumpkintown area of South Carolina reported a slow boomerang-shaped object with four bluish-white lights per edge, emitting a hum, over thirty-plus minutes, October 1972.
Greenville/Florence · SC, USA
A witness in the Greenville/Florence area of South Carolina reported being followed at night by a bright light while driving, in incidents involving a car and a truck, each about five minutes.