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)
Myrtle beach · SC, USA
I was sitting on front porch when I suddenly felt like I was being prompted to get up and look up into sky I was taken aback by how man
Newberry · SC, USA
I was driving down hwy 34 headed from Newberry SC to Ninety Six, SC. A UFO came out from the top of the trees, came down HWY 34 and st
Sumpter · SC, USA
Observed an odd moving light above Sumter SC at 9:30 pm on 3 Oct 2019.
Bluffton · SC, USA
A very bright green object streaked over me in the dark going NNW while I was our running-jogging.
Irmo · SC, USA
MADAR Node 95
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Red-orange lights over Myrtle Beach
Greenville · SC, USA
3 Star like objects meet then fade away.
Waterloo · SC, USA
Bright white stationary light in the sky during space station sighting.
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
A rectangular formation of three reddish orange round lights that lite up one at a time in a line. Stayed few seconds. Repeated the sa
Hardeeville · SC, USA
large with only white lights hovering above the ground from 30-50 seconds
North charleston · SC, USA
While starting a shift at 6am at a water front facility a equipment operator was starting machine and noticed up to 9 bright lights in
Piedmont · SC, USA
Bright light like a star at night but was day time shot across the sky and blinked once then disappeared
Aiken · SC, USA
Triangle Witnessed
Lexington · SC, USA
Bright blue light that fell vertically. ((anonymous report))
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Orange light moving back and forth horizontally that blinked a few times then there were 2 behaving the same.
Piedmont · SC, USA
Pulsing light in day sky that made un-man made craft movements before lighting up and vanishing.
Irmo · SC, USA
Mulitiple flying circular crafts and bright lights, with white flashing lights seen by two teenage girls on 10/24
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Fastest moving lights I've ever seen.
Florence · SC, USA
Florence SC - (3) lights in the Southwest sky
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
It was a moon lite sky over the Atlantic ocean. All of the sudden 5 red lights in a straight line appeared out of nowhere.30 seconds la
Windy hill · SC, USA
4 orange orbs turns into 4 white and red blinking lights.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Five lights appeared in the sky, and flew faster than I thought possible, in a line pattern before disappearing.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Red lights appear over waters off Myrtle Beach. ((anonymous report))
Anderson · SC, USA
Bright stationary object that appeared to speed directly away.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
5 orange horizontal lights appeared, disappeared, the reappeared one by one before disappearing again