Explore cases
Faceted archive of NUFORC reports — filter by shape, place, and decade. Every URL is deterministic SSR (cacheable at the edge).
Carthage · NC, USA
Orange glowing object East of Moore County NC towards Fort Bragg. ((NUFORC Note: Report from law enforcement officer. PD))
Newport · NC, USA
Two separate sightings over a few hours of multiple red orbs over the eastern carolina coast.
North Topsail Beach · NC, USA
Fast moving reddish light moved from ocean toward land and disappeared.
Kill Devil Hills · NC, USA
Sets of parallel orange lights appearing and disappearing over ocean
Archdale · NC, USA
Fireball which looked like a large airplane engulfed in flames
Charlotte · NC, USA
Black triangle 36 sighted in backyard early AM that leaped from ground to higher branch or line.
Creedmor · NC, USA
Round silver objects flying at a high rate of speed and making no noise.
South Nags Head · NC, USA
Greenish light, in cylindrical shape, moving across night horizon, making erratic maneuvers.
Topsail Island · NC, USA
Dark cigar shaped object over canal at Topsail Beach
Calabash · NC, USA
Bright yellow/orange lights in sky.
Holden Beach · NC, USA
Orange bright flash then a strange formation of lights seen on the beach
Southport · NC, USA
Orange oval bright light in the sky that kept moving into different spots in the southern sky then went into the cloud.
Holden Beach · NC, USA
Bright and flashing orbs moving and changing colors in the sky off Holden Beach.
Ocean Isle Beach · NC, USA
Orange lights and lots of jets
Holden Beach · NC, USA
Multiple amber orbs observed over the ocean night sky for 2 straight nights in Holden beach ,NC
Oak Island · NC, USA
Large fireballing flashes on and off. Smaller white flashes move across the sky at incredible rate.
Emerald Isle · NC, USA
There were Seven of us sitting on a 3 story deck overlooking (only one hundred feet away from) the Atlantic Ocean in Emerald Isle, NC.
Oak Island · NC, USA
Lit up (orange in color) for a few seconds and then seemed to almost jump a distance in an instant. Light would fade and return several
Frisco · NC, USA
Four of us saw a huge illuminated object in the sky that has no logical explanation.
North Topsail · NC, USA
Orange Orbs off the NC coast!
Emerald Isle · NC, USA
Multiple red lights in disc shape over ocean.
South Nags Head · NC, USA
Bright orange lights in sky seen from S. Nags Head NC, shone brightly then dimmed, reappeared north then dimmed again.
Surf City · NC, USA
Two lights conected moving and still with small light moving around them
Duck · NC, USA
Two distinct red lights observed NNE of Duck within 3 - 4 minutes of one another with dramatic speed and direction changes.