Fireball UFO Sightings in North Carolina
225 fireball-shaped UFO sightings reported in North Carolina since 1960, peaking in 2012 (23 reports).
- Total sightings
- 225
- Span
- 1960–2021
- Peak year
- 2012 (23 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Fireball
1960–2021 · peak 2012 (23 reports)
Holly Springs · NC, USA
12 bright orange orbs moving across sky below clouds 1 min apart same exact path, then reduce color brightness, slow down accross sky.
Charlotte · NC, USA
5 orange objects over Charlotte, two mins apart
Holly Springs · NC, USA
Two bright orange fireballs cross the sky from west to east moving slowly, below clouds, no sound. The first one stopped and could see
Charlotte · NC, USA
Green fireball with orange trail following.
Oak Island · NC, USA
Red ball stop to a hover and slowly disappear
Kernersville · NC, USA
Two flickering fireballs moved across the sky, changing speed and direction.
Archdale · NC, USA
Fireball which looked like a large airplane engulfed in flames
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
Avon · NC, USA
Around 11:30 PM on 7/26/12 me and two of my cousins were looking out over our balcony at A beachfront house in Avon, NC in a southern d
Kill Devil Hills · NC, USA
Four fireballs moving across the night sky.
Carolina Beach · NC, USA
3 fireballs observed above the ocean at Carolina Beach, NC
Asheville · NC, USA
Three orange dots rising from horizon and dying out one by one
Carolina Beach · NC, USA
Orange-pink lights/fireballs. Appeared singly and in pairs/patterns over the ocean. Could've been weaponry.
Smithfield · NC, USA
Five fireballs moving across sky in Johnston County NC
Midland · NC, USA
3 AM - 2009 & 2012 - NC - sphere - white light POSTED: 06.21.12
Gastonia · NC, USA
Looked like a slow moving object, burning up on entry and had a large orange tail moving south south west.
Concord · NC, USA
Huge white Fireball meteor
Charlotte · NC, USA
Fluorescent green teardrop fireball falling to earth.
Goldsboro · NC, USA
I saw 4 balls of fire floating through the night sky
Charlotte · NC, USA
Orange colored super fast object
Avon · NC, USA
31 orange balls of light coming out of ocean,silent
Fuquay Varina · NC, USA
Orange-red fireball falling over Fuquay Varina
Corola · NC, USA
Several Orange lights in Sky OBX Corola, NC
Gastonia · NC, USA
Very low in sky, humming sound, not very fast, color of fire ball with bobbing top on it
Chapel Hill · NC, USA
Orange fireball appeared briefly in the sky and passed over me.