Light UFO Sightings in North Carolina
716 light-shaped UFO sightings reported in North Carolina since 1967, peaking in 2014 (66 reports).
- Total sightings
- 716
- Span
- 1967–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (66 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1967–2022 · peak 2014 (66 reports)
Gastonia · NC, USA
METEOR APPEARING LIGHT HEADS STRAIGHT DOWN ACCELERATING IN SPEED AS IT CHANGED SLOWLY FROM WHITE TO NEON GREEN
Hilton Head · NC, USA
A circular light in the sky that appeared as silently and rapidly as it disappeared.
Blowing Rock · NC, USA
I was looking out at the lights below me and saw an orange dot above one of the towns below. It stayed in one place and did not move.
Murphy · NC, USA
I saw a flashing light move in all directions across the sky, then in a final bright flash it was gone.
Morganton · NC, USA
Fast moving cluster of erratic white lights spotted over western NC.
Raleigh · NC, USA
Unidentified object that did not have required flashing light travels alongside and aircraft with normal lights.
Raleigh · NC, USA
it was a bright and hazy light that changed colors
Raleigh · NC, USA
Blinking light zig-zags and merges with a star.
Greenville · NC, USA
Strange lights that hovered then moved rapidly, then stopped and moved rapidly again over great distances.
Long Beach (Southport) · NC, USA
6 of us saw three bright lights appearing next to each other for about 1.5 hours, several crafts appeared to be searching for it.
Nags Head · NC, USA
Outer Banks is treated to spectacular "star" formations
Bakersville · NC, USA
Very unique and phenominal
Youngsville · NC, USA
Object looked like star went across sky north to south to fast to be airplane. Object pulsed bright to dim.
Charlotte · NC, USA
glowing light on dresser in house(shaped like a very brite glowing glass pea-nut jar). was not a reflection and was not a flying object
Burgaw · NC, USA
I was traveling south when I saw a blue-green light with an orange-yellow tail come from the sky in an east to west direction. It disap
Rocky Mount · NC, USA
WE IST SAW BRIGHT MOVING LIGHTS,MOSTLY WHITE.THEY APPEARED TO HAVE POWERFUL SEARCH LIGHTSTHAT SCANED A LARGE AREA.WE THEN SAW A STRING
Warrensville · NC, USA
There are five or more lighted objects that are spaced apart from one another and they are sparkling with multi-colors.
Charlotte · NC, USA
Approx. 6-8 jets in sky. @ bright shining objects like small stars standing still. As one jet moved toward them, one moved away at a mu
Charlotte · NC, USA
When looking in the sky, I saw a light moving very high up in the sky, It wasn't blinking like an airplane and moving to slow to be met
Nantahala National Forest (Center of) · NC, USA
What we saw was a patch of illumination that was somewhat rectangular and vertical in orientation. It was approximately 30 degrees abo
Fayetteville · NC, USA
Bright blinking light makes high speed "C" shaped manuver.
Avon (Outer Banks) · NC, USA
Single points of light, orange/yellow in color, much like meteors. There was broken cloudcover, and the lights would appear and disappe
Mooresville · NC, USA
Star gazing in back yard with telescope and binos. Saw shooting star and an oblong shape of light.
Asheville · NC, USA
Red light moved slowly over Asheville, dogs acted is if they were in pain.
Asheville · NC, USA
red drifting light about 50 degrees in the western sky slowly drifting up and to the north would get very bright then fade but not puls