UFO Sightings in North Carolina
3,393 UFO sightings reported in North Carolina since 1945, peaking in 2014 (282 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 3,393
- Span
- 1945–2030
- Peak year
- 2014 (282 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1945–2030 · peak 2014 (282 reports)
Top cities in North Carolina
Charlotte
1973–2030 · peak 2014 (20 reports)
Raleigh
1975–2022 · peak 2014 (13 reports)
Greensboro
1961–2021 · peak 2014 (8 reports)
Wilmington
1974–2022 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Fayetteville
1962–2021 · peak 2013 (9 reports)
Asheville
1972–2022 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Durham
1981–2021 · peak 2015 (8 reports)
Winston-Salem
1945–2022 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Cary
1998–2021 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Hickory
1966–2022 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Gastonia
1992–2022 · peak 2011 (8 reports)
Oak Island
2005–2021 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Holden Beach
1982–2020 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
High Point
1982–2020 · peak 2016 (5 reports)
Jacksonville
1967–2021 · peak 2005 (4 reports)
Nags Head
1973–2019 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Concord
2000–2021 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Carolina Beach
1987–2020 · peak 2014 (6 reports)
Morganton
1980–2019 · peak 2011 (3 reports)
Mooresville
1995–2020 · peak 2016 (4 reports)
Charlotte · NC, USA
2 BLACK OBJECTS SLOWLY TUMBLING ACROSS SKY PERFECTLY SPACED APART
Mills River · NC, USA
Large, glowing, yellow sphere in Blue Ridge Mountains.
Roxborough · NC, USA
Red light over NC
Morehead City · NC, USA
Nine chevron objects in two formations, Morehead City NC 11/26/06 2am
Sanford · NC, USA
Golden orange quarter moon shaped-object hovers at tree line for ten minutes before developing an orb and disappearing in Sanford, NC.
Raleigh · NC, USA
That it seemed to emit a red and blue with some green,it did not move and after a few moments,the intensity of the light would pulsate.
Franklin · NC, USA
i would like to edit my account of sighting and leave contact information. It doesn't matter if you contact me or not. My sighting was
Franklin · NC, USA
2 green lights moving very fast traveling downward then turning moving upward at an angle and disappearing. no noise
Boone · NC, USA
Glowing Green light in Boone NC
Marble · NC, USA
Bright green light passing in and out of the clouds as it moved northeast over Marble N.C.
Marshall · NC, USA
Was looking toward the west out of marshall. Green light flying to fast for an aircraft went from south to north at arms lenth about5 i
Bakersville (Roan Mountain) · NC, USA
I don't have a calandar handy, it was on the first Friday in October 06. I observed a round object for about 8 or 10 seconds. It had a
Holden Beach · NC, USA
3 lighted triangular aircraft.
Silver City · NC, USA
Black Circle seen hovering in Carolina sky.
Charlotte · NC, USA
BRIGHT LIGHT TRAVELING IN STRAIGHT LINE FROM HORIZON TO HORIZON
Wilmington · NC, USA
Bright Silver - went left to right fast. went away, came back did same thing then disappeared.
Mars Hill · NC, USA
Bright objects in sky. ((NUFORC Note: Probably a moth, captured by the camera. PD))
Mount Olive · NC, USA
Large red colored sphere, larger than any plane, larger than any star was noticed descending onto the horizon.
Surf City · NC, USA
Star-like object moving irractically in the night sky, flashed sequence of lights in one direction.
Roanoke Rapids · NC, USA
there was a glowing bronze light...
Wrightsville Beach · NC, USA
trange lights off of Topsail Beach
Greensboro · NC, USA
At appx 4 am on 8/22/06, a diamond shaped object flew by . It had 4 whitish/yellow lights on the bottom, which flashed in sequence, fro
Wilmington · NC, USA
My two friends and I were on Wrightsville Beach, NC. We had been observing the stars, the ocean, and my two friends were using their me
Rolesville · NC, USA
The phoenix lights again???
Raleigh · NC, USA
Standing in my driveway, I looked up in the sky towards the north west, saw what I thought might be a landing light for a commercial je