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
Hot UFO spot in Charlotte NC
Murphy · NC, USA
Moving lights with multiple strobing colors. ((NUFORC Note: Possible "twinkling" star. PD))
Broadway · NC, USA
it was a bright object it would travel east then wesand then north it would move so fast you couldn't watch it with binoculars. It kept
Morganton · NC, USA
Bright Blue/Purple light with red center falls out of sky
Marion/P.G. area · NC, USA
Blue/green light in the P.G. area of McDowell county
Wilksboro · NC, USA
We were driving along highway 421 North towards Boone, NC, I was driving and my friend noticed a small black dot hovering in the sky.
Lumberton · NC, USA
3 lights that circled in one area ,that put on a show. ((NUFORC Note: Possible advertising lights. PD))
Edneyville · NC, USA
It was as if it wanted me to see it
Fletcher · NC, USA
Small Very Black Oval Moving Oddly At High Rate Of Speed Over Horizon
High Point · NC, USA
Bright green streak falling towards earth
Fletcher · NC, USA
A large triangle object w/ 3 lights and a glowing center which made no sound. Flying below the full moon.
Currituck · NC, USA
the object would move up and down slowly, object appeered as a star flikering violently. sparks were visible every so often without a p
Charlotte · NC, USA
BRIGHT WHITE TO BLUE LIGHT
Davidson · NC, USA
Large Silver Dome: Sunday, January 29, 2006 2:35 PM Going north on I-77, crossing Lake Norman from Cornelius, NC toward Davidson.
North Wilkesboro · NC, USA
Odd, slow moving dull red fireball leaving a trail.
Charlotte · NC, USA
lights in a circular allignment that went from light to dim over and over again. ((NUFORC Note: Celestial body. PD))
Hope Mills · NC, USA
A cylindrical object drops from the air, stops, hovers to the right and disappears.
Charlotte · NC, USA
I witnessed a rapid moving and stopping light in the sky.
Waxhaw · NC, USA
Disc-shape object hovering 30 ft above house - lights blinking with siren-like sound. Object left very quickly within seconds.
Conover · NC, USA
Stealth-like transparent triangular object makes incredible maneuver and disappears
Murphy · NC, USA
One star appeared to get larger in diameter and was coming straight down.
Oak Island · NC, USA
sat on porch n saw a sparkling light was chages colors red-green-yellow flashing staying in one spot below a few stars * darkness
Arden · NC, USA
Fireball seen after 10 shooting stars
Lexington · NC, USA
Yellow fireball object, viewed from lexinton, NC
Fayetteville · NC, USA
bright lights seen over northwest Fayetteville