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)
Swannanoa · NC, USA
On Mon. Oct. 20, 2003 at approximately 8:45 PM I saw a fireball like object streak across sky in a east to west direction.
Vanceboro · NC, USA
large yellow fireball with long green tail
Clayton · NC, USA
witness to the too close meteor in durham, nc. : meteor or ufo?
Greensboro · NC, USA
Big brilliant white fireball, size of full moon with long white tail falling from overhead to the South of Greensboro, NC
Indian Trail · NC, USA
I saw a bright light flash that lit up the sky, and I caught a glimpse of a orange/red tail die.
Cullowhee · NC, USA
My wife and I saw a huge glowing blue ball enter the atmophere.
Kannapolis · NC, USA
A long light, like a star that moved fast and kinda sparkled. Moved in full view, low in the sky in less than 60 seconds
Caswell · NC, USA
They wre like little lights but, I could see suff comeing off them.
Cliffside · NC, USA
south of post office in cliffside. moveing east to west almost as fast as you could turn your head
Asheville · NC, USA
What WAS that?
Mebane · NC, USA
saw a bright light with red and green lights sitting in the sky, too slow for a plane,moving very slowly to the north.
Pireway · NC, USA
One orange light divides into two
Mount Gilead · NC, USA
Craft with light too low and too quiet for a plane and too often to ignore anymore.
Charlotte · NC, USA
Blinking Object In the Sky
Surf City (Topsail Island) · NC, USA
Many craft coming from and returning to a paticular fixed object in the sky.
Rocky Mount · NC, USA
Rocky Mount, North Carolina car enveloped by an intense, transient green flash during Hurricane Isabel.
Cherryville · NC, USA
I WAS FISHING FROM A PIER IN A SMALL VALLEY BEHIND MY HOUSE WHEN THE OBJECT APPEARED. IT LOOKED TO BE ABOUT 400 FEET IN THE AIR WHEN I
Hickory · NC, USA
an orb or ball hovers around space station for a couple of seconds
Mooresville · NC, USA
Strobing "stars"???
Elkin · NC, USA
While siting on my front porch which I do nearly every night. I was watching Commercial Jet Liners pass back and forth. I know they mus
Charlotte · NC, USA
Craft moves at least 43,200 miles per hour
Charlotte · NC, USA
One oval, silver craft spotted over highway, appeared to hover and then fly away
Oak Ridge · NC, USA
Bright light skipping around at approximately a 60 degree angle from ground. I Much brighter than any other object in the sky.
Wrightsville Beach · NC, USA
Flashing light over atlantic ocean
Duck · NC, USA
saw something characteristic of a bright star moving at plane's speed which changed directions and then disappeared