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)
Rocky Mount · NC, USA
my son and myself looked up to see a bright flash of light,i thought it was a plane crashing.It streakrd across the sky changing shape
Woodville (from · to Weeksville (approx. 16 mi.)), NC, USA
I 1st saw it while heading no. on int. 17 in woodville and followed it all the way to weeksville...it was NOT a plane, OR a helicopter.
Gibsonville · NC, USA
Yellow-Orange soccer ball sized sphere photographed in my backyard.
Greensboro · NC, USA
a cylinder shaped object,say three miles away.heading into a cloud bank. a jet, it looked like millitary jetwas off to the right of it.
Charlotte · NC, USA
I was sleeping in my room and I woke up went to work and I came home and took a shower and relized that I had a triangle that was upsid
Raleigh · NC, USA
See Image attached to email, seen this while scanning some online live webcams.
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
Asheville · NC, USA
TRIANGULAR MOVEMENT OF TWO LIGHTS OVER ASHEVILLE, NC
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
Rocky Mount · NC, USA
Birght, yellowish-orange, cigar shaped object over Sunset Ave./ Business 64 exit in Rocky mount, NC.
Warrensville · NC, USA
husband saw a colored flash of light that stoped in the sky.we looked out and saw 1 just latter it returned with 2 others which changed
Charlotte · NC, USA
Cigar shaped craft seen over my home town being chased by a formation of fighter pilots.
Warrensville · NC, USA
There are five or more lighted objects that are spaced apart from one another and they are sparkling with multi-colors.
Yadkinville · NC, USA
Huge fireball with long tail of fire, streaming across the road in front of me.
Concord (Near) · NC, USA
Objects travelling westward, bright lights revovling.
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
Lincolnton · NC, USA
Glowing object in morning sky
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
Western North Carolina Mountains · NC, USA
I saw a brilliant flash in the southern sky going from East to West. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor?? PD))
Kill Devil Hills · NC, USA
5-6 pale orange lights brightness of major Orion constellation stars viewed at 33 dgr from horizen moving due south together for 45 dg
Franklin · NC, USA
Recently my mother and myself have witnesst a white light with red and blue lights flashing around it.We have witnesst it together and
Reidsville · NC, USA
Triangle object over field, 30 ft from ground, also saw being from this sighting
North Wilkesboro · NC, USA
While watching the Perseid meteor shower,at the time stated,a triangular formation of lights came from the west-southwest direction hea