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)
Ocracoke · NC, USA
Several stationary white lights in a curved shape.
Goldsboro · NC, USA
Witness to a large, smooth, silent sphere, kind of the color of the moon.
Kernersville · NC, USA
Three points of light in triangle alignment.
Fayetteville · NC, USA
Triangular craft followed on foot, and gray at my window. Seperate and presumably unrelated experiences
Kings Mtn. · NC, USA
07-15-97 22:30 N.C. 30 sec. cloud formation & craft
Asheville · NC, USA
Figure eight flying light over Asheville
Goldsboro · NC, USA
1997 rotating stars positioned to left and right of moon do fast clockwise rotations
Hertford · NC, USA
5 triangles between Edenton and Hertford, NC.
Havelock · NC, USA
Unusual aircraft or ??
Greensboro · NC, USA
two lights in tandem moving NE-SW
Salisbury · NC, USA
Shining like a sparkler and brighter than the sun in broad daylight.
Corapeake · NC, USA
There were three fire balls, one over top of each other, which had three smaller dots around each in a triangular shape.
Asheville · NC, USA
an object was sited around the asheville area that was travelling westward. it was brilliantly lit and appeared to be moving very fast.
Charlotte · NC, USA
In mid conversation we both looked up to the sky simultaniously. We saw what we thought was a shooting star very high in the eveni
Shallotte · NC, USA
9-10 orange objects flying in V formation,leader drops down to form W ,all vanish within seconds. Watching Hale-Bopp, both girlfriend a
Calabash · NC, USA
This was a round solid object like a chandelier with many tiny white lights
Greensboro · NC, USA
Very large ball of light. Looked to me as if the sun were moving through town.
Wilmington · NC, USA
COMING HOME ONE NITE WE SAW A DIAMOND SHAPE OBJECT APPEAR FROM NOWHERE AND IT HOVERED FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN DISAPPEARED.
Graham County · NC, USA
Police report--Possible twinkling star.
Faith · NC, USA
Large black triangle, lights on the corners. Moving 3 or 4 mph right above the treetops. Faint humming noise. 500 Lights On Object0
Wilmington · NC, USA
My wife and I were stargazing on a beautiful clear night when we spotted a red triangle flying
Richlands · NC, USA
Bright single white light on a summer night sky in eastern N.C.
Chapel Hill · NC, USA
Large disc shaped UFO just over our house, no sound. 3 red lights in a triangle underneath. It was huge.
Fayetteville · NC, USA
Incredibly fast green light traveling North to South, on several occasions
High Point · NC, USA
I was one the way home one night when a round object passed over head it looked like lava and fire around it