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)
Asheville · NC, USA
Saw a bright blue light three times, each one getting closer and brighter, and heard "wom wom" when the light flashed.
Kitty Hawk · NC, USA
I actually took a photo of the crescent moon and didn’t notice the ufo until later
Edenton · NC, USA
Two cigar shaped objects, no wings, lights, contrails or sound
Raleigh · NC, USA
This was caught on my RING camera but I can only seem to get 2 seconds of about 25++ seconds downloaded
Wilmington · NC, USA
Orb ball of light night sky stationary then started moving low altitude
Navassa · NC, USA
I witnessed a craft in extremely close proximity.
Charlotte · NC, USA
Saw a floating disk with a light and aura out of my plane window. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a reflection of reading lights? PD))
Myrtle Beach · Horry County South Carolina, NC, USA
This is second sighting. This one was closer it appeared on the horizon of the ocean but high up in the air than the previous sighting
Surga Grove · NC, USA
It was round but had little windows on sides then later we had a orb about 30 foot off ground
North Topsail Beach · NC, USA
2 white orb/spheres in the sky with white cloud mist
Swansboro · NC, USA
Objects coming out of a luminous cloud
Marshall · NC, USA
Looked like an out of focus moon moving slowly from north east to west.
NC · USA
It was hazy.
Waynesville · NC, USA
Straight line of hundreds of lights. Never changed direction. Flying at airplane height in sky. It disappeared in blink!
Dobson · NC, USA
Two separate people two separate locations
Hiddenite · NC, USA
long line of lights evenly spaced all moving in unisom
Greensboro · NC, USA
Cigar-Shaped UFO Vanished
Alexander · NC, USA
witnessed 25-30 lights in a near straight-line formation traveling from the west to the east.
Durham · NC, USA
The thing was a long string of lights moving in a line (Google ufo long string of lights)
Brevard · NC, USA
String of lights
Lexington · NC, USA
Dancing Orb's in sky, seemed like playing, at times following a pattern but other times randomly darting back and forth
Lexington · NC, USA
Glowing white and orange orbs follow me every night
Gastonia · NC, USA
Accidentally took picture of ufo.
Taylorsville · NC, USA
triangular aircraft hovering above tree line. ((Profanity in video.))
King · NC, USA
A distant glowing object rapidly descending downward