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)
Wilkesboro · NC, USA
Loud rumbling in a clear sky. Many people in area heard it.
High Point · NC, USA
White balls of light in backyard.
Fletcher · NC, USA
Triangular silent hovering object over Hwy 26, near Fletcher
Zebulon · NC, USA
((HOAX??)) Mid-sized disk shaped obj., rotating violently, flying back and forth, landed several times, collision with dog & 2 people.
Graham · NC, USA
The object was blinking different colors. It was blinking red, green, blue. It was blinking very fast. It kept disappearing.
Shallotte · NC, USA
Red and green dropping lights.
Charlotte · NC, USA
White very bright burst of light.
Mooresville · NC, USA
2 really bright lights separately lit up my room, each lasting about 2.5 seconds.
Candor · NC, USA
@ approximately 8:30 PM when I noticed a large aircraft about the size of a small sedan hovering just above nearby trees.
Greensboro · NC, USA
Object moving away from moon.
Carrboro · NC, USA
While driving down 54 at midnight I witnessed a low-flying, fast-moving spherical green light source.
Greensboro · NC, USA
This appeared to be a burning object that was moving in a forward direction. It was a orange/yellow color.
Gates · NC, USA
Object first hovered in sky with extremly bright red lights - was a very large object - larger than a plane.
Charlotte · NC, USA
I viewed a glowing orb pulsing bright periodically and move slowly hovering. ((anonymous report)) ((Star??))
High Point · NC, USA
3 cone shaped objects in backyard.
Winston-Salem · NC, USA
Lighted object, shaped like a plane, in a nosedive.
Dobson · NC, USA
Hovering aircraft over the Dobson,Pilot Mt.,Mt. Airy,area.
Charlotte · NC, USA
Starting on Tuesday, October 18th around 6:30pm in North Carolina, I noticed that just above the sunset was what I thought was a star..
Wallace · NC, USA
Bright, solid, white, circular light traveling slowly in the sky.
High Point · NC, USA
Balls of light appearing in sky, seemingly interacting with larger light.
North Topsail Beach · NC, USA
Fast moving large fireballs
Kannapolis/Mooresville · NC, USA
Triangular shaped hovering aircraft in sky on highway 3 and Kannapolis Parkway.
Winston-Salem · NC, USA
Circular object w/lights in sky in morning.
Ayden · NC, USA
Fast moving object traveled under my drone.
Asheboro · NC, USA
Grey object, 5 miles north of Asheboro Airport, moving rapidly and changing directions at extreme angles.