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)
Concord · NC, USA
Me and a long time fire were walking out to his car and I saw this amber light an brought it to me buddies attention. He thought it was
Rosman · NC, USA
2 amber bright lights flying over 1 after the other.
Apex · NC, USA
Blue lights from a spinning UFO that glided across the sky.
Kannapolis · NC, USA
Well me and my other friend was looking up and saw a star moving across the sky at first I through it was the ISS but I checked it and
Charlotte · NC, USA
Strange green and red lights hovering over the Charlotte/Concord, NC area.
Lumberton · NC, USA
Bright white light that would change colors, disappear, & reappear over S.E. N.Carolina witnessed by 4 people over 2 hrs.
Charlotte · NC, USA
Multiple lights and strange star like objects seen.
Kitty Hawk · NC, USA
Lights appeared in northern sky in triangle formation, then broke off into separate groups. The lights were bright red, appeared to be
Greensboro · NC, USA
Taking daughter for a walk and saw two redish orange lights spread apart bigger then a football field then disappeared into thin air!!!
Gastonia · NC, USA
((HOAX??)) Large rectangle shape hovering over I85 N. near Gastonia NC.
Kannapolis · NC, USA
Had made a fire for me and a few friends to sit around late in the evening in the backyard. While getting fire started, I was along out
Wake Forest · NC, USA
Over 20 bright orb/spheres, larger than planes flying in area at same time. Bright orange-red in color.Streaming in formation ove
Nags Head · NC, USA
Many star like objects in formation.
Marble · NC, USA
Two bright orangish-red lights flying over Marble, NC.
Warrenton · NC, USA
The UFO was circular in shape with tiny red and green blinking lights around its outer edge. There were no lights in the center making
Oakboro · NC, USA
((HOAX??)) Glowing fluorescent white with flashing bright colored ribs on the outside.
Washington · NC, USA
Orange light flew down from high to low altitude, grey squared shaped craft seen up close over my town
Thomasville · NC, USA
I heard a noise and looked for a plane, then I saw this.
Asheville · NC, USA
Fiery orange changing shapes in nightsky moving at different angles or directions toward the east
Thomasville · NC, USA
Strange rectangle shape mass floating over outskirts of our town
Corolla · NC, USA
Orange lights over Outer Banks.
Lake Lure · NC, USA
I was looking into the sky and several fire red objects went across the sky ,,one after the other,,,in the distance was a plane beyond
Charlotte · NC, USA
Black, morphing shape object sighted for almost ten minutes with my neighbor in plain sight.
Topsail · NC, USA
Orange foo fighters over Topsail, NC.
Kure Beach · NC, USA
Orange lights over ocean.