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
Multiple triangular shaped ufo's, with green and white lights.
Morganton · NC, USA
Large objects flying over I-40.
Kings Mountain · NC, USA
Black Triangle with Attached Object Moves Slowly Across Sky and then Disappears into clouds.
Mount Airy · NC, USA
Really bright object shooting beams.
Durham · NC, USA
I was driving Eastbound on the interstate, when I looked to my left and sighted five blue glowing lights in a chevron, or V-shaped form
Hope Mills · NC, USA
Brightly lit UFO seen in Hope Mills during daylight hours.
Apex · NC, USA
Low flying, fast moving, light disappears into thin air.
Wilmington · NC, USA
((HOAX??)) Huge traingle craft with 3 light and a bright red light in the middle that did not make any noise just floated.
Louisburg · NC, USA
Observed a bright white star in the north sky start to move north. ((NUFORC Note: Possible satellite?? PD))
Raleigh · NC, USA
Two silent, pulsating red orbs slowly moving due north near downtown Raleigh at low altitude.
Raleigh · NC, USA
Bright light flash and satellite like movements in night sky over NW Raleigh, North Carolina on the evening of February 19, 2014.
Asheville · NC, USA
Very low hovering T-shape light pattern could not see the body of the craft or hear a noise.
Shelby · NC, USA
Strange cloud trail in the sky.
Raleigh · NC, USA
3 crafts flying in a very symmetrical triangle formation. They continued to fly across the sky in that way, always in a triangle.
Browns Summit · NC, USA
Yellow-white light ball of light sitting above tree tops moving slowly and fading in and out.
Stedman · NC, USA
Sphere shaped object with an illuminated green star shape on bottom with alternating red lights.
Winston-Salem · NC, USA
Diamond-shaped starburst white light. Then silver craft with 2 bright lights out the back.
Waxhaw · NC, USA
((HOAX)) I witnessed an alien war over Waxhaw, NC.
Elon · NC, USA
Red light moved slowly at low altitude in the sky at northeast tip of Alamance County, NC.
Wilmington · NC, USA
3 orange orbs in triangular form perfectly still.
Fayetteville · NC, USA
Glowing moving lights in sky.
Hickory · NC, USA
(3) Yellowish/Orange spheres in the shape of a triangle.
Greensboro · NC, USA
9 Orange Globes traveling in a V formation, not sound no blinking lights on a perfectly clear night.
Kill Devil Hills · NC, USA
Orange orb the color of fire lights up, expands in size, then shrinks back to nothingness and disappears, like an explosion in space.
Kernesville · NC, USA
I live in Kernersville, NC. My friend and I saw 7 flame orange lights in the sky. They were moving very slowly.