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)
Durham · NC, USA
Saw a light the size and color of the moon, but descending quickly.
Cape Fear · NC, USA
Bright light off Cape Fear, NC
Knighdale · NC, USA
Bright white/blue light falling slowly and fading as it fell.
Wilmington · NC, USA
"Moon Lander" Shaped UFO Stormy day.
Greensboro · NC, USA
Bright white, red and green flashing object to the west of Greensboro, NC. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly Vega? PD))
Raleigh · NC, USA
Low flying bright light with no sound
Madison · NC, USA
UFO During Lightening Storm
Durham · NC, USA
UFO Sighting at 10 pm on Shannon rd. facing North/NE toward 15/501 The Lights first appeared insanely bright spinning counter clock w
Graham · NC, USA
Strange black triangle flew over my home!
Yadkinville · NC, USA
Bright slow moving light.
Concord · NC, USA
I was driving to my house from my friend’s house which is about 15 minutes away from my house. As I was driving I looked up at the sky
Asheville · NC, USA
Three orange dots rising from horizon and dying out one by one
Raleigh · NC, USA
A bright white light that was extremely fast with no sound, ejected 2 smaller objects in opposite directions.
Moravian Falls · NC, USA
Bright object seen over Moravian Falls NC
Carolina Beach · NC, USA
Orange-pink lights/fireballs. Appeared singly and in pairs/patterns over the ocean. Could've been weaponry.
Frisco · NC, USA
Reddish orbs over Frisco, NC
Kernersville · NC, USA
Light moved across sky no sound made very hard turns and moved side to side way to fast to be a plane it moved like a balloon that was
Holden Beach · NC, USA
Bright red light with a flashing center that followed my flash light beam for over five minutes.
Holden Beach · NC, USA
The red ligt was follwiing my flashlight.
North Wilkesboro · NC, USA
Glowing red light in night sky
Charlotte · NC, USA
Red, blue, and green twinkling lights in western Charlotte, NC sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus or Sirius?? PD))
Concord · NC, USA
Bright light in the sky. Disappears and reappears.
New Bern · NC, USA
Amateur Skywatcher Notes Unusual Object Dynamics
Wilmington · NC, USA
I was on our patio, facing East-South East and they came in the same direction over the treeline. I was on the phone with my father at
St. Helena · NC, USA
Triangulum Gargantua UFO