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)
Midland · NC, USA
3 AM - 2009 & 2012 - NC - sphere - white light POSTED: 06.21.12
Fayetteville · NC, USA
Round, bright, mostly stationary, with neon colors. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a sighting of Sirius, Jupiter, or Venus. PD))
Lexington · NC, USA
White flying object circling star, zipped off, chased by jets, then shot at jets.
Charlotte · NC, USA
Large white cross flying over Charlotte, NC
Gastonia · NC, USA
Very very strange anomoly of many flying objects, very close together, large in numbers, and dissappearing into nowhere.
Fuquay Varina · NC, USA
Very, very fast moving bright white object, not a shooting star. Diagnoal Movement.
Clemmons · NC, USA
Hovered, grew brighter then disappeared.
Elizabeth City · NC, USA
Out for a smoke, noticed the triangluar shaped craft about a mile up in sky that made sudden turns and reversed unlike any aircraft .
Hickory · NC, USA
Large cigar shaped craft floating over Hickory.
Wake Forest · NC, USA
5 red/orange lights high up in the sky moving east above target in wake forest nc
Charlotte · NC, USA
3 Glowing Orbs glide across the night sky in triangle shape.
Willard · NC, USA
Glowing red and orange ball that was above our heads and finally took off faster than any thing I have ever seen with no sound.
Morganton · NC, USA
Triangle object with blue lights traveling at speeds that could not be a plane or anything man-made in the sky above interstate I-40.
Cary · NC, USA
I was driving down 40 on my way home from work. It was about midnight. The clouds seemed to be moving independently of eachother. Ex
Ronda · NC, USA
Pictures capture daytime lights in the sky over Yadkin Valley, North Carolina. Not visible to eye.
Calabash · NC, USA
It first appeared to be a glittering star drifting left to right and then upward.
Durham · NC, USA
Daylight sighting ufo with 2-4 spikes on top and haze betwean spikes possably spining object
Gastonia · NC, USA
Looked like a slow moving object, burning up on entry and had a large orange tail moving south south west.
Holden Beach · NC, USA
Saw burst of bright orange lights in the sky over the ocean at holden beach nc 12/1/11
Charlotte · NC, USA
The object was orange in color, rectanglar in shape at first but, yet transparent, I could see trees through it.
Concord · NC, USA
Huge white Fireball meteor
Salisbury · NC, USA
Low flying light emits blue neon trail and vanishes
Hays · NC, USA
I saw this on 12/03/11 at right around 6:45 pm on Airport Rd. in Hays, NC. I was driving and the light caught my eye I thought it was a
Weaverville · NC, USA
Me and 3 friends saw two weird orbs of speeding light to the north and south of weaverville. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Greenville · NC, USA
Dec. 04th, 2011. Driving along the highway back to my house with my roommate, we both noticed a flying circular bright light. F