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)
Raleigh · NC, USA
A strange bright light appeared to the west of Raleigh, NC at 19:15 hours on 9=10=09.
Asheville (general area) · NC, USA
Extremely Large, Slow Moving, V-Shaped Cloud-like Formation in Night Sky.
Brevard · NC, USA
A lighted object moved unnaturally and too quickly across sky as seen form a mountaintop.
Charlotte · NC, USA
Strange balls of light in the sky
Boone · NC, USA
Bright light appears still but leaves motion trail on digital camera
Advance · NC, USA
Greenish orb being chased by lighted military helicopter and blacked out helicopter. Flying SW approx 150 ft off ground. Orb was very
North Carolina (location unspecified) · NC, USA
Sideways "S" shape, green.
Swannanoa · NC, USA
Bright, large white and blue object in Swannanoa, NC
Waxhaw · NC, USA
Slow travelling non-blinking light high in the sky that changed travel direction
Washington · NC, USA
large bright burning slow moving white light at dawn
Stanley · NC, USA
Very large bright light in sky hovering, the flew out into space in 5 seconds and was gone.
Hampstead · NC, USA
Star Destroyer shaped ufo low in the night sky!
Asheville · NC, USA
A saucer shape object appeared in the air a few hundred yards away and went downwards behind the trees.
Raleigh · NC, USA
Triangle shaped craft with 4 white lights and 1 blinking red light passed silently overhead
Nags Head · NC, USA
20+ ufos seen by 15+ people launching from the ocean only to disappear in the sky
Oak Island · NC, USA
Two reddish-orange lights appearing 2-4 seconds, then reappearing every 5-10 minutes, several smaller lights twinkling continuously
Greensboro · NC, USA
oval shaped object flying overhead far faster than any airplane
Taylorsville · NC, USA
one object red blinking lights, 8 objects white solid alternately blinking, starting in v formation then random 45 minutes duration
Randleman · NC, USA
Bright light split into two dim lights then disappeared.
Durham · NC, USA
Have video for sale of this UFO that seems to be a Mothership!!!There are six of them in orbit, Above us.??? 500 Lights On Object0: Y
Pilot Rock · NC, USA
ufo sighting in pilot mountain, north carolina
Greensboro · NC, USA
Large flickering light rising slowly in sky.
Pawleys Island · NC, USA
Red Orange Light off the Coast of South Carolina
Holden Beach · NC, USA
Holden Beach NC - Big Orange Light Over The Ocean In The Night Sky
Charlotte · NC, USA
Bright White/Chrome Cylinder against Carolina Blue clear sky.