UFO Sightings in South Carolina
2,109 UFO sightings reported in South Carolina since 1939, peaking in 2014 (260 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 2,109
- Span
- 1939–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (260 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1939–2022 · peak 2014 (260 reports)
Top cities in South Carolina
Myrtle Beach
1981–2022 · peak 2014 (45 reports)
North Myrtle Beach
2002–2021 · peak 2014 (30 reports)
Charleston
1962–2022 · peak 2014 (11 reports)
Columbia
1968–2020 · peak 2015 (9 reports)
Greenville
1972–2021 · peak 2019 (7 reports)
Surfside Beach
2003–2020 · peak 2014 (7 reports)
Summerville
1969–2022 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Pawleys Island
1995–2022 · peak 2014 (11 reports)
Irmo
1971–2022 · peak 2020 (13 reports)
Conway
1997–2022 · peak 2014 (6 reports)
Rock Hill
1959–2019 · peak 2007 (5 reports)
Simpsonville
1998–2020 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Garden City
1985–2020 · peak 2014 (9 reports)
Anderson
1975–2021 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Florence
1975–2020 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
North Charleston
1975–2020 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Lexington
1999–2019 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Murrells Inlet
2003–2021 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Sumter
1991–2021 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Easley
1991–2021 · peak 2020 (4 reports)
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Lights off the coast
Branchville · SC, USA
It was a circular shaped object with about 10 to 12 bright white lights coming from it, rotated. ((Advertising lights?))
Lancaster · SC, USA
round object turning ccw 15 feet across watched it for app 15 minutes no lights no sound
Murrells Inlet · SC, USA
speed and direction ----indications that they were unusual
Pickens · SC, USA
On the night of Feb 23,around 3:00AM 2005,I went to the kitchen looked out the kitchen window.There in the sky was this craft,circuler
Columbia · SC, USA
White objects at high altitude and high speeds during clear daytime conditions.
Fountain Inn · SC, USA
Bright white light ,non flashing,leading in front of two airliners.
Piedmont · SC, USA
Stationary light with increasing brightness - then dimming and moving away to the west.
Salters · SC, USA
Saw the same lights again tonight that we saw on October 20, 2004.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
White lights, in unison, left to right, not change in velocity, direction, or speed, much too large for a normal A/C
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Orangish - Reddish Glow moving in a zig zag pattern about midnight!
Surfside Beach · SC, USA
Orange lights with many strobes over ocean in Surfside.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Sonic boom in Myrtle Beach
Trio · SC, USA
More night sky activity in Salters
Charleston/Mt. Pleasant · SC, USA
Gold, non moving light in sky that vanished completely over river near Charleston
Anderson · SC, USA
Silver cigar shaped object with no wings that stopped and changed direction in mid-air
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Went out to walk dogs. Clear, starry night. Looked up at sky at airplane and then my vision was blocked by a huge, black, chevron sha
North Myrtle Beach (Cherry Grove) · SC, USA
Every thing was a very bright gold color.
Sumter · SC, USA
Point of light
Irmo · SC, USA
Chased UFO And Witnessed It Up Close And Personal
Aiken · SC, USA
Silver cylindrical object; no wings; no vapor trail; no sound .
Aiken · SC, USA
Straight-line flight with no visible wings or no vapor trail.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
lights in the middle of the ocean.......
Lancaster · SC, USA
Comet shaped or rectangle shaped slow moving object.
Ravenel · SC, USA
Two pale grey luminescent chevrons moving silently and at high speed, making several sharp zig-zags.