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)
Hilton Head · SC, USA
Over about a 15-minute period, I saw either 6 or 7 bright white, rice-shaped objects moving steadily across the sky.
Loris · SC, USA
Awakened by white light door opens memory goes blank woke/sat up 2 aliens by door paralyzed me blacked out
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
It was small , but HOT in color and pulsed for about 4-5 burts then disappeared, reapeared once more in a new direction
Clinton · SC, USA
The HugeBlur passed my field of view in no time flat, Like it was shot from a Very Big Gun.
Batesburg · SC, USA
Bright object with an orange tint hovered for 45 minutes.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
The evening of 08/17/02 around 22:00 while looking out over the ocean in Myrtle Beach,SC (3 people) we saw bright red and orange luminc
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
One orange light split into two lights over the ocean .
Isle of Palms · SC, USA
Strange red lights over the ocean - Isle of Palms, South Carolina
Edisto Island · SC, USA
Watch what in the sky's you mite be surprised & if the Gov't sayes your crazy well look at them.
Abbeville · SC, USA
UFO visits small town USA.
North Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Yellow balls staying stationery in linear formation, then disappearing.
Mt. Carmel campgrounds · SC, USA
Green rectangular lights appearing erratically
Isle of Palms · SC, USA
Mysterious Orb floats up on beach shore it is unidentified and will be destroyed
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Brightest, most brilliant lights and silent craft that we have ever experienced and can't explain.
Hartsville · SC, USA
Red light streaks across sky and cuts a 90 degree angle, disappearing.
Travelers Rest · SC, USA
Well we walked out own the back porch to relax a little. Outside there were thunder storms in the area and also heat lighting. I look
Wedgefield · SC, USA
Entourage of pairs of lights which changed to single file, then leaped up toward the sky.
Greenville · SC, USA
I am sure that I was awake, and I wasn't hurt at all.
Irmo · SC, USA
3 steady white lights, triangular formation with a red blinking light in the center.
Sniders Crossroads · SC, USA
object above the treeline with no sound
Greenville (Near) · SC, USA
Cluster of 15-25 objects moving in a SSW direction, with 3 of the objects making distinct manouvers suggesting some kind of intelligenc
Columbia · SC, USA
I saw a flaming object falling from the sky at a tremendous rate of speed.
Lake City · SC, USA
it was like a light just sitting in the air and it just went out and it light up in a zigzag pattern and the light just went out for a
Lake City · SC, USA
we was standing outside and one big orange looking circle light lit up, and then 2 or 3 more lit up right beside the first in a zig zag
Bennettsville · SC, USA
This was no plane,It was metallic,no lights and it did not move till it was ready.