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North Carolina UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 101 UFO sighting reports in North Carolina from 2021 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "light" (16 reports, 15.84% of total).
- December is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (22 reports, 21.78% of total).
- Saturday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (16 reports, 15.84% of total).
- 12/03/21 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (4 reports, 3.96% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (47 reports, 46.53% of total).
North Carolina UFO Sighting Reports in 2021
This is a sampling of 20 North Carolina UFO reports from 2021, presented as they were submitted other than paragraph breaks added for easier readability where necessary.
You can click the 'Report' link to view the original report along with any photos that may have been submitted to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC).
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I saw a geometric orb that changed into what looked like a pumice stone It was early, I was having my coffee on the porch and I see a light that changes in intensity. I grabbed my phone and recorded a little bit of it. It seems to go from small to larger and changes shape.
It looked like a smaller light came from it. It finally stopped moving and I took a picture of it. It looked like it had alot holes in it almost rock-like.
I went back in the house and do not know when it left.
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The orb was bright in the sky, it descended in front of the four witnesses. Craft was visible long enough to record video footage. I have always been drawn to the subject of ufology, and when I found out that my good friend Jeremy Bledsoe's father could offer some information, I overtime tried to find an opportunity where I could meet him in a comfortable setting where I could ask him questions.
Jeremy was very willing to have me and my brother meet his father so we set up a time we could get together, get some pizza and then go golfing. Chris was very open and down to earth when it came to discussing his experience and ufology in general. The time spent with him that day golfing with him, his son, and my brother was more than pleasant.
While golfing, Christopher said something along the lines of "Well, why don't you come around the house tonight around 6:30 if y'all want to see something." As the three of us pulled into the property, Chris was waiting for us with his eyes to the sky calling us to come look. **What we saw**: A bright light in an orb shape permeating the night's sky.
The orbs' light looked as if it was an animated version of an unstable molecule. The orb was present for a full two minutes or so it did a spiral descent above the cabin and then disappeared. The orb made no noise whatsoever.
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At first I thought it might have been a huge falling star but it never burnt out Looked up in the sky to see what thought was a huge falling star, but it was falling vertically and never burnt out. It seemed to be of a green color vs a bright white.
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Distant light flew in, paused in the air for half a second, then accelerated away at an incredible speed. I am a 41 year old, retired Army Intelligence Officer with 21 years of active duty service living in Fayetteville, NC. I was on my porch at 11:22 pm Christmas Eve when I looked up as a small flash of light caught my attention.
A distant, white light flew from east to west at incredible speed creating a light trail behind it. The light then stopped instantly and paused for half a second at high altitude before accelerating westward and seemingly upward into space creating another light trail behind it as it vanished. There was no sound from the object and the entire event occured in perhaps two seconds within a relatively small area in the visible sky.
To me, it looked as though "something" had simply dropped in for a quick look before taking off at or near light speed.
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Saw 15 orange fire balls Moved across the horizon in a group and then behind trees. When the trees cleared they were on top of a building, not that far up from the building. They were spread out.
All at different positions. Glowing orange. My daughter says they were red.
But we both saw them. If i could connect the dots i swear it would be one thing. They weren't moving.
I couldnt get a picture because i was doing 70 miles an hour. I looked at them as much as i could. I had zero explanation for what they were.
They didnt have propellers. There were NO POLES under them (obviously, they wee above a building) and they were like balls but were glowing like fire. I tried to rationalize and say they were chinese lanterns except they were BIGGER and they were moving initially but they WEREN'T MOVING when the trees cleared.
Ive never seen anything like this in my life. And no one will be able to convince me it was was something man made.
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I saw this changing wobling circular object that was changing colors in odd patterns. The object moved a couple times, but I didn't catch it on video when it moved. The movement on the screen you see in the video is from me holding my phone.
I had to zoom way out to capture the object. When the object moved, it moved like it had instant acceleration. The most I saw it move was about 20 times or more of its size.
But, it had clearly moved in a straight line.
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flying stick, the ends of it brighter. Recorded event looks like an invisible drone?.
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Sighting began with 2 orange glows proceeded by small randomly pulsating white lights. Then the lights moved back and forth in the sky. At about 8:45 pm, while sitting on an ocean front balcony, I noticed 2 orange glowing orbs in the sky above the water that suddenly "appeared".
These faded after about 10 seconds. I thought a boat had sent up fireworks, but there was no sound nor any boats that I could see. After a few seconds, in the spot where the orange glows had been, I saw many tiny white lights flickering in a round pattern.
This lasted a few seconds, and then there appeared larger star-like lights pulsating at different intervals in what seemed to be a triangular pattern. The "object" (just lights were all that were visible) began to move back and forth across the sky at a relatively medium pace. At times, the lights would completely disappear, but then return after 5 - 10 seconds.
After about 5 minutes of this, 2 of lights seemed to separate quickly and become 2 completely different "objects" with the same intermittent (sometimes rapid) flashing lights, and both began to travel back and forth across the sky. This went on another 15 minutes, when lower on the horizon 3 more orange "glows" appeared and soon faded. When I looked back to where the original objects had been, they had disappeared and did not return.
There was no sound. There was no blocking of stars as they moved back and forth, as if the lights themselves were not a part of anything, just on their own. But you could definitely tell that they were a part of something as the intermittent flashing lights stayed within the confines of a pattern.
Very strange indeed.
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Object appeared, grew in size and brightness, reduced size and brightness then began to move. This is what I used for direction. If East is 90 degrees and South is 180 degrees, this object was at about 130 degrees.
If straight up is 90 degrees, this was 65 to 70 degrees above the horizon. The local time was about 6:08 am on December 14, 2021. I was seated at my front door observing the meteor shower.
This light appeared at first the size of a bright star. It got extremely bright over a second or two. The size of the light grew as it got brighter.
At its largest I would guess it to be about 1/4 to 1/3 the diameter of a full moon. During this time it remained stationary. After it dimmed back to the size of a star it began moving to the south parallel to the horizon.
Observed it moving to the south for a short distance and it just disappeared. AT ALL TIMES IT APPEARED ROUND. Could not verify this is or is not an Iridium Satellite.
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Looking at the geminids and witnessed a formation Stargazing while the geminids were going on and saw a formation of lights; a triangle and a line flying in parallel from the north to the south tracked across the horizon it crossed in a matter of seconds, and had a feeling that it might've been bending light around it as if it was a single craft.
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A distant glowing object rapidly descending downward I was driving through Old Highway 52 in between the towns of Rural Hall and King with my mother. At 12:24 am, we both noticed a distant yellowish glowing circular object in the sky rapidly descending downward. It went out of sight after about 3 seconds.
My mom also saw red and green lights on it, but I just noticed it was yellowish in color.
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triangular aircraft hovering above tree line. was pulling out from home and immediately seen a triangular shape hovering right above trees stayed there and slowly moved up past trees.made a loud wind type sound with a loud car on highway type sound in sky.
it was dark.it had 3 white lights that stayed lit.
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Accidentally took picture of ufo. Was going into work this morning and saw alot of chemtrails in the sky. So I was going to take a picture of them .
I used my phone and took 2 quick snap pictures. Was showing them to friends at work and they pointed the ufo out at that point I zoomed in and noticed it was something strange.
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Glowing white and orange orbs follow me every night Firstly this isn't the first time I've been seeing this. It's a recurring event that I have accepted and now it's a regular part of my everyday life. Everyday right before the sun goes down I'm greeted usually with 1 coming into view then another but that's just the beginning.
I have a total of at least a hundred upwards of over 200 that follow me everywhere I go. It sounds crazy I hate explaining it cause almost everyone thinks I'm delusional but I can see perfectly I have brilliant vision and depth perception. They are just over the trees at their highest and below the tree tops at their lowest.
Just a few days ago I was watching ufo or uap videos on YouTube and saw the Albuquerque video of the white orbs in formation and then the orange one. Same exact white orbs that follow me also with the orange one. They appear in formation and they mimic the constellation.
I have been greeted by the big dipper just right above when turning on my road when I'm pulling in at home. It sounds insane but this has been going on since early May. Up until I saw that video in NM I thought they were drones but I started to realize that's not the case and there's other things that's happened that I'm not gonna explain that support the uap theory and dismantle this drone hype that some are trying to convince is the majority of these sightings.
I found an article about this lady who can communicate with different beings and I tried this and got a reaction. I failed to hear or receive or understand and communication but I did get 2 of them to descend below the trees at my house and the other was last night behind food Lion with the bigger orange colored orb, it also changed from orange to white back to orange then to red then back to orange. The first one at home I got to descend from what I could tell definitely wasn't a drone.
Seen no propellers nor heard any. There was however a tiny glowing red dot or orb that aimlessly danced or orbited this thing with no recognizable pattern or destination. I'm hoping to discover the reason as to why I was chosen to be followed or watched by these things.
They stay up until right before the sunrises and it doesn't matter where I go or how fast I go they have absolutely no difficulty finding or keeping up with me. If anyone can help or has experienced similar events like I've described please post so I can check back and read your experiences.
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Dancing Orb's in sky, seemed like playing, at times following a pattern but other times randomly darting back and forth the light's were round they seemed like a beam of light not bright kind of what an airport beacon would be but no beam went up from the ground or came down from above. They would dance around not following a certain pattern. Then they would change 4 would meet and touch in the middle then sort of bounce back,and do that over and over.
It seemed like they were playing. The next night Sunday evening they were back but not in the same area, further away but followed the same routine. 4 from our family and 3 from another family all seen the same thing.
1 was a Veteran and said he never seen anything like that. Still trying to figure this out. Our dogs did not react to this.
((NUFORC Note: Advertising spotlights?? PD)).
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Saw a string of lights.(35+).while walking dog.
aprox.6:45pm.heading from SW to NE.
possible Starlink satellites?.
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The thing was a long string of lights moving in a line (Google ufo long string of lights) So I'm in my back yard. There is a sweet 16 going on in my neighbors backyard. I don't take notice of their excitement at first because they're talking about a centipede or Santa.
Then my sister in law and her friend who are out there too start saying woah what is that?! And with my interest stirred I looked up and saw what was a long sting of lights in the sky moving across the sky at the same speed and length apart (which indicates to me that it is a large aircraft of some type- too large for us humans). By the time I got my phone out it started to disappear one light at a time from right to left. My sister in law did get a picture of it luckily.
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witnessed 25-30 lights in a near straight-line formation traveling from the west to the east. At approximately 6:25 pm Eastern Standard Time in Alexander, NC I witnessed a series of 25 to 30 lights traveling in a near straight-line formation. These unknown objects we traveling from the west, towards approximately 60° - 77°east.
I quickly called to my 16 year old son, his friend and my wife to share in the sighting of this phenomenon. These objects stayed in view for about 3 minutes as the slowly faded into the distance. This was absolutely the most amazing thing any of us had ever witnessed in the night sky.
The lights were a solid white color the entire time of our sighting and there were no flashing lights. They were traveling at a steady pace similar to the speed of a commercial aircraft.
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Cigar-Shaped UFO Vanished When exiting Keeley Road facing Rankin Mill Road (facing the grave yard which is in front of the landfill dirt mound area). I saw a long object hovering low in the sky over the landfill area. At first I wondered if maybe it was a very high crane, with maybe a long piece of steel attached.
But, then I noticed that it was slowly moving. The closer it got to my view, I noticed that it was cigar-shaped. It was not inflated in appearance like a blimp.
It was narrow. It had numerous lights on the side of it. It was extremely long and difficult for me to estimate the length.
There were no other visible aircrafts in the sky. I did not have on the radio or CD player. It was quiet and I did not hear a sound from the object.
I turned my lights off and on again multiple times as I tried to get a clear view of it. I did not want my lights to interfere with my view of the object. As it got closer to my car, I continued to watch it.
All of a sudden, It began to fade, as to vanish. As the object was approaching overhead right in front of my car, I sensed that the object was all of a sudden no longer bright and clear like it was just moments (seconds) ago before, which was very weird and strange. As a natural instinct, I began to rub my eyes in an attempt to focus, as I am a contact lenses wearer.
Suddenly, the object that was slowly fading, vanished. I looked through my front windshield and my sunroof and it was gone. I am estimating that I watched the object for 10 to 15 minutes before it vanished.
I then began to drive. I turned right on Rankin Mill Road. I turned right on Camp Burton Road.
I made a 3 point turn in order to look back towards the Keeley Road area in an attempt to see the object. The night sky was clear and there was no visible object in the sky. I then, positioned my car to drive back towards Rankin Mill Road.
I turned left on to Rankin Mill Road and drove back towards Keeley Road, while looking up into the night sky in an attempt to see the object. There was no visible object in the sky. The object had completely vanished.
Full Report Text:
long line of lights evenly spaced all moving in unisom Long line of lights (maybe 12 or more) moving from the west, coming over a farmers field. Lights were white, solid, no other colors noted and it was moving slow, perpendicular to the ground then whatever this was changed course and started to move north, slightly angled, moved over a tree line and then disappeared. Whatever this was, it was low and I really couldn't make out any shape due to the darkness outside.
North Carolina UFO Sightings From 2021 By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Light | 16 reported sightings | 15.84% of all reports |
Circle | 14 reported sightings | 13.86% of all reports |
Other | 10 reported sightings | 9.90% of all reports |
Formation | 10 reported sightings | 9.90% of all reports |
Changing | 7 reported sightings | 6.93% of all reports |
Unknown | 7 reported sightings | 6.93% of all reports |
Oval | 6 reported sightings | 5.94% of all reports |
Triangle | 5 reported sightings | 4.95% of all reports |
Sphere | 5 reported sightings | 4.95% of all reports |
Cigar | 4 reported sightings | 3.96% of all reports |
Fireball | 3 reported sightings | 2.97% of all reports |
Diamond | 2 reported sightings | 1.98% of all reports |
Flash | 2 reported sightings | 1.98% of all reports |
Rectangle | 2 reported sightings | 1.98% of all reports |
Cylinder | 1 reported sightings | 0.99% of all reports |
Orb | 1 reported sightings | 0.99% of all reports |
Disk | 1 reported sightings | 0.99% of all reports |
Cone | 1 reported sightings | 0.99% of all reports |
North Carolina UFO Sightings From 2021 By Month
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.
Month | Sightings | % Of Total |
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December | 22 reported sightings | 21.78% of all reports |
October | 11 reported sightings | 10.89% of all reports |
August | 10 reported sightings | 9.90% of all reports |
November | 10 reported sightings | 9.90% of all reports |
January | 8 reported sightings | 7.92% of all reports |
May | 8 reported sightings | 7.92% of all reports |
March | 8 reported sightings | 7.92% of all reports |
September | 7 reported sightings | 6.93% of all reports |
April | 6 reported sightings | 5.94% of all reports |
February | 4 reported sightings | 3.96% of all reports |
July | 4 reported sightings | 3.96% of all reports |
June | 3 reported sightings | 2.97% of all reports |
North Carolina UFO Sightings From 2021 By Weekday
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the day of the week the sighting occured on.
Weekday | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Saturday | 16 reported sightings | 15.84% of all reports |
Sunday | 16 reported sightings | 15.84% of all reports |
Tuesday | 16 reported sightings | 15.84% of all reports |
Friday | 16 reported sightings | 15.84% of all reports |
Thursday | 15 reported sightings | 14.85% of all reports |
Wednesday | 12 reported sightings | 11.88% of all reports |
Monday | 10 reported sightings | 9.90% of all reports |
North Carolina UFO Sightings From 2021 By Date (Top 5)
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the date the sighting occured on, limited to the top 5 dates with the most sightings.
Date | Sightings | % Of Total |
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12/03/21 | 4 reported sightings | 3.96% of all reports |
12/04/21 | 4 reported sightings | 3.96% of all reports |
11/25/21 | 3 reported sightings | 2.97% of all reports |
03/28/21 | 3 reported sightings | 2.97% of all reports |
12/14/21 | 3 reported sightings | 2.97% of all reports |
North Carolina UFO Sightings From 2021 By Time
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the time of day the sighting occured during. We took logical 4 hour windows in order to split the day into early morning, morning, afternoon, evening, night, and late night buckets for this analysis.
Time Of Day | Hours | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 47 reported sightings | 46.53% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 25 reported sightings | 24.75% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 12 reported sightings | 11.88% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 9 reported sightings | 8.91% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 4 reported sightings | 3.96% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 4 reported sightings | 3.96% of all reports |
All North Carolina Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2021
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in North Carolina, in 2021
Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in North Carolina
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in North Carolina.