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Asheville, North Carolina UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 73 UFO sighting reports in Asheville, North Carolina to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "light" (14 reports, 19.18% of total).
- August is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (12 reports, 16.44% of total).
- Thursday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (15 reports, 20.55% of total).
- 2012 is the year with the most UFO sightings reported (6 reports, 8.22% of total).
- 10/12/98 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 2.74% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (38 reports, 52.05% of total).
20 Most Recent UFO Sightings in Asheville, North Carolina
These Asheville, North Carolina UFO reports are 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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Was taking a picture of a hoard of bugs around my street light and caught the sighting on camera You will notice in the picture that the object went from one side of the street lying to the other on the left, it seem to move faster than light, as there is an orb behind it and on the right it’s as if it sits still, it’s like a green bottom light so bright it has an aura around it.
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A sign Gale moving light that would fade out and seem to reappear behind itself or maybe there were multiples. My neighbor and I were on my back deck October 15th, 2022 at around 7:45pm facing north westward with a pretty good view of the sky. There are trees surrounding the observable sky with one black walnut in particular north north west that is fairly close to the house but at this time of year has minimal leaves.
I don’t know who saw it first but we both ended up seeing bright lights that appeared one at a time in the sky beyond the walnut tree. I stood to get an unobstructed view from a smaller tree branch. A bright white light slowly moved up the sky 1-2 inches or so from my viewpoint and faded out.
It was then immediately replaced by a similar light not exactly on the same trajectory but close and the starting point was behind where the previous light ended. Could be that one light was circling back around and then showing itself again or a few different lights lit up one after the other but were from different sources. I don’t know.
The light did not seem to be a reflection but self emanating. My neighbor reported thinking it had a cross shape within the light that rotated but my eyes only saw a round light. It happened five or six times in a span of approximately 10-15 seconds.
We stood staring at the sky for a few minutes then saw one more light doing the same thing (appearing, moving in a similar direction, then fading out) however this light was off more to the West. We had been looking at the bats, and pointing out the first stars, and watching planes fly over far in the distance so we made note that there were no planes flying in the north or west that we saw during the time of the event.
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Low flying triangle craft with red, white, blue flashing light on corners. My Fiancé and I were traveling north west toward Asheville, North Carolina. I saw a craft that was flying slowly in our direction following the edge of the interstate.
Traffic was very heavy at the time and we were barely moving and were able to see it very clearly. My fiancé kept saying that it must be an airplane and I kept telling her that it was moving way too slow to be an airplane. As it kept getting closer it became obvious to her that it was not an airplane, so she thought it may be a drone.
Then as it got even closer it turned and you could see clearly that it was a large triangle shaped object and at that point her mind was blown and she was fully convinced that it had to be some type of UFO. I was able to take a picture on my cell phone that has a live short video feed. The craziest thing is that there was a spiracle blue ball following in front of it but kept changing shapes that we did not see with the naked eye, but is visible in the picture/short live video.
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Saw a bright blue light three times, each one getting closer and brighter, and heard "wom wom" when the light flashed. The blue/green light flashed three times. The first time was further away and I was reading, so I didn't know quite what it was.
The second time it happened, it was closer. The third time, the light filled my whole bedroom. Heard a “wom wom” for the second two times.
There's nothing in my neighborhood that could've produced this sort of light or noise.
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Bright oval-shaped object flying at considerable height in the night sky Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) over Asheville, NC. Observed a UFO in the eastern night sky over Haw Creek residential area in Asheville, North Carolina on the night of 14 January 2021, around 10:30pm? I stood outside of my home for over 30 minutes watching this very bright object move silently in the sky along a southerly track. There were no blinking navigation lights as a helicopter or aircraft would present.
There were, however, lights which were rotating in a clockwise motion around the bottom of the craft and there was one central light at the top of the object that remained motionless. This UFO was elongated and oval in shape hovering at an altitude I would guess to be between 500 to 1000 feet. From this altitude, the object would have to have been much larger than a Boeing 777 aircraft due to the size it present in the sky.
It moved downward as well as from side to side. It didn't move erratically or in jerky motions. Instead, it moved very slowly as though it was watching something or was doing some type of reconnaissance.
I had my phone, but it was so dark on this night that the camera could not acquire a focused image to record either as a photograph or video. The iPhone did place a square in my view finder which indicated that it did detect an object though. At or about 10:50 pm, the object sped off at high speed in an upward direction to the west and disappeared from view.
To my knowledge, two other people saw the object as well and could not identify it as a normal aircraft.
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Lineal pattern, sequential, star-like lights seen flying for 15 minutes in Asheville, NC. Objects that appeared exactly like stars in the sky but moving in a lineal pattern across the sky. Appearing from the horizon and moving out of sight.
Unable to determine how many there were but it was absolutely sequential. Traveling at the same speed and the same width apart. Something like this: .
The objects were way too high to be drones, way too many to be satellites, way too slow to be shooting stars, and much too organized. I don’t know exactly when the even started but by the time I noticed it happening to the time the event finished, 10-15 minutes had transpired. Objects seen between three Marias and brightest star visible in the sky.
Even seen in Asheville, NC. Very near Hendersonville Rd. In an apartment complex parking lot.
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formation appeared from no where. Clear skies. Jetting out from darkness and in formation, solid light with no blinking.
Formations of 7 to eight and shortly after 2, then 7 and 1 and back to 7 or eight. Vanishing shortly after. More followed.
This lasted approximately 12 minutes.
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dark pill shaped object over the black mountain range Jan. 28th 2020 I drove into the golds gym parking lot because i was looking and taking pictures of the snow that fell on the black mountains. I took multiple pictures from various vantage points within the same area of the mountain range that was visible after I parked the car and held my arm out of the window to get a better shot, I took multiple pictures in succession.
Later planning to review them and find the best picture . I did not see this object when taking the pictures. I was holding my arm out of the car window because the front windshield is cracked and i didnt want those in the pictures .
Later in the evening, I was scrolling through the pictures I had taken and noticed a black dot that i didn't see when taking them .I realized that the dot was no where in the other pictures that were taken merely seconds behind the previous ones. I realized that the black dot is not normal .
The skies were clear no precipitation at all. The span of the mountain range I was taking pictures of is about 15 miles so any known aircraft would have shown up in a different picture but it did not .it was there then it was gone .
While sitting there taking pictures over the course of 2 or 3 minutes i didn't witness any aircraft in the sky ,I didn't even notice this until I reviewed them later. I do not know how any craft we are familiar with would be there one second and gone the next.
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Massive orb going slow like meteor. Looked like a meteor but 10000 times bigger. It was extremely white and lit up the whole sky.
Moved extremely slow. Then it went over my tree line and was gone.
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I saw a round sphere pop out of a low lying cloud then slightly adjust direction and go back into the cloud.
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Orange-Red Sphere/Ball of Light. Very large orange-red ball of light/sphere traveling at moderate speed, E - W in sky. Object was much larger than a star, left no trails, seemed to sparkle, but did not flash.
After object disappeared above tree cover, it never emerged from the other side. I’ve seen enough satellites & planes at night to know this object was not one of these. I figure it was something burning up entering the atmosphere from space, but wanted to report it just in case.
((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
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Large trianular craft I went out onto my porch to smoke a cigarette and saw a large trianglular craft over my apartment building. It was black and about the size of a football field and had bright orange lights on each corner. It moved slowly over my building and I walked out to the other side of my building.
It started tilted nose up slightly and froze for about a minute. Then did the same for all three corners of the ship. It started spinning slowly and moving forward then disappeared.
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Strange double UFO sighting near UNCA, North Asheville, NC Was walking up the stairs to my apartment in North Asheville across from UNCA. Saw a small bright white light (like a bright star). Moved slowly from left of sky to right.
Light was slowly and closely passed alongside by a small rectangular craft, looking almost like a small shuttle pod or craft of some sort (*note* no visible wings on craft, it was small possibly the size of a large minivan). The craft showed l faintly blinking red and green lights. Shortly after the UFO’s passed each other the white light craft stoped and stayed stationary (it is still there to my knowledge).
The other craft had vanished.
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For weeks a friend of mine observed many small satellites show up behind UNCA here in Asheville, NC. The little ones disappear and then a very large one in comparison to the small shows up and just hangs there. This must be way up because it is hard to determine the shape but it does appear there are 3 or 4 bright lights that make either a triangle pattern or a diamond pattern.
I would not have believed it with my own eyes except for I saw it with my own eyes. Does Asheville, NC, have drones that are allowed to observe us? The more I look, the more I see. About three months later I woke up in the middle of the night and a bright neon green light was in the grass of my neighbors across the street.
I live in the woods and this light was not the color of a lighting bug or a small animals eye - I watched - did not take my eyes off as it buried itself into the dirt. I know what I saw and spent a half an hour combing every square inch of the grassy area the next day and didn't see any big bug that may have died or any hole from a mole if that is what someone is going to say to me. I just want an explanation because this is happening and maybe there is an explanation.
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD)) ((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no contact information. PD)).
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At 12:49 AM, I heard two loud booms. In about two seconds, I heard another loud boom. This process was repeated until I heard four more loud booms.
Then, I heard one loud boom which sounded like it was lower and farther away. In all, I heard seven loud booms and two booms which sounded farther away. This occurrence happened at my house which border the Blue Ridge Parkway in Oteen/Asheville, North Carolina.
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Strange boomerang shaped craft sighted outside of downtown Asheville. Just outside of downtown Asheville I saw an unidentified craft in the night sky. I was outside of my apartment smoking a cigarette and looking at the stars, when I saw a rounded wing like shape (like a boomerang) enter the periphery of my view and fly across my field of sight.
The object was moving extraordinarily fast and the entire sighting lasted a couple seconds. The craft had no visible lights and I only glimpsed it because it must have been flying at a low altitude (speculation). This object made no noise whatsoever.
Signed, ((name deleted)) ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) ((To NUFORC Webmaster)), my name is ((name deleted)). I submitted a UFO sighting report on the nuforc.org website and accidentally had the zip code auto populated with an old address.
the correct zip is 28804. After I sent in the report I clicked onto the home page and saw this account: Madison, Wisconsin, Tuesday, November 07, 2017, @ 7:35 p.m.
(Central)- An adult male, who describes himself as former military, witnessed a dark-colored triangle-, or boomerang-shaped, object fly rapidly overhead in the night sky, exhibiting no navigation lights. Immediately after the object had passed overhead, a smaller object streaked overhead, apparently in pursuit of the triangular craft. The whole incident occurred in an estimated 5 seconds.
This report is nearly identical to what I witnessed. Have there been many of these types of sightings? thanks. all the best to you, ((END ADDENDUM)).
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A moving, shifting light in afternoon sky I was filming some clouds and noticed the ‘object’ when I was watching it later. I was no where near glass or windows- way out to n the lot. I don’t know, it’s probably some bird, but I thought I’d send it in.
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Object gave off a bright flash of light and disapeared Unidentified object spotted driving East on I-26 just south of Asheville, NC. Object appeared to be moving at the speed of a large low flying plane and was cigar shaped. I was traveling near the Asheville airport, so I thought it was only a low flying plane at a distance of approximately 3 miles; however it seemed rather odd shaped for a plane so I continued to glance up at the object while driving.
The last time I looked up at the object it appeared to take a sharp turn south and gave off a bright silver flash of light and disappeared. It was bright enough that it made me close my eyes for just a split second, then look back only to find the object no where in sight. I watched the area that the flash came from for about 30 second, thinking I would see the object flying off.
The object had disappeared.
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What was thought to be glare from the Sun turns out to be Strange Orb on Indian Land. I do not recall seeing the sphere until the last picture I took when I stopped at the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitors Center. I took a picture of the sun along with the surroundings my entire trip back to Charlotte, however there at the visitors' center, that last picture I noticed what I thought was a glare on the screen of my cell phone as I snapped the picture suddenly there was a bright light, at the time I thought nothing of it thinking it was the sun, but later on I looked at the picture and I noticed the sphere had a glow around it zoomed in and realized what it was.
It is in every picture I took of the sun that day, but the only one with a glow around it. The pictures with the clouds really gives you a clear view of it looks like. I will include only the picture with the glare around it until I can confirm this is a legit form I am filling out.
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I'm a mailman in Asheville, NC. At 11:30 am, I witnessed a seemingly round craft flying west to east in the sky directly above me. I saw it for approximately 30 seconds and in the blink of an eye it disappeared.
It left little to no trail behind it like you would see coming from a jet. After it disappeared, at least 7 jets moving in rapid succession, flew in all directions as if they were looking for the object. Right now it is 12:12 pm and jets are still flying overhead as I'm typing this.
My friend who is also a ((deleted--public employee)) in downtown Asheville witnessed the same thing as we talked on the phone.
Asheville, North Carolina UFO Sightings 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 | 14 reported sightings | 19.18% of all reports |
Unknown | 10 reported sightings | 13.70% of all reports |
Disk | 5 reported sightings | 6.85% of all reports |
Changing | 4 reported sightings | 5.48% of all reports |
Other | 4 reported sightings | 5.48% of all reports |
Circle | 4 reported sightings | 5.48% of all reports |
Chevron | 4 reported sightings | 5.48% of all reports |
Sphere | 4 reported sightings | 5.48% of all reports |
Triangle | 3 reported sightings | 4.11% of all reports |
Cigar | 3 reported sightings | 4.11% of all reports |
Oval | 3 reported sightings | 4.11% of all reports |
Fireball | 2 reported sightings | 2.74% of all reports |
Formation | 2 reported sightings | 2.74% of all reports |
Diamond | 2 reported sightings | 2.74% of all reports |
Teardrop | 2 reported sightings | 2.74% of all reports |
Cross | 1 reported sightings | 1.37% of all reports |
Rectangle | 1 reported sightings | 1.37% of all reports |
Cylinder | 1 reported sightings | 1.37% of all reports |
Flash | 1 reported sightings | 1.37% of all reports |
Egg | 1 reported sightings | 1.37% of all reports |
Asheville, North Carolina UFO Sightings 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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August | 12 reported sightings | 16.44% of all reports |
July | 9 reported sightings | 12.33% of all reports |
October | 8 reported sightings | 10.96% of all reports |
November | 8 reported sightings | 10.96% of all reports |
June | 7 reported sightings | 9.59% of all reports |
January | 7 reported sightings | 9.59% of all reports |
April | 6 reported sightings | 8.22% of all reports |
May | 5 reported sightings | 6.85% of all reports |
March | 4 reported sightings | 5.48% of all reports |
September | 4 reported sightings | 5.48% of all reports |
December | 2 reported sightings | 2.74% of all reports |
February | 1 reported sightings | 1.37% of all reports |
Asheville, North Carolina UFO Sightings 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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Thursday | 15 reported sightings | 20.55% of all reports |
Saturday | 13 reported sightings | 17.81% of all reports |
Monday | 12 reported sightings | 16.44% of all reports |
Friday | 10 reported sightings | 13.70% of all reports |
Wednesday | 8 reported sightings | 10.96% of all reports |
Tuesday | 8 reported sightings | 10.96% of all reports |
Sunday | 7 reported sightings | 9.59% of all reports |
Asheville, North Carolina UFO Sightings 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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10/12/98 | 2 reported sightings | 2.74% of all reports |
01/21/16 | 2 reported sightings | 2.74% of all reports |
10/27/10 | 1 reported sightings | 1.37% of all reports |
11/16/17 | 1 reported sightings | 1.37% of all reports |
10/15/98 | 1 reported sightings | 1.37% of all reports |
Asheville, North Carolina UFO Sightings 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 | 38 reported sightings | 52.05% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 11 reported sightings | 15.07% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 9 reported sightings | 12.33% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 7 reported sightings | 9.59% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 5 reported sightings | 6.85% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 3 reported sightings | 4.11% of all reports |
Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Asheville, North Carolina
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