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Carolina Beach, North Carolina UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 30 UFO sighting reports in Carolina Beach, North Carolina to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "circle" (6 reports, 20.00% of total).
- April is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (6 reports, 20.00% of total).
- Tuesday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (8 reports, 26.67% of total).
- 2014 is the year with the most UFO sightings reported (6 reports, 20.00% of total).
- 04/24/13 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 6.67% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (26 reports, 86.67% of total).
20 Most Recent UFO Sightings in Carolina Beach, North Carolina
These Carolina Beach, 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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we were watching a red like object pop out of nowhere and then next thung you know it started changing and morphing into 3 objects 1 objects and then 3 objects and then it went back into one object. me and my 3 friends were taking pictures and wondering what it was so we immediately left the beach area.
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Something just slowly flew over the homes around 8:20pm with 8 inch red lights running along the bottom of it. No sound. I did not see a shape.
If it had a shape it was black. I just saw 8 inch diameter vivid red lights spaced about 3 feet apart along the bottom of something dark. From what I saw it stretched from one side of the street above one home to the other side of the street above the house on the other side of the road and the lights were moving like watching a train go through an intersection except it was happening above houses.
It just kept moving. It really startled me as I realized what was happening. When I got to the intersection and looked down the intersecting street it was gone and out of sight.
I drove around many blocks looking for it. Never saw it again. We live just across the river from the Sunny Point Military Terminal where a lot of jets train and military cargo planes fly over us all the time.
They make noise. This object did not. I have never seen anything like it.
I do not know what kind of military training object this could have been. But I am reporting it because it was simply too close to the top of the homes on my street.
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Delta shaped object moved from my 5 o’clock to my 11 o’clock position, moving silently, 130 KIAS, approximately 1500 AGL I was standing on the second floor balcony looking for satellites and observing night air traffic when a delta shaped object moved from my 5 o’clock position to my 11 o’clock position. The object had three white lights. The lights were at the 3, 9, and 12 o’clock positions on the craft.
The lights were a dim white almost yellowish light. The craft was completely silent and the airspeed appeared to be about 130 knots. The craft appeared to be about 1,500 ft.
AGL. The color of the craft seemed to be a dark color maybe grey. I could see the faint outline of the craft against the night.
sky. I lost sight of the aircraft as it continued toward the ocean. It disappeared behind the courtyard Marriott.
Total time observed between 5 and 10 seconds.
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Was with an off duty firefighter who got a call that there was a possible boat fire 11-17 miles off shore. We ran to the beach and saw nothing. Waited about 5 minutes and 3-4 super bright orange orbs appeared over Carolina Beach NC.
They disappeared, waited and about ten minutes after 4 more appeared and made a diamond formation. After 20 minutes after the lorbs went away , military helicopters flew over my house heading to the sea. I have some great video of it.
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Red Orb silently hovers over Carolina Beach North Carolina and Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant in Southport I have witnessed a Silent orange or red small orb shape hovering in one spot for long durations between Carolina Beach and Kure Beach, NC. It just hovers there for like 15 minutes and then it proceeds on a path over the Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant in Southport next to the Sunny Point Military Terminal. This has happened on many nights that I have personally witnessed in the past year.
Unsure what the silent orange object is but it appears to hover in one spot and have special interest in the nuclear power plant. It may be a drone but it also hovers over beach homes and that makes me uncomfortable as to why it would do that. I am interested in finding out what this is.
Please contact me to discuss any way that I can find out. The Carolina Beach Police has no knowledge of this object.
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Huge orange oval shaped bright light appeared over the ocean in the vicinity of the horizon. The light seemed to pulsate and move in various directions, including above and below the original location. After the light disappeared, a few minutes later the same colored and shaped light appeared in the sky.
It too split into multiple directions and intensity before disappearing. ((NUFORC Note: Mars. PD)).
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Large orange orb about the size of the moon with scattered white/yellow lights in front seen in sky over the ocean. Orange orb about the size of the orange moon seen earlier in the evening. 5 to 7 scattered small lights in front of it.
It moved northward over the ocean, faster than a plane and much larger. No sounds was heard.
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Observed 1 orange/ yellow fireball shoot down the alley about 20ft from where I was sitting on Carolina Beach, NC. I was sitting on my back porch last night looking at the stars. It was a clear night with minimal humidity.
I live in aa neighborhood that is pitch dark at night. There was.no noise or evidence of any one out and about that time of night.
Out the corner of my eye, I noticed an orange/yellowish light. In that moment, a sphere of fiery looking light energy moved quickly down the alley by the back of my house. This fireball moved quickly in a lateral trojectory with no sound approximately 20ft away from where I was sitting and no more than 15ft above the ground.
The total event lasted 5 - 8 seconds and disappeared. There was only 1 fireball. A dog in the neighborhood started barking about the time this fireball started to disappear.
The fireball was about the size of a large cantaloupe. It startled me and still can't believe what my eyes saw. I went out the next morning and didn't see any evidence of anything burning.
I am a medical professional with a Masters degree and post graduate studies.
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Flashing multi colored lights in the night sky. Sept 13, 2016, Carolina Beach, NC. My friend and I witnessed multi-colored lights over the ocean.
Sometimes in a straight line then diagonal. Red, blue, green and white lights in a row would hover for a few seconds then disappear or to reappear a few miles away. It happened 3 times then they was gone.
Could not seen any air crafts just lights since is was nighttime.
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Name of photo: Reddish-orange lights sighted at Carolina Beach, January 6, 2016. Description and date of incident: The photo was taken on 1/5/16 approximately between 2-3AM Eastern Standard Time. Location: The ocean horizon of Carolina Beach, North Carolina, in front of the boardwalk.
The red-amber colored lights blinked off and on all night long until the sun came up (no craft, just lights). Note: This picture was taken on a tripod, as well as, time exposed due to nighttime visibility. I tried using a cell phone but it would not work because it was too dark.
I can rule out any identifiable structures (boat/other) related to the lights seen. I'm not sure what this is? The lights appeared separated but together (no identifiable structure associated with it) at the same time and followed a sequencing of left to right and then right to left repeatedly until the sun came up.
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Orange lights still being seen around the Carolina Beach area mainly during the first 2 hours after dark. Having seen lights in the sky on the Outer Banks in 2004 and at Carolina Beach in 2013, I take my camera with me to the beach and set it up at nights trying to catch a video of the lights. On Tuesday night while watching from the top floor balcony of the motel I was staying at I observed an orange light in the sky a little left from straight out in front of me at about a 30 degree angle up.
I estimated it was at cloud level about half way between me and the horizon. The light came on and grew in intensity quickly then maintained that brightness for about 2 seconds then faded out just as quickly. It appeared about pea size at arms length.
At 9:43(21::43) it appeared again but this time at the horizon a little to the right of center. Then once again a little to the right of it a few seconds after. I did not see any again until around 10:00(22:00) Friday night while fishing at Freeman Park in the inlet.
Two orange lights appeared just above the buoy that! has the white blinking light out in front of the inlet near the horizon. Again they only appeared for about 2-3 seconds each, one after the other. During none of these sightings did I hear any aircraft, plane, jet, or helicopter.
I did not have my camera pointing in the right direction during any of the attempts to video them. These orange lights are completely different from the red dividing lights I saw at Avon, NC on the outer banks in 2004.
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Orange orbs over ocean three in a row As we were standing on our balcony, we noticed a ship over the horizon brightly lite up. The next things we saw over the ocean in the sky were very bright orange orbs. At first it was one orb at a time.
Half a second behind each other, in different directions. Then three at on time in a row. One would dim out then the one beside it then the other.
At first I thought they were maybe military helicopters or maybe flares. But then after several minutes we saw them again. The last one was the three in a row again.
This time I saw the three through the binoculars. They were orange but also had a red glare in them. And just like the first ones went off one at a time in a row.
About two hours later the ship was no longer there.
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06/19/14 My family and myself are vacationing in a four story condo overlooking the ocean at north Carolina beach. On our third night we were out on the balcony relaxing watching the waves crash on the beach when a strange red orb appeared in the sky over the ocean what appeared to be several miles out when my step son said did you see that I at first replied did you see lighting. He said I dont think so then it appeared again it lingered for several minutes this time and then faded away to reappear again in the same location some times as three light close together.
At times there would be up to three groupings of these lights in spread out locations at the same time they would linger for a minute then fade away to reappear in up to five mins latter. We called for the rest of the family to watch. This went on for over an hour with the time in between each appearance getting longer.
It was too high in the sky to be from a boat and didn't behave like any aircraft I have ever saw. On the fourth night 06/20/14 around 22:30 we were on the private board walk for the condo we were staying in when we saw the light again this time I pointed it out to a man that was staying next door to us and asked him if he has ever saw that before he said he didn't this time it only appeared around five times in less than thirty minutes. ((NUFORC Note: Source of report indicates that the date is approximate.
PD)).
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Bright Orange Lights Over Atlantic Ocean off of Carolina Beach. Bright orange lights over Atlantic Ocean. At first it appeared as one craft, then separated into 6 different orange lights.
They slowly appear then disappear. Seem to be traveling all up and down the Pleasure Island Coast. ((ADDENDUM #1 FROM SOURCE OF REPORT)) Hi, I accidentally gave consent to release my Information on your UFO website and couldn't uncheck the box before it continued the page.
Could you please remove my information? Thanks ((END ADDENDUM)) ((ADDENDUM #2 FROM SOURCE)) Thank you! I was on my phone and accidentally clicked it. I wasn't sure if it was released or not, because as soon as I posted the report I received a weird phone call. Thank you again though! We were seeing some strange orange lights off the coast of Carolina Beach the past couple of nights and I was reading the similar reports, so I thought I would share mine! ((END ADDENDUM)).
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Orange orbs over coast of Carolina Beach. My daughter and I got to Carolina Beach at 9:00 pm. At 9:30pm we witnessed what I thought a star exploding would look like.
I bright orange,red orb glowing brighter and brighter and then just dimmed away. About a minute later three more lights in sequence from left to right repeated the first orbs action of glowing extremely bright and the dimming away. We did not see any craft but these lights were larger than any airplane.
And was too far above the water to be a boat. The lights were about 300 yards apart from each other. We returned again tonight 6/18/14 and at 9:30pm on the dot my daughter and I witnessed them again.
This time we only saw them one time. Much further off in the distance this time but I could make out a v formation of the orbs.keep in mind again we have not witnessed any craft.
But I think these lights are enough. I'll be back again tomorrow night same time.
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Several Triangular Vessels with bright red lights While vacationing at Carolina Beach, NC this week (oceanfront) on May 13th, 2014 we saw 4-5 vessels, each with 3 red lights (triangular), one large red one on top and 2 red lights on the bottom. They were large and stationary, no noise, no sound. Some would immediately disappear without moving and another would appear.
All in the same spot. We watched these for 30 minutes before they disappeared for good. We watched every night after without success.
The lights appeared at approximately 9:30 PM to about 10 PM. This is the very first time either one of us had seen something so strange and we were excited. Had a phone camera but the quality is very, very poor.
It was simply amazing!.
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Bright orange circles over Atlantic Ocean 3 in a row. It was only seconds in the sky then they disappeared.
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Orange lights over the ocean for about 5-6 minutes! Sitting on the porch watching a boat sail by (with binoculars) one orange light appeared over the ocean I called to my wife she could see it also then a second appeared for less than 30 seconds them the both just kind of went out like a flare burning out but they did not rise or fall or move left or right they just hung at the same height and distance. I could tell that by the ship that moved past it's lights were clear and moving from right to left!.
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The objects were located in the East in the 2 o’clock position just above the ocean. The lights were colored a reddish/magenta larger than a star in diameter and appearing as a bright light. The objects were approximately the size of two stars combined and circular in diameter.
The lights came on brightly and pulsated in color becoming brighter and shutting off. The lights came back on in different positions of the sky moving to a different position each time they came on. Note: The sky was cloudy and there were no other stars in the sky.
The objects appeared in locations/positions in the sky where no stars are noted in a standard celestial constellation map. I have lived on the East Coast of North Carolina for 5 years and I have never seen any stars located in this area of the sky.
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My mom Was all about The Myan Calander at the time, so We planned to watch the Sun rise on the beach. (And now thinking Back I thank her that we did) So we stayed up all night Unknowing what the Night Was going to Bring. I was living with my mom, and my boyfriend at the time was staying the night.
Now thinking back, I don’t really remember the day I just remember getting in the car my mom’s driving us and me watching a star that I swear was following us. Next to her car And somehow when we got to the Beach "This Star" was High In the sky In Front of us. I remember This Clearly: My mom standing in front of me looking at the sunrise, Saying look at the sunrise its beautiful! And I couldn’t, because my eyes were fixed on "The Star " That Wasn’t going away.
I REMEMBER Thinking when I will see it dissipate. Then I remember clear as day Watching Something Come out of it And Come to Earth Showing itself To Us. This Craft was About 100 ft away from us It was a x Shaped Craft with A huge white light in the middle, you couldn’t Hear IT, the way it moved Didn’t make sense.
The technology Was Something I Never seen before. I remember staring at the white light in the middle pointing at it, being so Blown away by this technology and at the same time Fearing it! I remember How fast It Moved Coddling Behind my mom Fearing this Ship.it Hovering Not making a sound moving side and diagonal.
Then it just left, and when it Left It went up UP! I REMEBER Staring At this Craft leaving Earth And it reminded me Of One of NASA launch Just way more advanced, watching it Disappear In our atmosphere. Will be something I will never forget. This Craft was so Powerful I felt Like an ant That could be squashed, just because I never seen anything like this! and people fear the unknown.
Looking back, I might Have felt like that at the time, because my Experience Happened on 12.12.12.
Growing up Waiting for that day Not knowing what was coming of all Those Ancient Prophecies I want to stress How I felt Connected to this Craft. I knew it was following us And Honestly That feeling Of THEM watching us Never really Left. I grew up Watching Ancient Aliens And researching a lot on the internet.
Nothing prepares you to see something that Powerful In person, this experience Will Stay with me for the rest of my life. And I understand People that dedicate Their life to the unknown. Overriding Fight Or flight instinct In Us, Is KEY.
When it comes to stuff like this. I wish I didn't coddle Behind my mom and welcomed them. I wish I dropped to my knees.
And flare my Hands Up and said thank you for coming.
Carolina Beach, 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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Circle | 6 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Fireball | 3 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Light | 3 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Sphere | 3 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Cigar | 3 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Other | 2 reported sightings | 6.67% of all reports |
Disk | 2 reported sightings | 6.67% of all reports |
Teardrop | 1 reported sightings | 3.33% of all reports |
Triangle | 1 reported sightings | 3.33% of all reports |
Rectangle | 1 reported sightings | 3.33% of all reports |
Oval | 1 reported sightings | 3.33% of all reports |
Delta | 1 reported sightings | 3.33% of all reports |
Formation | 1 reported sightings | 3.33% of all reports |
Changing | 1 reported sightings | 3.33% of all reports |
Cross | 1 reported sightings | 3.33% of all reports |
Carolina Beach, 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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April | 6 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
June | 5 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
September | 5 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
August | 3 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
July | 3 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
May | 3 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
October | 1 reported sightings | 3.33% of all reports |
November | 1 reported sightings | 3.33% of all reports |
January | 1 reported sightings | 3.33% of all reports |
December | 1 reported sightings | 3.33% of all reports |
Carolina Beach, 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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Tuesday | 8 reported sightings | 26.67% of all reports |
Wednesday | 5 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
Thursday | 4 reported sightings | 13.33% of all reports |
Saturday | 4 reported sightings | 13.33% of all reports |
Sunday | 3 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Friday | 3 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Monday | 2 reported sightings | 6.67% of all reports |
Carolina Beach, 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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04/24/13 | 2 reported sightings | 6.67% of all reports |
06/19/14 | 1 reported sightings | 3.33% of all reports |
08/01/23 | 1 reported sightings | 3.33% of all reports |
04/19/87 | 1 reported sightings | 3.33% of all reports |
08/11/14 | 1 reported sightings | 3.33% of all reports |
Carolina Beach, 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 | 26 reported sightings | 86.67% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 1 reported sightings | 3.33% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 1 reported sightings | 3.33% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 1 reported sightings | 3.33% of all reports |
Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Carolina Beach, North Carolina
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