UFO sightings in Raleigh, North Carolina
There are 6 civilian UFO sighting reports from Raleigh, North Carolina in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1987 to 2012. That is 4% of the 148 reports from North Carolina, the second most of any place in the state. The busiest year was 2009, with 2 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were orb (2), cigar (1) and formation (1).
Sighting reports from Raleigh
All 6 reports, newest first.
- 14 Oct 2012 · 15:30Cigar· 1 min
A black cylindrical object seen fairly close to an airplane during daytime
Show on map - 19 Oct 2010 · 20:15Orb· 15 s
2 objects that looked like bright stars moving in parallel about 45 degrees above the horizon
Show on map - 26 Oct 2009 · 20:25Orb· 5 min
20 flickering red lights in imperfect succession, floating up and vanishing into the clouds.
Show on map - 18 Oct 2009 · 00:00Other· 2 min
Bright light/hovering craft seen in raleigh near state fair around midnight.
Show on map - 17 Oct 2004 · 18:15Formation· 5 min
Looked like rectangle parachutes but nobody was under the canopies, objects never desended.
Show on map - 15 Oct 1987 · 02:00Triangle· 2 min
Huge triangle passes over oblivious, sleeping capital
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Where these reports come from
Reports are from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) public database: what members of the public said they saw, in their own words. Nobody has checked them, and most sightings have ordinary explanations.