UFO sightings in Wilmington, North Carolina
There are 6 civilian UFO sighting reports from Wilmington, North Carolina in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1998 to 2011. That is 4% of the 148 reports from North Carolina, the third most of any place in the state. The busiest year was 1998, with 2 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were orb (2), cigar (1) and rectangle (1).
Sighting reports from Wilmington
All 6 reports, newest first.
- 1 Oct 2011 · 20:00Triangle· 5 min
Triangle... very dim lights, no noise, around all outer edges, moving slowly, very low... went out of sight over UNCW campus
Show on map - 27 Oct 2010 · 21:52Rectangle· 2 min
Large Black Rectangle - 2 white lights - 1 red slow pulsing light
Show on map - 10 Oct 2009 · 20:45Orb· 10 min
Two lights seen with a lighting of something strobe like near the ground.
Show on map - 18 Oct 2006 · 17:00Cigar· 5 min
Bright Silver - went left to right fast. went away, came back did same thing then disappeared.
Show on map - 24 Oct 1998 · 17:00Orb· 45 min
Same as previous description of the other witness.
Show on map - 24 Oct 1998 · 17:00Sphere· 30 min
Approx 1 hour before dusk, 7 chrome-colored spheres appeared in the north/northwest sky. The objects didn't appear to be balloons and w
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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.