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UFO sightings in South Carolina

There are 87 civilian UFO sighting reports from South Carolina in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1972 to 2013. The busiest year was 2012, with 24 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were orb (30), sphere (12) and triangle (11).

Most reports come from Myrtle Beach (12), Charleston (6) and North Myrtle Beach (6), out of 49 places in the state with at least one report.

By place

UFO sightings by city in South Carolina

Places with at least three reports. 40 other places in South Carolina have one or two.

The reports

Recent sighting reports from South Carolina

All 87 reports, newest first.

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  1. 26 Oct 2013 · 19:00ChapinOrb· 3 min

    Orange ball in sky.

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  2. 16 Oct 2013 · 21:20Surfside/Myrtle BeachOrb· 1 min

    Slow moving firey ball spotted at surfside beach sc.

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  3. 12 Oct 2013 · 23:00AndersonSphere· 20 s

    3 orange balls of light, that jet off one at a time in different directions!

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  4. 25 Oct 2012 · 19:50North AugustaSphere· 4 min

    10-12 orange circle objects over north augusta, ga...no sound

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  5. 24 Oct 2012 · 22:00InmanDisc· 3 h

    A saucer shape UFO was seen outside of my friends house, flying in all different directions that no plane can fly, and lasted 3 hrs.

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  6. 24 Oct 2012 · 22:00Little RiverOrb· 2 min

    A pair of bright lights changed into bright organic lights like fire lights that went miles in seconds, no sound.

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  7. 24 Oct 2012 · 20:45Myrtle BeachSphere· 15 min

    Lights over Atlantic Ocean during evening, easily seen, quickly disappearred, several locations

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  8. 24 Oct 2012 · 20:40Myrtle BeachOther· 2 min

    Observation, numerous times, orange lights to the East of Myrtle Beach, SC.

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  9. 24 Oct 2012 · 20:30Cherry Grove BeachDisc· 20 min

    Orange balls of light appeared in sky above the ocean and darted from left to right.

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  10. 24 Oct 2012 · 20:30Myrtle BeachOrb· 30 s

    Bright orange lights appeared above the horizon, only to disappear, then reappear in formation. Lasted about 30 seconds.

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  11. 24 Oct 2012 · 20:00Myrtle BeachSphere· 25 min

    Orange lights were seen hovering over the ocean. These lights created lines of upto 4 lights then quickly dissipating.

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  12. 24 Oct 2012 · 20:00Myrtle BeachOrb· 4 min

    Fiery ball of light slowly growing bigger then fading away all in sequence in triangular formation with other lights.

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  13. 24 Oct 2012 · 08:45Little RiverAmorphous· 1 min

    Lights from a craft changing shape & formation

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  14. 24 Oct 2012 · 00:00LexingtonAmorphous· 4 s

    Bright light moving slowly, then stopping in mid air. Bright green through binoculars. Returns to same location.

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  15. 23 Oct 2012 · 21:00CharlestonSphere· 5 min

    Orange lights seen over the ocean from Charlseton Harbor

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  16. 23 Oct 2012 · 20:00Myrtle BeachAmorphous· 1 h

    Two kinds of unidentified objects seen in the sky off fishing pier in myrtle beach.

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  17. 23 Oct 2012 · 20:00North Myrtle BeachSphere· 5 s

    Orange-yellow lights staggered one behind the other, very bright and very long about 1/4 mile in the air hovering over the ocean.

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  18. 23 Oct 2012 · 19:45Murrells InletOrb· 2 min

    6 to 7 glowing orange/yellow balls in sky

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  19. 23 Oct 2012 · 19:30Surfside BeachSphere· 20 min

    We saw several odd shaped orange shapes in sky at three different intervals, about fifteen minutes apart. Last time they were circular.

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  20. 23 Oct 2012 · 18:30Myrtle BeachOrb· 10 min

    1, then 3, then 6 red/orange lights over the ocean

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  21. 23 Oct 2012 · 07:15Myrtle BeachFormation· 1 h

    Bright orangelike lights blinkin in different formations hovered about the ocean in Myrtle Beach, SC

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  22. 22 Oct 2012 · 20:00North Myrtle BeachOrb· 15 min

    TWO SEPERATE OCCASIONS WITNESSED ORANGE-REDDISH BALLS OF LIGHT APPEARING AND DISAPPERING ABOVE THE OCEAN. ALSO TWO ACCELERATING FAST

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  23. 22 Oct 2012 · 20:00North Myrtle BeachOther· 4 s

    Orange/red light over the ocean

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  24. 20 Oct 2012 · 22:45LexingtonOrb· 5 min

    Silent orange balls of light in a straight line formation moving slowly for 5 minutes then dissapeared

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  25. 18 Oct 2012 · 07:45LexingtonSphere· 20 s

    Largest starlike object floats through sky and disappears into.space. ((NUFORC Note: Satellites?? PD))

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  26. 14 Oct 2012 · 23:34CharlestonTriangle· 20 s

    Black triangle, white lights, three, night, clear, many stars, slow, afraid

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  27. 13 Oct 2012 · 22:00Isle Of PalmsSphere· 3 min

    12 Redish flying objects over Isle of Palms

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  28. 24 Oct 2011 · 20:00SanteeOrb· 3 min

    Only lasted about 3 minutes and was a fireball traveling hortizontally and was very bright

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  29. 22 Oct 2011 · 22:00West ColumbiaFormation· 3 min

    50-100 "stars" flying in a line across the sky, almost like a close up constellation.

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  30. 16 Oct 2011 · 08:07Surfside BeachDisc· 30 min

    Color changing oval moving very slowly, (sometimes even stopping for minutes at a time,) through the sky

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  31. 15 Oct 2011 · 19:00ColumbiaOrb· 3 min

    Mulitiple sightings of the same UFO.

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  32. 13 Oct 2011 · 22:26Myrtle BeachSphere· 15 s

    4 orange circle lights appear and disappear

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  33. 13 Oct 2011 · 21:00Surfside BeachOrb· 30 min

    Amber lights over South Carolina coast

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  34. 13 Oct 2011 · 20:21North Myrtle BeachOther· 1 min

    Three yellow orange spheres of light in triangle formation see over the ocean in the night sky at North Myrtle Beach.

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  35. 13 Oct 2011 · 20:00Boiling SpringsFormation· 5 min

    Two vertical lines of 3 lights apiece, hovering.

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  36. 13 Oct 2011 · 19:56Boiling SpringsTriangle· 5 min

    Triangle formed lights in sky.

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  37. 12 Oct 2011 · 20:07CharlestonOther· 30 s

    Blue object, translucent, no sound

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  38. 1 Oct 2011 · 23:41BlufftonOther· 20 s

    Ball of red/yellow light followed by a trail of fire falls to earth in or around Bluffton, SC

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  39. 1 Oct 2011 · 23:00Greenville AreaOrb· 4 h

    Red, blue, white lights seen hovering in the sky in the vicinity of the Anderson/Greenville area. ((NUFORC Note: Possible star?? PD))

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  40. 27 Oct 2010 · 22:00Boiling SpringsDisc· 30 s

    the object was flying low but no noise was coming from it with lights in a circular pattern.

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  41. 26 Oct 2010 · 20:00SumterTriangle· 2 min

    Triangular shaped object illuminating constant bright light over sumter, sc

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  42. 22 Oct 2010 · 15:10ColumbiaOther· 20 min

    Nearly stationary teardrop shaped with short contrail over Richland County

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  43. 21 Oct 2010 · 22:30CharlestonTriangle· 1 min

    Hwy 61, triangular shape craft w/ multi colored lights on one side and red lights at points.

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  44. 18 Oct 2010 · 05:00HugerOrb· 15 s

    High red lights moving accross sky

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  45. 13 Oct 2010 · 20:45CharlestonTriangle· 5 min

    I saw three fire orange oval shaped lights flying in triangle shape formation.

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  46. 10 Oct 2010 · 13:00North CharlestonOrb· 3 min

    Object(s) visible 3 times at same place in the sky at during day in Chas, SC

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  47. 10 Oct 2010 · 08:30StarrFormation· 10 min

    Strange orange lights in the night sky

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  48. 1 Oct 2010 · 08:03James IslandTriangle· 2 min

    10/1/10 James Island Connector Vshaped aircraft hovering over the JI Connector at 8: 12 pm

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  49. 22 Oct 2009 · 23:45West ColumbiaOrb· 5 min

    Soundless mysterious flashes of light in the southern sky

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  50. 15 Oct 2009 · 22:50LancasterOrb· 3 s

    Bright blue orb.

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  51. 13 Oct 2009 · 20:00Little RiverOrb· 2 h 30 min

    our siting relates to many of the other summarys

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  52. 23 Oct 2008 · 21:00North Myrtle BeachOrb· 1 min

    Random lights over the ocean

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  53. 19 Oct 2008 · 19:30TimmonsvilleOther· 15 min

    Cluster of flashing white and yellow objects over Timmonsville

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  54. 16 Oct 2008 · 23:00Murrells InletOrb· 7 min

    Orange lights in the sky hover over the SC coast near Myrtle Beach.

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  55. 14 Oct 2008 · 20:40AndersonBoomerang· 1 min

    Chevron shaped UFO seen over I-85 in Anderson, SC.

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  56. 18 Oct 2007 · 21:45Myrtle BeachOrb· 7 min

    Bright lights over the ocean in Myrtle Beach, SC... 3 of them forming a diagonal line.

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  57. 18 Oct 2007 · 21:30Myrtle BeachOther· 5 min

    Strange Red lights over Myrtle Beach

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  58. 15 Oct 2007 · 21:30Myrtle BeachOrb· 30 min

    Observed red lights over the ocean that appeared and then faded out.

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  59. 11 Oct 2007 · 20:15Tega CayOrb· 30 min

    Bright white light and then 2 blinking red lights in Western Sky

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  60. 1 Oct 2006 · 14:00Mt. PleasantSphere· 4 min

    A ball of white light hovered in the afternoon sky, vanishing and reappearing 3 times, before finally vanishing for good.

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  61. 22 Oct 2005 · 05:15IrmoSphere· 1 h 30 min

    Multiple Star Like Objects Move Towards Same Direction After Meteor Shower

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  62. 20 Oct 2005 · 21:00North Myrtle BeachDisc· 15 s

    Saw lights of rotating, saucer-like object off of coast. Was completely silent, close, and very large

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  63. 16 Oct 2005 · 19:15AndersonTriangle· 2 min

    Dark, soundless object low in the sky over Anderson, SC; looked like huge black helium balloon?

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  64. 23 Oct 2004 · 05:00GreenvilleOrb· 2 h

    on October 23, 04 my girlfriend and I were driving home from Charlotte NC. Not long after crossing the Greenville county line I noticed

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  65. 20 Oct 2004 · 20:20Charleston AfbTriangle· 5 min

    large triangle shaped blinking lights and red circle of light over charleston AFB

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  66. 20 Oct 2004 · 20:15SaltersOrb· 40 s

    Bright orange light seen hovering in sky, disappears and then reappears

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  67. 16 Oct 2004 · 03:00WhitmireOther· 1 min

    I was camping alone in my treehouse for deer hunting when I heard a VERY weird sound of a low and slow flying object.

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  68. 15 Oct 2004 · 22:30Rock HillOrb· 15 min

    We watched a faint light, high in the sky, blink every ten seconds and made several changes in direction before gmoving out of sight.

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  69. 13 Oct 2004 · 23:00RavenelBoomerang· 10 s

    Two pale grey luminescent chevrons moving silently and at high speed, making several sharp zig-zags.

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  70. 22 Oct 2003 · 14:00Murrells InletDisc· 30 min

    A Huge Silver Disk was Hovering 300 ft. over our Pontoon 15 minutes while fishing near the jetties in the Atlantic Ocean!

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  71. 22 Oct 2003 · 14:00Murrells InletDisc· 10 min

    I SAW LARGE SHINY DISC SHAPED (UFO) FLYING OVER MURRELLS INLET, S.C. WHILE FISHING!

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  72. 12 Oct 2003 · 18:35ReevesvilleOther· 15 min

    october 12th sunday 2003 6:35pm. /distorted airway/sky perhaps portle 15/20feet high same width on our land facing westnorthwest

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  73. 10 Oct 2003 · 21:10Crescent BeachFormation· 10 h 30 min

    For two consecutive nights, we watched a pattern of lights before we were stunned by a discovery on the beach.

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  74. 2 Oct 2003 · 21:00Goose CreekDiamond· 1 min

    Object moved the full view of night sky in less than 60 seconds

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  75. 20 Oct 2000 · 20:00EasleyDisc· 1 min

    The craft floated over our car and on top of a house !!!

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  76. 26 Oct 1999 · 12:00ClintonTriangle· 4 min

    The triangle was headed east and traveling at a steady speed until it got to some clouds and then it seemed to slow down and ease behin

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  77. 15 Oct 1998 · 20:00Fort LawnOrb· 30 min

    I've seen these craft for a few years now, but only in cool/cold weather. They seem to have a leader, a large orange ball of light with

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  78. 15 Oct 1998 · 01:00Red BankOrb· 2 h

    colorful gaseous objects make unusual sounds and harass individual

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  79. 1 Oct 1997 · 22:00SummervilleTriangle· 20 min

    Triangular shape with lights in a V, no sound, very slow moving.

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  80. 1 Oct 1997 · 19:00PelzerTriangle· 3 min

    Large, black, triangular, object flew low and silent over South Carolina state prison yard.

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  81. 10 Oct 1996 · 22:00CharlestonOrb· 5 min

    Flashing object above Charleston, SC

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  82. 15 Oct 1995 · 17:30WestminsterOther· 3 min

    The low-hanging cloud looked too dense

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  83. 1 Oct 1991 · 14:45EasleyOther· 15 min

    Hockey-puck-shaped-thing.

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  84. 15 Oct 1986 · 02:00OrangeburgCigar· 3 h

    Orangeburg, S.C. to Augusta, GA. - fall 1986 - lights following car - multiple witnessess. Radio request for sighters

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  85. 15 Oct 1985 · 22:00CamdenDisc· 10 min

    Saucer shaped the length of a football field

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  86. 10 Oct 1975 · 17:00North CharlestonOrb· 6 min

    Several Flashing UFO lights over Charleston Naval Base in S.C.

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  87. 1 Oct 1972 · 23:00Pickens/PumpkintownBoomerang· 30 min

    Slowly moving boomerang shape with four bluish-white lights on each leading edge; made a humming sound.

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About this data

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.