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Asheville, NC
North Carolina · Buncombe County · Asheville Metro
Asheville is a mid-size city in North Carolina with a population of 94,369. Residents earn $67,221 per year, which is 11% below the national average.
3.4
/5.0
B
Good
94,369
Population
2,075/sq mi density
$67,221
Median Income
$41,818 per capita
$411,000
Home Value
$454,142 Zillow
$1,303
Median Rent
32.0% income on rent
56°F
Avg Temperature
298 sunny days/yr
742
Violent Crime/100K
6,325 property/100K
B
Overall
3.4 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
A
Economy
4.2 / 5.0
$67,221 median income, 2.5% unemployment
B
Affordability
3.2 / 5.0
$411,000 home value, $1,303/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
742 violent crimes/100K (95% above avg)
A+
Education
5.0 / 5.0
52.0% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
43
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Historic Markers
20
Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
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Mines
1
Active and inactive mining sites tracked by the Mine Safety and Health Administration
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UFO Sightings Near Asheville, NC
43 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Asheville, NC.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Asheville, NC | 2014 | Very low hovering T-shape light pattern could not see the body of the craft or hear a noise. |
| Asheville, NC | 2013 | Light, Disk |
| Asheville, NC | 2013 | Star-like bright light floats and flys across sky. |
| Asheville, NC | 2012 | Three orange dots rising from horizon and dying out one by one |
| Asheville, NC | 2012 | Five orange silent hot air balloon shapes ascending the night sky. |
| Asheville, NC | 2012 | Two cigar shaped objects spotted over downtown Asheville, NC. |
| Asheville, NC | 2012 | West Asheville UFO Sightings |
| Asheville, NC | 2012 | Possible UFO object seen in 1 photo of a series |
| Asheville, NC | 2012 | Round orange light, silent and slow moving, suddenly changes direction and shrinks to a pinpoint, disappears. |
| Asheville, NC | 2011 | 11/18/11 Asheville NC cigar 2-3 min. black bee-shape/sections, square wings, 2 headlights, no sound, along busy highway |
| Asheville, NC | 2011 | Star sized color changing lights moving in weird patterns, white and orange balls falling from sky. |
| Asheville, NC | 2011 | Morphing Sphere UFO |
| Asheville, NC | 2011 | Very bright white craft, thought it to be an airplane, but wasn't... Craft observed through binoculars and was teardropped with hump in |
| Asheville (near), NC | 2010 | blinking lights twirl and fly away |
| Asheville, NC | 2010 | Large white light with a red hue low in the western sky. Remained for 20 min or more then vanished. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD)) |
| Asheville, NC | 2010 | a very bright slow moving large object with no sound, awsome! |
| Asheville, NC | 2010 | Two gaslike lights moving in circular manner in southern sky |
| Asheville, NC | 2009 | A saucer shape object appeared in the air a few hundred yards away and went downwards behind the trees. |
| Asheville, NC | 2009 | Silent white lights slowly move low in the sky then vanish. |
| Asheville, NC | 2008 | SILVER OBJECT IN ASHEVILLE N.C. |
| Asheville, NC | 2008 | bright, wide disintegrating light, low in sky, moving horizontally |
| Asheville, NC | 2008 | two dim lights following too closely to be satellites or airplanes... |
| Asheville, NC | 2007 | Boomerang shaped object, glowing pink, red and yellow flying south. |
| Asheville, NC | 2007 | Large Sighting of Green Lights Seen In WNC During Night Of Jan 24th, |
| Asheville, NC | 2006 | 2 UFO sightings in my area in the last week! |
| Asheville, NC | 2005 | Bright White Light Moving Slower Then Normal Aircraft. |
| Asheville, NC | 2003 | What WAS that? |
| Asheville, NC | 2003 | Moving bright white light, size of large star appeared in Asheville, NC, NW sky at 2375 hours |
| Asheville, NC | 2003 | I saw a bright light that seemed to be sucked into another dimension when I looked at it, and there was a loud "booming" sound as it di |
| Asheville, NC | 1999 | TRIANGULAR MOVEMENT OF TWO LIGHTS OVER ASHEVILLE, NC |
| Asheville, NC | 1998 | Red light moved slowly over Asheville, dogs acted is if they were in pain. |
| Asheville, NC | 1998 | red drifting light about 50 degrees in the western sky slowly drifting up and to the north would get very bright then fade but not puls |
| Asheville, NC | 1998 | A MOVING RED BALL OF LIGHT. |
| Asheville, NC | 1997 | Figure eight flying light over Asheville |
| Asheville, NC | 1997 | an object was sited around the asheville area that was travelling westward. it was brilliantly lit and appeared to be moving very fast. |
| Asheville, NC | 1995 | it hovered above us for a while..... |
| Asheville, NC | 1994 | Seen craft very close hovering over telephone poll not moving or making a sound. |
| Asheville, NC | 1991 | Yellow/Redish colored UFO on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville,NC. |
| Asheville, NC | 1987 | pre-awarenees would see UFO -- falling star - changing to dancing light - then very high speed departure |
| Asheville, NC | 1984 | it must have been 30 or 40 foot around and it had many many lights on it |
| Asheville, NC | 1977 | Big As House, Rows of Brightly Lit Windows, Silent |
| Asheville, NC | 1973 | late at nite, huge object, hovered about 50 ft. above ground. saw windows on the bottom. with orange glow eminating from windows . |
| Asheville, NC | 1972 | Large, white star or planet-shaped object that appeared to divide in 2 parts, circling each other, slowly, then accelerating until stop |