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ZimbabweCharlotte, NC
North Carolina · Mecklenburg County · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia Metro
Charlotte is a major city in North Carolina with a population of 886,283. Residents earn $78,438 per year, which is 4% above the national average.
3.5
/5.0
B+
Good
886,283
Population
2,844/sq mi density
$78,438
Median Income
$49,991 per capita
$351,500
Home Value
$393,846 Zillow
$1,504
Median Rent
29.5% income on rent
62°F
Avg Temperature
303 sunny days/yr
536
Violent Crime/100K
11,967 property/100K
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Overall
3.5 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
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Economy
4.2 / 5.0
$78,438 median income, 3.2% unemployment
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Affordability
4.2 / 5.0
$351,500 home value, $1,504/mo rent
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Safety
1.0 / 5.0
536 violent crimes/100K (41% above avg)
A+
Education
4.8 / 5.0
47.4% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
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Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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UFO Sightings Near Charlotte, NC
142 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Charlotte, NC.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte, NC | 2014 | 4 bright orange balls with 3 smaller red balls with one of the bright balls flashing as if igniting. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2014 | Over 20 ufos seen flying towards charlotte nc airport. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2014 | Alien Abduction with provable markings left on the body. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2013 | Small kidney bean shaped UFO over plaza-midwood (east side of charlotte) midmorning |
| Charlotte, NC | 2013 | White object slowed to a stop. Remained motionless about a minute and disappeared. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2013 | My husband and I saw silent orange orbs of light in the sky. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2013 | Orange and blue oval lights lit up! the night sky like daylight & dissapeared very hight rate of speed. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2013 | Three orange orbs seen by me and a witness at Food Lion parking lot. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2013 | At a tball game, looked up at ball overhead, saw a white box. directly overhead. it did not move for 10 minutes. no bigger no smaller ( |
| Charlotte, NC | 2013 | I went to my balcony at 4 am and looked over the city, there was a bright star, white in color that looked liked it was powering up and |
| Charlotte, NC | 2013 | 3 lights in sky, all moving very very fast. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2013 | Massive dark bow shaped flying object over Uptown Charlotte. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2013 | We saw about 13 bright reddish orange cirle lights with two diamond lights in between flying in a line formation. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2013 | Ball/sphereical shape passes over me while driving and implodes blue then disappears |
| Charlotte, NC | 2012 | Black triangle 36 sighted in backyard early AM that leaped from ground to higher branch or line. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2012 | Large white cross flying over Charlotte, NC |
| Charlotte, NC | 2012 | 3 Glowing Orbs glide across the night sky in triangle shape. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2012 | Green fireball with orange trail following. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2012 | 5 orange objects over Charlotte, two mins apart |
| Charlotte, NC | 2012 | Red Lights Over East Meck High |
| Charlotte, NC | 2012 | Triangle ship seen |
| Charlotte, NC | 2012 | Bright orange light a luminating northwest from my home |
| Charlotte, NC | 2012 | Two orange circles moved slowly, then proceeded faster separated and disappeared in cloud |
| Charlotte, NC | 2012 | Red, blue, and green twinkling lights in western Charlotte, NC sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus or Sirius?? PD)) |
| Charlotte (s of, on i-85), NC | 2011 | My grandson and I was traveling south bound on I_85 from Charlotte, NC toward Atlanta, Ga on 12/15/11 sometime around 12:00 AM. O ur lo |
| Charlotte, NC | 2011 | me and my friends were at a youth rock concert and we saw 2 to 4 cross shaped craft hover over the football field. I am pretty sure tha |
| Charlotte, NC | 2011 | Fluorescent green teardrop fireball falling to earth. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2011 | A couple dozen orange lights traveling against the wind. ((NUFORC Note: Very reliable and convincing witness. PD)) |
| Charlotte, NC | 2011 | The object was orange in color, rectanglar in shape at first but, yet transparent, I could see trees through it. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2011 | On December 14th I was outside walking around my neighborhood with a friend of mine. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a white circle |
| Charlotte, NC | 2011 | a circular object with colored lights, moving at medium speed with a swoosh sound but no motor sound |
| Charlotte, NC | 2011 | Yellow/orange cigar shaped object over Charlotte, NC |
| Charlotte, NC | 2011 | Two orange orbs flying NW to SE over Douglas Int. Airport. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2011 | Orange colored super fast object |
| Charlotte, NC | 2011 | bright light or object moving rapidly across sky |
| Charlotte, NC | 2010 | 3 lights in a row, red mix then dim white |
| Charlotte, NC | 2010 | Distant light became bright and then dim and then slowly moved to the South. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2010 | 2 White Oval Balls moving across Charlotte NC sky |
| Charlotte, NC | 2010 | Silver to turquise in color size of a car near charlotte motor speed way. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2010 | saw a group of bright orange (30) lights moving from east to south |
| Charlotte, NC | 2010 | Weird object goes across sky and boards a sationary object. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD)) |
| Charlotte, NC | 2010 | I was traveling in Charlotte, NC south bound on I 485 in between the Northlake mall exit and HWY 16 exit. I saw what appeared to be an |
| Charlotte, NC | 2010 | 5 pulsating lights above Charlotte, NC |
| Charlotte, NC | 2009 | Faint chevron-shaped object over Charlotte, NC |
| Charlotte, NC | 2009 | 2 red glowing lights in the distant sky moved left to right matching speed slowly until disappearing after 2 minutes. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2009 | Bright White/Chrome Cylinder against Carolina Blue clear sky. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2009 | Rotating Cylindrical object passes overhead. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2009 | Strange balls of light in the sky |
| Charlotte, NC | 2009 | Bright, spherical object flying over Charlotte, NC |
| Charlotte, NC | 2009 | small roving light turns to two, then comes toward us and changes size and color again. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2008 | white circular object falls in behind commercial liner-middle of day |
| Charlotte, NC | 2008 | Bright green light disappeared above Charlotte skyline. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2008 | My first true UFO sighting! |
| Charlotte, NC | 2008 | Two lights in the sky as the sun came up |
| Charlotte, NC | 2008 | 5 bright flashing lights hovering horizontally in Charlotte NC sky at night |
| Charlotte, NC | 2008 | On 5-14-2008 at about 0030 hours I observed a very bright glowing green object(almost neon green) descending from the sky towards the g |
| Charlotte, NC | 2008 | Large dark gray rectangle hovering in northern sky |
| Charlotte, NC | 2008 | Stars moved as group, not airplane. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2008 | Strange lights over the highway not a plane or helicopter. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2008 | Moving Craft Overlooking Charlotte, NC |
| Charlotte (matthews), NC | 2007 | Saucer shaped object hovers then suddendly dissappears, only to reappear again |
| Charlotte, NC | 2007 | I thought it was a firework at first...then I realized it was too big and way too fast. We live about 15 miles from airport....this wa |
| Charlotte, NC | 2007 | Weard light moving southeast of Charlotte, oval shape moving really slow |
| Charlotte, NC | 2007 | a very high, fast, orange UFO over Charlotte NC |
| Charlotte, NC | 2007 | UFO spotted over NC & SC. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2007 | 4 DOTS OF LIGHT AROUND MOON MID MORNING TODAY |
| Charlotte, NC | 2007 | Grayish object flying fast North to south over Independence Blvd |
| Charlotte, NC | 2007 | it felw constant changing shapes |
| Charlotte, NC | 2007 | Slow moving then became still light in the sky over Lake Wylie 01/03/07 5:30pm |
| Charlotte, NC | 2007 | Disk-Shaped Objects w/ Red and White Lights Over Incoming Flight Path of Charlotte-Douglas International Airport |
| Charlotte, NC | 2007 | Very disturbing sight. Bright lights, tones of blue and white, and EXTREMELY loud rumbling noise. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2007 | bizarre orange lights over south charlotte |
| Charlotte, NC | 2007 | ((HOAX??)) I am actually a little freaked out that I am even in a position where I reporting something like this. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2006 | my friend and I saw 4 white flying ovals. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2006 | two UFOs crashed near my house |
| Charlotte, NC | 2006 | BRIGHT LIGHT TRAVELING IN STRAIGHT LINE FROM HORIZON TO HORIZON |
| Charlotte, NC | 2006 | We saw two UFOs chasing an airplane. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2006 | Hot UFO spot in Charlotte NC |
| Charlotte, NC | 2006 | 2 BLACK OBJECTS SLOWLY TUMBLING ACROSS SKY PERFECTLY SPACED APART |
| Charlotte, NC | 2006 | BRIGHT WHITE TO BLUE LIGHT |
| Charlotte, NC | 2005 | Teardrop UFO appearance |
| Charlotte, NC | 2005 | Chevron shaped Grey Object seen hovering |
| Charlotte, NC | 2005 | 6 or 7 lights flying in half a 'vee' formation |
| Charlotte, NC | 2005 | Two red dots next to each other over South Charlotte, NC heading towards Matthews,NC (East) about 2000 feet? |
| Charlotte, NC | 2005 | I witnessed a rapid moving and stopping light in the sky. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2005 | Bright star size pulsing object moves accross sky in westerly direction |
| Charlotte, NC | 2005 | Amber/Orange lights hover in Charlotte sky |
| Charlotte, NC | 2005 | Cigar shaped object observered in daytime traveling at a high rate of speed at high altitude. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2004 | A near miss? |
| Charlotte, NC | 2004 | Two motionless, intense, white lights around 100' above ground |
| Charlotte, NC | 2004 | Large Rectangle UFO floating over north Charlotte, NC |
| Charlotte, NC | 2004 | I,d never seen anything like it befor. It was a red string of lights.It didnt move. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2004 | Un-earthly object descends from sky |
| Charlotte, NC | 2004 | at 6:20 when i was waiting for my bus i looked up and i saw a disklike figure with three glowing orange lights around it it was going e |
| Charlotte, NC | 2004 | a triangle was looking at me and than went away very fast |
| Charlotte, NC | 2004 | pulsing light racing us on the highway outside charlotte, nc |
| Charlotte, NC | 2003 | Blinking Object In the Sky |
| Charlotte, NC | 2003 | Craft moves at least 43겨 miles per hour |
| Charlotte, NC | 2003 | One oval, silver craft spotted over highway, appeared to hover and then fly away |
| Charlotte, NC | 2003 | Large White & Orange Sphere over Kannapolis Concord NC Area |
| Charlotte, NC | 2003 | small orange oblong craft seen over Charlotte, NC at 19:14 on October 02, 2003 |
| Charlotte, NC | 2003 | 3 independent bright lights form a triangular pattern...2 UFOs speed off and leave 1 that comes and goes...we have pics and video! |
| Charlotte, NC | 2003 | Triangle shaped object with 3 round lights |
| Charlotte, NC | 2003 | dimming light that rotated counter-clockwise and then shot across the sky and vanished |
| Charlotte, NC | 2003 | Brief sighting of Egg/Orb heading North to South |
| Charlotte, NC | 2002 | Bright orange/yellow light appears. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2002 | Blue light traveling at high rate of speed. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2002 | White cigar... |
| Charlotte, NC | 2002 | A white circle about the size of my thumb at arm's length. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2002 | A bright star like object that began to move in a slow dive and disappeared. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2002 | A perfect circle... |
| Charlotte, NC | 2002 | 230 am 0n sept 15 2002 my friends and I WERE ON LAKE WYLIE fishing. WE were startled as two cone shaped objects passed oveerhead at obl |
| Charlotte, NC | 2002 | Bright planet like light that hovered for a minute and then sped away at a tremendous speed. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2001 | I sawa silver object hovering 100ft over a area of trees |
| Charlotte, NC | 2001 | Flying objects seen while watching Leonid meteor shower |
| Charlotte, NC | 2001 | 1:15am Feb 26 2001 red & white strobe like object moving rapidly |
| Charlotte, NC | 2001 | Bright orange object in the eastern sky. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2001 | White dots in a clear blue sky. |
| Charlotte, NC | 2001 | Silver Orb traveling very slowly across sky |
| Charlotte, NC | 2001 | Shiny silvery orb following plane |
| Charlotte, NC | 2001 | Lost time |
| Charlotte, NC | 2000 | I don't know what it was but it was silver going over some trees as I was leaving school. It was heading south at about 20 m.p.h, and |
| Charlotte, NC | 2000 | Silent craft floated over my head |
| Charlotte, NC | 2000 | A small, white object followed a plane about to land at the Charlotte airport. |
| Charlotte, NC | 1999 | Approx. 6-8 jets in sky. @ bright shining objects like small stars standing still. As one jet moved toward them, one moved away at a mu |
| Charlotte, NC | 1999 | Cigar shaped craft seen over my home town being chased by a formation of fighter pilots. |
| Charlotte, NC | 1999 | 3 dark in color triangular type objects moving in a loose formation N. As other aircraft flew above from local airport, objects seemed |
| Charlotte, NC | 1999 | When looking in the sky, I saw a light moving very high up in the sky, It wasn't blinking like an airplane and moving to slow to be met |
| Charlotte, NC | 1999 | I'm an Engieer and former Air Traffic controller. I spotted a Green Fireball. I waited to hear someone else report this but none els ha |
| Charlotte, NC | 1999 | Silent hovering glowing object |
| Charlotte, NC | 1999 | Large craft - noisy - many lights - altitude 200 feet - speed less than 65 mph - strange aspect ratio, almost the same aspect ratio as |
| Charlotte, NC | 1999 | Glowing object blue and white |
| Charlotte, NC | 1999 | Noisy, "sky train" moving slowly with suden accellaration |
| Asbury community, NC | 1998 | the lights would change colors as if spinning really fast and they looked like the colors of a prism |
| Charlotte, NC | 1997 | Similar UFOs sighted exactly a year apart |
| Charlotte, NC | 1997 | In mid conversation we both looked up to the sky simultaniously. We saw what we thought was a shooting star very high in the eveni |
| Charlotte, NC | 1997 | I spotted two triangular craft over the treetops........ |
| Charlotte, NC | 1997 | Cigar shaped, silvery-white object @ 500-1ᄰ' up, in a clear blue, cloudless sky. Object was silent, immobile, and when I glanced dow |
| Charlotte, NC | 1995 | A friend and I witnessed white lights the size of stars poking randomly through a cloudy night sky. |
| Charlotte, NC | 1994 | We were under brilliant illumination that was much brighter than the 2:30 pm afternoon clear day sunlight. |
| Charlotte, NC | 1975 | This disk with various colors of light 'oozing' around the bottom section was seen just above the trees at the corner Dotger Avenue and |
| Charlotte, NC | 1973 | A large nocturnal bluish-green oval seen by tens of thousands. |