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Myrtle Beach, SC
South Carolina · Horry County · Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach Metro
Myrtle Beach is a mid-size city in South Carolina with a population of 37,214. Residents earn $53,679 per year, which is 29% below the national average.
2.9
/5.0
C+
Fair
37,214
Population
1,590/sq mi density
$53,679
Median Income
$42,225 per capita
$347,700
Home Value
$318,683 Zillow
$1,132
Median Rent
41.2% income on rent
62°F
Avg Temperature
304 sunny days/yr
1,190
Violent Crime/100K
11,234 property/100K
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Overall
2.9 / 5.0
Fair overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
B+
Economy
3.7 / 5.0
$53,679 median income, 2.6% unemployment
B
Affordability
3.0 / 5.0
$347,700 home value, $1,132/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
1,190 violent crimes/100K (213% above avg)
B+
Education
3.7 / 5.0
34.1% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
165
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Historic Markers
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Bigfoot Sightings
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Eyewitness reports filed with the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
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UFO Sightings Near Myrtle Beach, SC
165 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Myrtle Beach, SC.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2014 | Strobing orange circular lights in a line two sets of three lights over the ocean. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | Fireballs in a line. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | We saw strange orange lights. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | Series of amber lights appearing over the ocean varying in quantity and disappearing into thin air. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | 7 total objects seen in the sky coming from the vicinity of the ocean, triangular orange lights that seemed to pulsate, stop and hover |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | Triangular shaped dark orange light. Very large in the direction of the ocean. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | Orange Orbs Form Equilateral Triangle. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | Round orange lights over the Atlantic Ocean, Myrtle Beach, SC. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | Strobe-like objects flying with no sound. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | Orange lights over Myrtle Beach. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | Orange rotating lights over myrtle beach. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | Three orange fireballs that appeared and then dissappered. Also son heard an unusual noise before seeing object. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | It was either a ball of light or ball of fire or a flash. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | Saw four orange lights appear over ocean then disappear. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | Reddish-orange glowing orb seen fadeing out and crashing into the water. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | Two bright orange colored balls of light, appearing just north of the Apache pier in Myrtle Beach, SC. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | Reddish orange lights on a cylinder shape appeared high in and sky and disappeared six people saw the object before it disappeared. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | While on vacation, I saw one medium sized orange circular fireball smoothly gliding in the air over the ocean, yet it turned in differe |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | On my last night vacationing on myrtle beach as i sat on the hotel balcony i saw orange circles appear over the ocean. They appeared an |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | I saw 3 orange lights that formed a triangle shape in the sky then they vanished. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | Circular red lights above Myrtle Beach. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | 1 then 2 lights flying very close to each other slowly, not airplane lights |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | Orange lights in shape of triangle. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | On the evening of 6/12/2013 10:06PM, Sky was broken, but you could see stars and the moon. There had been a fireworks down in Surfside |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | Balls of red light over ocean doing a leap frog motion. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | Fireball lanterns in night sky seen at beach in SC |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | 4 bright lights moving towards the ocean, then vanish into a cloud of lightning. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | Fireball and bright objects shooting through the sky that took formation into a Y then disappeared. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | Flaming fireball separate into 4 fireballs |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | One large bright orange/yellowish light hovered pretty high above the horizon. Light had something fall from bottom which then turned i |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | Strange moving bright lights. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2013 | The orange orbs over the ocean. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | There were 10 bright orange spheres that would appear, disappear and reappear in several different locations across the night sky. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | 15-20 red lights spotted in the sky, which moved rapidly in a linear fashion and formed triangles. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Strobe like flashes with orange fireballs in the shape of a triangle. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Orange glowing lights then fading out several times in eastern sky |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Myrtle Beach spotted and recorded fireball/orbs. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Sphere seen following jet |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Lights over ocean |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | At first one orange/reddish light was on 2 sec. later another light came on than both went out for 2 sec. and both came on at the same |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Orange fireball going out of Myrtle beach into the sky |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Large bright lights in half moon shape over ocean along coast. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Large Orange Fireball Traveling Coastline in South Myrtle Beach July 17 20012 |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | 2 smaller ufo starlike, then huge one floating circling fast |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Unidentified orange orbs flash and then synchronize over the ocean |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Unidentifed stream of appearing lights leaving trail/ seems to multilpy |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Driving home from work on 501 we saw 2 orange lights in the sky and they faded within seconds. From our position we could tell that th |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | 5 Bright yellow/orange lights flash then fade in sequence over ocean at dusk in Myrtle Beach |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | 1, then 3, then 6 red/orange lights over the ocean |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Observation, numerous times, orange lights to the East of Myrtle Beach, SC. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Bright orange lights appeared above the horizon, only to disappear, then reappear in formation. Lasted about 30 seconds. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Lights over Atlantic Ocean during evening, easily seen, quickly disappearred, several locations |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | A bright light moving across the sky, then it changed direction. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | 2 yellow-orange star-like objects. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Myrtle Beach, SC --- I saw approx 5 to 7 orange lights east over the ocean while walking on the beach around 21st Ave. The objects were |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Fiery ball of light slowly growing bigger then fading away all in sequence in triangular formation with other lights. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Orange lights were seen hovering over the ocean. These lights created lines of upto 4 lights then quickly dissipating. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Two kinds of unidentified objects seen in the sky off fishing pier in myrtle beach. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | There were two red/orange lights in a horizontal line slightly apart from each other not moving, without any noise just there. At firs |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Bright orange lights in a formation, some seperation movement, then vanish in SC. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Fleet Formation of 7 fireballs in a linear pattern. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Sitting on balcony after returning to hotel after dinner my daughter and I saw what looked to be some sort of light flash on in the sky |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Ten to 15 bright red orbs independently moving and blinking on and off over the ocean. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Flashing red and white looked like 4 or more flashing objects, bouncing back and forth in a pattern over the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Me and brothers saw 2 orange lights in the sky 2 times |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Bright orangelike lights blinkin in different formations hovered about the ocean in Myrtle Beach, SC |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | Around 8:30 tonight coming up to the river oaks / Carolina forest blvd intersection I saw what appeared to be bright orangeish reddish |
| South myrtle beach, SC | 2012 | We sat on the porch in the evening as the sun was going down and we seen two bright lights that looked like two head lights comming at |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2011 | we saw a large bright orange circular lights that formed a v shaped pattern clearly then blink rapidly and disappear. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2011 | This is the third time I have experienced this phenomenon within the past year or so………today is May 5, 2011…… time from 11:20-11:50 p.m |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2011 | We have just seen a straight formation of lights moving north in Myrtle Beach. Lights blink on then off. Atleast 5 to 6 lights in a r |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2011 | 4 orange circle lights appear and disappear |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2011 | ((HOAX??)) The object was orangish in color with red lights hovering still above the ocean for about an hour and just faded away. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2011 | We are staying around 70th/71st North Myrtle and saw the lights last night from our balcony @ approx 10:30p. Strangest thing we have s |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2011 | Bright orange balls of light in random formations and quickly moving, chased by military jets |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2011 | 2 circular objects appearing as clusters of orange lights moving parallel to the coast off Myrtle Beach, SC. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2011 | Two orange lights were spotted near the heart of Myrtle Beach, SC. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2011 | Yellow lights in changing formations off coast of Myrtle Beach |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2011 | Myrtle Beach UFO sighting |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2011 | 4 orange/yellow circular shapes spotted in Myrtle Beach |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2011 | Two orange lights in the sky |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2011 | 3 flashing lights changing positions very rapidly in Myrtle Beach, S.C.. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2011 | I have never believed in ufo but seeing the amber triangle shape lights blinking and moveing very slow and sometimes not at all. Saw li |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2010 | Three red/orange disk shaped lights appeared over the ocean fading in and out one at a time forming a triangular pattern. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2010 | 3 orange lights |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2010 | 5 lights seen over Myrtle Beach SC. ... Not a plane |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2010 | 5 yellowish-orange circles appeared over the ocean. Went from bright to dim. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2010 | Two strange stationary lights in the sky with no specific shape and variolus colors. ((NUFORC Note: Twinkling stars?? PD)) |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2009 | Orange lights appearing in half-circle formation over the shoreline of Myrtle Beach. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2009 | 4 orbs over ocean at Myrtle Beach |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2009 | Multiple unexplained lights |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2009 | This was not an airplane or distress flares. ((NUFORC Note: Many other sighting reports. PD)) |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2009 | 3 lights appeared over the ocean; lasting for several seconds; exactly like the sighting in Myrtle Beach on 9/08. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2009 | Orange lights over the ocean sky of Myrtle Beach. ((NUFORC Note: Many other sighting reports from this area. PD)) |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2009 | Glowing Red Orb shaped light seen in Myrtle Beach,SC |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2009 | Bright Lights over the Atlantic Ocean |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2008 | Possible UFO siting, in the southern skies of Myrlte Beach, SC. One Object, mostly stationary but finally moved at a rapid pace away |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2008 | Plasma like pulsating energy ball |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2008 | 4 yellow colored lights in formation maybe as far out over the ocean |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2008 | orange and redish lights off the coast of myrtle beach |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2008 | I observed orange lights off of the coast. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2007 | Bright circle moving at a slow pace 20 minutes apart with an orange blinking light a few feet below it. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2007 | Perhaps the objects were not in the right time and were not meant to seen by people in this time. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2007 | Two red ovals moving in irregular movements in a south-east approach. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2007 | Bright white fireball with blue green and red tail shoots accross the sky during baseball game. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2007 | Bright light with bright blue tail |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2007 | Diagonal straight line of three lights fading on and off appearing in different parts of the sky |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2007 | UFO in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2007 | Red/Orange lights over the ocean |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2007 | Observed red lights over the ocean that appeared and then faded out. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2007 | Strange Red lights over Myrtle Beach |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2007 | Bright lights over the ocean in Myrtle Beach, SC... 3 of them forming a diagonal line. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2007 | One reddish-orange bright light with others coming out of it over the ocean and four smaller ones underneath. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2007 | Large ghostly shape like a stacked hamburger almost transparent and extremely large prodominantly white. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2007 | Red/orange lights over ocean appearing, moving horizontally, then disappearing |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2007 | Large Orange Lights Appear in Formations |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2007 | light in the sky |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2007 | White ball of light over ocean east of Myrtle Beach, then planes to "investigate" |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2007 | Bright glowing triangular object with red flash moving erratically in a fixed point. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2006 | I saw a bright oval object in the skies over Myrtle Beach SC. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2006 | 1-2-3-4-Red/Orange orbs out at sea blink on for 30 seconds then gone. very strange |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2006 | I saw glowing lights over the Atlantic for one hour from the 19th floor . |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2006 | A fire ball that stood over the ocean and came from the ocean!!! |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2006 | Red Flashing Lights Over the Atlantic |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2006 | Amber lights over Myrtle Beach South Carolina |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2006 | Fading lights over Myrtle Beach, SC. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2005 | Lights off the coast |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2005 | Two groups of irregular stobe lights moving east to west at a high rate of speed |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2005 | Bright Orange Stationary Lights |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2005 | UFO was a stationary beam of light that seemed to leave a light trail as it accelerated. At first I didn't really notice it because it |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2004 | Sonic boom in Myrtle Beach |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2004 | 4 Lights appeared in myrtle beach. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2004 | Went out to walk dogs. Clear, starry night. Looked up at sky at airplane and then my vision was blocked by a huge, black, chevron sha |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2004 | lights moving closer and farther away same direction and still at one point and a ufo lighting up the sky with its red/orange light |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2004 | 4 orange lights in a row with another one across from them, lights went out one by one. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2004 | UFO in Myrtle Beach, SC. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2004 | lights in the middle of the ocean....... |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2004 | Orangish - Reddish Glow moving in a zig zag pattern about midnight! |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2004 | White lights, in unison, left to right, not change in velocity, direction, or speed, much too large for a normal A/C |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2004 | Three big orange lights sat in the sky then vanished |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2003 | Bright orange light lasts 3-5 seconds over ocean, accompanied by multiple strobe lights |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2003 | yellowish orangish looked like a star but larger moving erraticly disappearing and reappearing in different places |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2003 | orangish yellowish sphere over the ocean at myrtle beach s. c. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2003 | More orange lights over Myrtle Beach |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2003 | Bright orange lights appearing and disappearing over the ocean |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2003 | saw an orange object in the sky moving from right to left |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2003 | We saw the Saucer, when the sun bounced on it, and sit in the sky for around 5 min.The other Round lights would swirl, and split apart |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2003 | LARGE BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT DISAPEARS AFTER SPLITTING 2 RED LIGHTS TO THE LEFT AND TO THE RIGHT IN THE SKY! |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2003 | Lights that disappeared and re-appeared in another location. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2003 | Circular white disc, stationary high in sky during thunderbird airshow. with see through center and segmented outer edge |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2003 | Bright stationary orange light of short duration near Mars |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2003 | Two circular object with morphing interchangeable colors, definetly discs,emanating blue green light. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2003 | Series of lights, lighting in sequence from right to left, and fading out in same sequence. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2003 | 2 orange-red circular objects that would flick on, first one, then from that one another, stay on for a few seconds, then flick out and |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2002 | It was small , but HOT in color and pulsed for about 4-5 burts then disappeared, reapeared once more in a new direction |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2002 | The evening of 08/17/02 around 22:00 while looking out over the ocean in Myrtle Beach,SC (3 people) we saw bright red and orange luminc |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2002 | One orange light split into two lights over the ocean . |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2002 | Brightest, most brilliant lights and silent craft that we have ever experienced and can't explain. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2001 | 3 disk shaped rotating objects emitting bright orange lights over Atlantic Ocean. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 2001 | My brother, husband and I were on vacation in the Myrtle Beach area during Oct. of 2001. I was on the balcony looking at the ocean and |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 1999 | i saw three objects that where moving at very high speeds |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 1998 | Spotted Medium Speed moving object heading NNW, below the clouds. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 1995 | Odd lights seen over ocean in Myrtle Beach, SC. |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 1986 | 7 Colored Balls of Light seen north of beach acess at 82nd Ave N. in Myrtle Beach,SC Aug 1986 |
| Myrtle beach, SC | 1981 | 2 lights zig zag in sky |