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Raleigh, NC
North Carolina · Wake County · Raleigh-Cary Metro
Raleigh is a large city in North Carolina with a population of 470,763. Residents earn $82,424 per year, which is 10% above the national average.
3.6
/5.0
B+
Good
470,763
Population
3,119/sq mi density
$82,424
Median Income
$49,948 per capita
$377,800
Home Value
$428,831 Zillow
$1,468
Median Rent
30.5% income on rent
62°F
Avg Temperature
293 sunny days/yr
256
Violent Crime/100K
1,783 property/100K
B+
Overall
3.6 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
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Economy
4.4 / 5.0
$82,424 median income, 3.2% unemployment
A
Affordability
4.1 / 5.0
$377,800 home value, $1,468/mo rent
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Safety
1.0 / 5.0
256 violent crimes/100K (33% below avg)
A+
Education
5.0 / 5.0
52.9% bachelor's degree or higher
Explore Near Raleigh
UFO Sightings
75
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Historic Markers
58
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 Raleigh, NC
75 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Raleigh, NC.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Raleigh, NC | 2014 | 3 crafts flying in a very symmetrical triangle formation. They continued to fly across the sky in that way, always in a triangle. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2014 | 4 Clear Disk-shaped UFOs over Raleigh, N.C.. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2014 | Tonight me and my wife saw a Orangish Red Circle that emerge from over our house! We watched it for about 45 seconds and it appeared to |
| Raleigh, NC | 2014 | Orange light over North Raleigh. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2014 | Diamond-shaped object glowing in morning sky. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2014 | Two silent, pulsating red orbs slowly moving due north near downtown Raleigh at low altitude. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2014 | Bright light flash and satellite like movements in night sky over NW Raleigh, North Carolina on the evening of February 19, 2014. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2013 | Three triangular craft visible for 5 min near I-540 on 2/27/2013 |
| Raleigh, NC | 2013 | Lights seen above downtown Raleigh, |
| Raleigh, NC | 2013 | 3 red lights on shadow outline of triangle shaped craft, slowly flying just above tree line silently. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD)) |
| Raleigh, NC | 2013 | Two lights. One bright white light & a dim blue one (appearing & disappearing). Ground level & moving closer. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2013 | Three orange lights moving slowly and quietly. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2013 | Unknown object seen in Raleigh, NC 8/2/2013. |
| Raleigh/durham, NC | 2013 | Unidentified lights/craft over Raleigh/Durham - RDU Airport tells news reporters it is "military exercises." |
| Raleigh, NC | 2012 | Two lights, one red and one small green |
| Raleigh, NC | 2012 | A black cylindrical object seen fairly close to an airplane during daytime |
| Raleigh, NC | 2012 | Two large red/orange lights travel across Raleigh sky. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2012 | A bright white light that was extremely fast with no sound, ejected 2 smaller objects in opposite directions. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2012 | Low flying bright light with no sound |
| Raleigh, NC | 2012 | Silver circle hovering in sky |
| Raleigh, NC | 2012 | Three lights moving faster then everything I have seen. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2011 | Saw strange light weaving and circling nearby lake |
| Raleigh, NC | 2011 | Cloaking plane |
| Raleigh, NC | 2011 | Observed a non conforming craft south of Raleigh moving west to east and then circling north toward Raleigh center. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2011 | Pyramid shaped craft with random blinking lights on the points of it, rotating in all directions. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2011 | Strange, possibly extra-terrestrial energy display in the sky in Raleigh NC. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2011 | Rising light in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Celestial bodies?? PD)) |
| Raleigh, NC | 2011 | UFO sighting in Raleigh/Knightdale on Thanksgiving |
| Raleigh, NC | 2011 | Three bright red circles of light form above for one minute and vanish. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2011 | V-Shaped Craft Hovering Above the Intersection of Six Forks Road and I-540 in Raleigh NC |
| Raleigh, NC | 2010 | Object over Raleigh |
| Raleigh, NC | 2010 | 2 objects that looked like bright stars moving in parallel about 45 degrees above the horizon |
| Raleigh, NC | 2010 | sudden white light moving vertcal disappeared then reappeared moving horizontal before disappearing again |
| Raleigh, NC | 2010 | 25 slow moving, interactive fireballs seen in downtown Raleigh on Saturday night. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2010 | Green scanner laser like light flashes over the sky in Raleigh, NC |
| Raleigh, NC | 2010 | I was looking out of my bedroom window that night because i couldnt sleep and saw something in the sky at 10:25pm, with flashing red, b |
| Raleigh, NC | 2010 | we saw 2 objects in the sky one night flashing colors and not moving. ((NUFORC Note: Possible "twinkling" star, we suspect. PD)) |
| Raleigh, NC | 2010 | I have one picture of green spheres near the moon. Eight to twelve objects the same size. Plane green spheres |
| Raleigh, NC | 2010 | Cylindrical Object Over Raleigh NC |
| Raleigh, NC | 2010 | Saw a retangular object about the size of large plane on July 10, 2010, which emitted an amber light from the bottom. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2009 | Bright light/hovering craft seen in raleigh near state fair around midnight. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2009 | A strange bright light appeared to the west of Raleigh, NC at 19:15 hours on 9=10=09. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2009 | Triangle shaped craft with 4 white lights and 1 blinking red light passed silently overhead |
| Raleigh, NC | 2009 | 20 flickering red lights in imperfect succession, floating up and vanishing into the clouds. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2009 | raleigh nc - ufo spotted east of the city - rectangle craft, reflecting in the sun - extreme hig altitude and fast |
| Raleigh, NC | 2009 | I saw 4 large white lights circling then meeting together and going back out again |
| Ralleigh, NC | 2009 | v-shaped object with white and red flashing lights moving slowly over falls lake |
| Raleigh, NC | 2008 | Large triangle shaped object with 2 lights flying low to the ground over a major highway |
| Raleigh, NC | 2008 | It was a long slim cylinder of shiny metal with two colored sections-one red and one black each about 1/4 of the length of the craft. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2008 | white light traveling horizontally, sped up very fast and then disappeared. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2007 | Glowing green triangle moving at a very fast pace, stopping, flew away even faster, no noise over RBC Center. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2007 | Bright Green Triangle in sky zooms ahead and disappears in an instant. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2007 | suspicious flashing light white light at Kemp Rd and Highway 98 |
| Raleigh, NC | 2006 | Daylight sighting of a star-shaped object |
| Raleigh, NC | 2006 | Standing in my driveway, I looked up in the sky towards the north west, saw what I thought might be a landing light for a commercial je |
| Raleigh, NC | 2006 | That it seemed to emit a red and blue with some green,it did not move and after a few moments,the intensity of the light would pulsate. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2005 | We woke to a rapidly flashing light beamed into one of the bedroom windows that produced a strange drugged feeling with panic and an in |
| Raleigh, NC | 2005 | flashing light outside the window |
| Raleigh, NC | 2005 | Loud Lowflying Large Object |
| Raleigh, NC | 2005 | looking to the west the object would elongate and then condense back to a round shape with red, green,white and yellow lights |
| Raleigh, NC | 2004 | Looked like rectangle parachutes but nobody was under the canopies, objects never desended. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2004 | A white line of light flashed across a portion of the sky and disappeared. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2004 | Dim, sporadic, fast moving lights over park |
| Raleigh, NC | 2003 | Fireball drops out of late-afternoon sky in Raleigh, NC |
| Raleigh, NC | 2002 | bright light over raleigh nc |
| Raleigh, NC | 2001 | Cross shaped orange & green lights moving at incredible speed. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2001 | Unidentified object that did not have required flashing light travels alongside and aircraft with normal lights. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2001 | it was a bright and hazy light that changed colors |
| Raleigh, NC | 2001 | Blinking light zig-zags and merges with a star. |
| Raleigh, NC | 2000 | Close view of stationary disk, top and side visible, prior to rapid its acceleration and departure |
| Raleigh, NC | 1999 | See Image attached to email, seen this while scanning some online live webcams. |
| Raleigh-durham (from cockpit), NC | 1992 | Chevron shape vehicle, NE of RDU ((NUFORC Note: Report submitted by senior airline pilot (ret.). PD)) |
| Raleigh, NC | 1987 | Huge triangle passes over oblivious, sleeping capital |
| Raleigh, NC | 1975 | ((HOAX??)) saw 5or 6 lights circling overhead object blocked out stars. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes |
| Raleigh, NC | 1975 | UFO seen in 1975 on a desserted hwy. in NC |