Six people see a moon-sized disk hover over the city of Orangeburg, South Carolina for 15 minutes


  • Location: Orangeburg, South Carolina
  • Date: March 10, 1950

      Publisher J. L. Sims and five employees (of the Orangeburg, South Carolina, Times) saw a disk about the size and color of the new moon, only brighter, hovering over the city for 15 minutes, after which it sped away, leaving a vapor trail. It appeared to turn slowly in the air, from vertical to parallel with the horizon, then vertical again, before it disappeared to the west.


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