CaseDisk1950

Philadelphia, MS, USA

A witness in Philadelphia, Mississippi recalled a childhood sighting of a disk-shaped object, witnessed along with a mother and sons, observed for up to 10 minutes in June 1950.

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (177 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1950-06-01
Where
Philadelphia, MS, USA
Shape
Disk
Duration
ten minutes or less
Geo
32.772, -89.117 · exact
Slug
disk-over-philadelphia-ms-1950-038549
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In context

  • Philadelphia, MS shows up 6 times across the archive.
  • 4 reports came from Mississippi in 1950.
  • In the 1950s, 28.1% of reports described a disk — the all-time rate is 5.9%.

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