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James Island, SC
South Carolina · Charleston County · Charleston-North Charleston Metro
James Island is a small city in South Carolina with a population of 11,738. Residents earn $100,176 per year, which is 33% above the national average.
3.7
/5.0
B+
Good
11,738
Population
2,425/sq mi density
$100,176
Median Income
$44,971 per capita
$454,200
Home Value
$1,021,686 Zillow
$1,443
Median Rent
26.8% income on rent
67°F
Avg Temperature
308 sunny days/yr
440
Violent Crime/100K
3,187 property/100K
B+
Overall
3.7 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
A+
Economy
5.0 / 5.0
$100,176 median income, 0.9% unemployment
A
Affordability
4.1 / 5.0
$454,200 home value, $1,443/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
440 violent crimes/100K (16% above avg)
A+
Education
4.8 / 5.0
48.0% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
58
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Historic Markers
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Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
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UFO Sightings Near James Island, SC
58 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near James Island, SC.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charleston, SC | 2014 | I walked out into my yard downtown Charleston at 11:50 PM. I was with another witness that is ex-military\veteran & ex-fire (he stated |
| Charleston, SC | 2014 | Sphere with red glow within and bright orange light beneath, chased by helicopter. |
| Charleston, SC | 2014 | Orange-red orb turns into two then vanishes with presence of military. |
| James island, SC | 2014 | Green lights. |
| Charleston (james island), SC | 2013 | It looks like a beefed (or bulky)up amazon drone, 30-50mph, 4small roaders surrounding a central body, all black, and deffintly unmaned |
| Charleston (south), SC | 2013 | Hovering craft, completely silent. |
| Charleston, SC | 2013 | Orange lights in formation in SW sky near Charleston, SC. |
| Charleston, SC | 2013 | Nine orange lights seen flying over Charleston, SC. |
| Charleston, SC | 2012 | Big white light (size of plane about 200 yards away) darted across the sky |
| Charleston, SC | 2012 | I was on my way home from school on 3/28/12 @10:10pm traveling on the interstate. For about 2 miles ahead of me (far left of the inter |
| Charleston, SC | 2012 | Appeared to be Japanese coating lanterns on 4 separate occasions. 2 people and video. Charleston SC. |
| Charleston, SC | 2012 | Fast craft |
| Charleston, SC | 2012 | Orange lights seen over the ocean from Charlseton Harbor |
| Charleston, SC | 2012 | Black triangle, white lights, three, night, clear, many stars, slow, afraid |
| Charleston, SC | 2012 | Orb of light flashing reds and blues, stationary for 15 minutes over North Charleston |
| James island, SC | 2012 | UFO sighting on James Island SC |
| Charleston, SC | 2011 | Slow, moving, multicolored object above the sky in Charleston, SC. |
| Charleston, SC | 2011 | Blue object, translucent, no sound |
| Charleston, SC | 2010 | Very bright light travels across night sky in slightly irregular path and then fades |
| Charleston, SC | 2010 | Hwy 61, triangular shape craft w/ multi colored lights on one side and red lights at points. |
| Charleston, SC | 2010 | I saw three fire orange oval shaped lights flying in triangle shape formation. |
| James island, SC | 2010 | 10/1/10 James Island Connector Vshaped aircraft hovering over the JI Connector at 8: 12 pm |
| Charleston, SC | 2008 | Two lights in the sky that stopped and hovered above us before shooting off in different directions very fast. |
| Charleston, SC | 2007 | UNEXPLAINED SIGHTING OF A POSSIBLE UFO @ CHARLESTON ,SOUTH CAROLINA |
| Charleston ?? (in-flight sighting), SC | 2006 | On a flight from Tampa to Baltimore, somewhere over the Carolina's, saw a large white hockey-stick shaped object, flying along with us. |
| Charleston, SC | 2005 | WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE I SAW A UFO AND IT DISAPPEARD AS QUICK AS IT CAME |
| Charleston, SC | 2005 | While I was in my front yard I saw a strange object above my house. |
| Charleston, SC | 2005 | WHILE I WAS OUT WITH A FRIEND DRIVING AROUND ON THE TOWN WE WENT OUT TO DINNER AND SAW SOME UFOS WE COULDN'T BEILEVE IT. |
| Charleston, SC | 2005 | Bomerang shaped blue haze followed by what appeared to be a star, then a flash like a firework explosion. |
| Charleston, SC | 2005 | ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch at 2055 hrs (EDT). PD)) Single craft tremendously high moving north north east explodes |
| Charleston, SC | 2005 | RECTANGLER OBJECT OVER A CONVENIENT STORE OF THE FREEWAY. |
| James island, SC | 2005 | I WAS SHOOTING THE BULL WITH SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS THAT OUR FRIENDS OF MINE AND WE SAW SOME EXCITING UFOS. |
| James island, SC | 2005 | ME AND MY NEIGHBOR WERE HANGING OUT WE SAW SOME EXITING UFO. ((NUFORC Note: Possible hoax? PD)) |
| James island, SC | 2005 | WHILE HANGING OUT IN THE BACKYARD ON THE PATIO WE SAW SOME UFOS. |
| Charleston, SC | 2004 | Clear floating rectangular cube |
| Charleston (north charleston), SC | 2003 | LOUD ROLLING BOOM!!! |
| Charleston, SC | 2003 | silver orb associated with chemtrails |
| Charleston, SC | 2003 | Round object above US 17 Charleston, SC. |
| Charleston (edisto island just s.of), SC | 2002 | Bright, almost glowing irridecently, tadpole shaped object (oval with a tail) travelling West to East at a high rate of speed crossed a |
| Charleston, SC | 2002 | This was an amazing fireball! |
| Charleston, SC | 2001 | large sphere stationary for an hour |
| Charleston, SC | 2000 | Extremely large, slow-moving object moving toward bridge in Charleston, SC - witnesses with no memory after sighting |
| Charleston, SC | 1998 | Saw a large reddish orange fireball with a long green tail.. |
| Charleston, SC | 1998 | Observed very bright sky illumination over Charleston, SC. 1-2 seconds duration. |
| Charleston, SC | 1998 | The sky lit light heat lightening then the a ball of light was shooting across the sky. My thought was it looked like a Roman candle b |
| Charleston, SC | 1998 | I work a Chas. AfB and I walked off an airplane and looked across the horizon and saw it moving horizontally. I have seen thousands of |
| Charleston, SC | 1998 | streaking blue/green fireball lit up sky. fireball going east to west and appeared to disintergrate after 3-4 seconds |
| Charleston, SC | 1998 | Walking down the outside fire escape looked up and saw several aircraft passing and the one in the middle was leaving a smoke ring trai |
| Charleston, SC | 1998 | Green flaming ball streaking from north to south with tail behind |
| James island, SC | 1998 | Meteor? Flash of brillant whiite light across sky in front of waxing full moon covered by cirrus clouds - then a fireball about the |
| Charleston, SC | 1996 | Two men witnessed a large, white plume in the morning sky. (May have been Delta rocket launched from Cape Kennedy at 0600 hrs.) |
| Charleston, SC | 1996 | Flashing object above Charleston, SC |
| John's island/james island, SC | 1978 | 3 oval shapes outlined in green glow lights, followed car at distance the length of Bohickett Road to James Island. |
| Charleston afs, ME | 1976 | On this date I was stationed at Charleston AFS, ME and worked in the reciever section of the AN/FPS-27A Search radar located at the sit |
| Charleston, SC | 1976 | i was standing on the maindeck of anavy ship in port watching the lighting of athunderstorm ,i saw a solid bar of green light appear in |
| James island (charleston), SC | 1975 | In 1975 I lived on James Island, S.C. I was about 8 or almost 9 months pregnant. It ws almost dark and I headed home which was swampy |
| Charleston, SC | 1965 | Sphere of fire with multiple course changes of 15 degrees in ZERO TIME. 6 course changes, 30 seconds. |
| Charleston, SC | 1962 | Flying disk near Air Base in Charleston SC around 1962 summer |