June 19, 1966 — Mount Mitchell State Park, NC
12:05 a.m. A group of Boy Scouts camping out at Mount Mitchell State Park, North Carolina, sees three red pulsating lights in a triangular pattern approach, then hover until about 5:00 a.m. The lights blink at different speeds, with the center one turning white every fifth pulsation. At sunrise, the object lifts up, appearing red and bell-shaped through binoculars. Six smaller objects are hovering nearby on either side of the larger object, changing formation. The group then disappears behind a mountain. When the Scouts start to explore in the direction of the objects, about 60 feet from their camp they discover trees with broken branches and some crushed undergrowth, plus three holes in the ground forming an equilateral triangle. [Eberhart]
Sources:
Fred Merritt, “A Preliminary Classification of Some Reports of UFOs,” IUR 28, no. 3 (Fall 2003): 10;
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 1681, p. 315;
Jacques Vallée, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 332; [Case 776]
