12 Nov 1976 - Tarboro, North Carolina, USA
12 November 1976 18:15
Tarboro, North Carolina, USA

Object with red, green, blue lights stopped in sky, descended into nearby woods. Saw 9' tall being with black diamond-shaped helmet, short legs, float out of woods, go behind billboard.

Close encounter with a an unidentified craft and monstrous occupants.

One multi-colored object, around 500 feet away, was observed by two male witnesses, typical age 15, in the woods for over 15 minutes (Howard). One 9-foot-tall giant, wearing a black helmet, was seen.

James Howard, 15, and Brian Hollis, 14, observed an object with pulsating red, green, and blue lights, which stopped and descended into some nearby woods. They were alarmed and ran home. Looking back, they saw a milky white figure 9 ft tall, with a diamond shaped red helmet, come floating out of the woods about 150 yards away. Its head under the helmet appeared blackish gray. Its short legs seemed to have no feet. It stopped and seemed to look at the boys, then floated onward toward a billboard, behind which it disappeared. They had it in view for about 15 minutes.


Hynek rating: CE3: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Entity reports)
Vallee rating: CE3: Entities have been observed on the UFO.
Vallee reliability rating: 203: Reliable source,secondhand; no site visit, or answer unknown; natural explanation requires major alteration of several parameters.
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