NUFORC Sighting 12693

Occurred: 1960-07-07 22:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2000-04-22 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 10

Location: Springdale/Fayetteville, AR, USA

Shape: Formation

Concerning a formation of lights over Springdale/Fayetteville during the summer of 1960 or 1961.

Just about 5 miles southeast of Springdale, there is an old church or school house called Fishback. One summer night a couple of friends and myself were attending a get together of local singers and guitar players in that old building. Suddenly, a couple of guys came in and said that there were some strange lights to the west. We all trooped outside and sure enough, there over Springdale was a huge formation of red lights forming a geometric pattern. These lights seemed to be going in and out of each other in triangular patterns. We jumped into my car and sped northwest toward Springdale to get a closer look. After traveling about a 1/4 mile down the road we noticed that the lights were now moving slowly south toward Fayetteville. I pulled over to turn my car around and got stuck in the ditch. So we watched as this strange procession slowly dissapeared in the haze of Fayetteville's lights.I was about 16 and this is one of two sightings I had in Arkansas. I will relate my other sighting over Marble Ar. in another box.

Posted 2000-04-26