Background
On September 13, 2010, veterans from a U.S. Army special operations team were conducting night training near Camp Mackall, close to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The area is used for ground maneuvers and air operations, so fighter jets, including F-15s, and heavy aircraft from Mackall Army Airfield are a familiar sight.
The Sighting
At 11:30 p.m., a group of 15 soldiers was lying in ambush on a small trail when they noticed unusual movement in the sky. First, they saw two F-15s about 3,000 meters away, their lights flashing and engines roaring. Using PVS-14 night-vision goggles, the training supervisor spotted a huge, black-metallic triangle, estimated to be the size of a football field. It flew at an altitude of 2,000 to 3,000 feet, silently and smoothly along a straight path, as if guided by an advanced navigation system.
Faint blue lights appeared at all three corners of the triangle. They were visible only through the night-vision goggles and were almost impossible to see with the naked eye. The object passed over the soldiers for about one to two minutes, then disappeared behind a line of pine trees as the two F-15s continued north toward the town of Hoffman.
Why It’s Interesting
The account comes from a professional with extensive military experience, including flying heavy aircraft such as the B-52 and B-1. He describes something unlike ordinary fighter jets: a huge, silent black triangle with three blue lights. This is one of the classic “black triangle” reports, a phenomenon that appears in records of unexplained sightings around the world. The witnesses’ military backgrounds and the presence of conventional aircraft at the time lend the case some credibility, though it remains unverified.
Summary
The incident highlights the complexity of nighttime sightings in military areas and the possibility that unexplained phenomena can appear alongside familiar aircraft. To this day, there is no clear explanation for the triangular object described, and the report remains open to discussion among researchers of optical and aerial phenomena.
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The report was originally filed with NUFORC as “Triangle,” an unverified sighting. We have no further information about the exact duration or any video footage.
