Project Blue Book Case #11677. On April 21, 1967, a witness near South Hill, Virginia — a small community on U.S. Route 1 in Mecklenburg County — reported a close encounter with a luminous object at low altitude. The object appeared to descend near the road, and physical effects on the surrounding vegetation were noted during subsequent investigation.
South Hill sits in the rural Piedmont of southern Virginia, approximately 80 miles south of Richmond. The area's agricultural landscape provided dark conditions and minimal traffic. The case attracted investigation from both Blue Book and independent researchers, who documented the physical traces.
The case was classified "Unknown" — one of the more compelling close-encounter cases from the late Blue Book period.