Brown Mountain on March 07, 2009

                                            Photograph taken by me from the Lost Cove

                                            Cliffs parking area off of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

 

 

Brown Mountain is located a few miles north of Morganton, North Carolina U.S.A. For centuries people have reported seeing strange lights on the mountain. The lights have been attributed to everything from train lights off in the distance to UFO's. The reports vary as to what the lights look like. Some people have described them as being white or red balls of light while others say that they have a tail behind them like a meteor streaking through the atmosphere. There also seems to be a difference in how long the lights can be seen when they appear. This ranges from a few seconds to several hours.

 

 

 

 

         

 

 

 

 

 

A NPS sign giving a brief history of the lights.

 

                                                                               

                                                                                       My son Robbie Hipkins standing in front of the Lost Cove Cliffs

 sign. Brown Mountain is in the background.