11/27/66 - Connie Carpenter, New Haven, West Virginia, 10:30 AM

Report Summary	"a huge grey figure. It was shaped like a man, she said, but was much larger. It was at least seven feet tall and very broad. The thing that had attracted her attention was not its size but its eyes... red, round, fiercely glowing eyes.. rose slowly off the ground like a helicopter... wings did not flap... swooped low over her head"[footnote 1]
Hynek Classification	CE-III(?)
Original Vallee Classification	Type Id(?)
Current Vallee Classification	AN3 / AN5
Minimum Distance	10 feet(?)
Object Appearance	Headless manlike being, very tall with batlike wings, glowing red eyes set in shoulders
Object Behavior	Rose from behind car and lifted up without flapping wings. Flew low over witnesses. Pursued car.
Physical Effect	None
Medical Effect	"Eyes reddened, watery, almost swollen shut", onset not immediate, lasted two weeks; only one witness of four was affected
Comments / Conclusion	This unusual sighting was part of an extensive flap including sightings of this type of being and many UFO sightings. Effects appear to be possibly due to UV (late onset, though duration is somewhat long) or allergy (only one witness affected)

Footnotes

1. Keel, The Mothman Prophecies, LC# 74-16272, p 14