The next morning, Cody said, he heard three aircraft hovering overhead. The boy waved his gold-buckled Scout belt over his head to send a glimmer into the sky.

Ford, who lives part time near Jackson, Wyo., and is a helicopter pilot, spotted Cody at about 7:30 a.m. The movie star touched down in a clearing about 5 miles from the camp and brought Cody back to safety.

Last summer, 13-year-old William Dunn survived two days in the High Uintas after he became separated from his Boy Scout troop.

Dunn was among 14 teens and nine adults with Scout Troop 195 who took off from a trail head at China Meadows last summer for a four-day, 50-mile trip through the mountains toward the Uinta Canyon trail head.

William had been trying to catch up to a group from his troop that was walking ahead of him and took a wrong turn.

Although hungry and tired, William was in overall good health when rescuers found him.

Hawkins, 11, was at a Scout camp at the East Fork of the Bear Scout Reservation. Although Godfrey said the camp was for 14- and 15-year-old boys, Hawkins is a registered Scout and was a guest of an older boy.

Godfrey said the incident will be reviewed to see if there is anything the Boy Scouts should do to cut down on the number of Scouts getting lost at camp. "We're always concerned," he said. "There are always things we can do better."

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Contributing: ldethman@desnews.com; preavy@desnews.com