Case files Cynthia Hind edited UFO Afrinews from Harare for twelve years, twenty-two issues from 1988 to 2000, and printed every report that reached her. Here is each case as a file: what was reported, what she made of it, and where it sits on the map. Cases she reprinted from overseas are filed too, marked as outside the region.
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UFO Afrinews No 1 July 1988 The 'flying bullet' near Port Elizabeth 1974 · near Port Elizabeth, South Africa Sighting Bright light with a blue tinge over Durban 1986 · Durban area, South Africa Sighting Shimmering greenish-blue sphere near Chivju 1986 · near Chivju (Chivhu), Zimbabwe Sighting Metallic bullet-shaped object over Mount Kilimanjaro 1951 · above Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Sighting Outside the region Rosmead tennis court: physical trace case 1972 · Rosmead, a small village in the Karoo, South Africa Trace In the archive Fireball and three shining men at La Rochelle 1981 · La Rochelle, a Forestry Commission Station, 9 km from Mutare (8 km in the body text), Zimbabwe Close encounter In the archive Report from Jenny, of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: the octagonal building and the Turkish earthquake 1973 · Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Contact Report from Jenny, of Bulawayo: the waterspout, the boat off Florida and the Ones in Blue 1974 · Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Contact Report from MB, Masvingo: silver craft hovers over the bed at Vereeniging 1964 · Vereeniging, South Africa Close encounter Report from MB, Masvingo: taken aboard the craft at Vereeniging 1966 · Vereeniging, South Africa Abduction Abduction report from Janet: South Africa 1969 · a small flat in central Durban, South Africa Abduction Report from W S Van Heerden, Sunnyside, Pretoria: object over Lourenço Marques bay 1968 · Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), above the island of Xefina in the bay, Mozambique Sighting In the archive Report by J S of Cape Town: the 'U S A rocket' 1980 · on the national road towards Cape Town from Montevista, South Africa Sighting Caroline of Zimbabwe 1988 · about 8 km south of Chipinge, Eastern Highlands, Zimbabwe Close encounter The Whistling Case in the Cape, South Africa 1982 · Cedarberg near Clanwilliam, near the Maltese Cross and the Sneeuberg plateau, South Africa Other UFO Afrinews No 2 June 1989 Nullarbor Plains: vehicle lifted and covered with ash (editorial mention) year unknown · Nullarbor Plain (printed 'Nullaboor Plains'), Australia Close encounter Outside the region Silver Object over Ntabazinduna, 1956 1956 · Ntabazinduna, flat-topped hill two or three miles due east of the witness's home, Zimbabwe Sighting Travelling Car, Worcester-Beaufort West, 1952/53 1952 · about 20 km outside Laingsburg on the road to Beaufort West, South Africa Close encounter Further Report on 'Rocket' over Cape Town 1980 · Cape Town, South Africa Sighting La Rochelle recap and Clifford Muchena on the 'ancestors' 1981 · La Rochelle estate, Zimbabwe Close encounter In the archive An Extension of La Rochelle? Sawmill motor failure near Mutare 1981 · sawmill at Mutare, 9 km from La Rochelle (heading: 9 km from Mutare), Zimbabwe Trace In the archive Meteor boom over Harare, Marondera and Rusape, 1986 1986 · Harare/Marondera/Rusape area, Zimbabwe Other Letter: Graham Conway on a regressed abductee and a man in blue year unknown · not stated (Conway writes from Delta, British Columbia; the regression's location is not given), Canada Abduction Outside the region Letter: MUFON Journal parallel for the Cape whistling case ('Forty Years Ago') 1948 · not stated, Unknown (not stated; from the MUFON Journal, USA) Trace Outside the region Letter: Hélène on Jenny of Bulawayo and MB of Masvingo as structured dreams year unknown · Masvingo (MB) and Bulawayo (Jenny), Zimbabwe Abduction JG of Chegutu: the 'limousine' with chains 1986 · Chegutu, Zimbabwe Sighting O G, Randburg: three tear-drops in V formation 1985 · Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa Sighting Lozenge over a wake at Centenary 1987 · Centenary, Zimbabwe Sighting CE III in the Drakenstein Mountains above Paarl 1951 · plateau at the top of the Du Toit's Kloof pass, Groote Drakenstein, South Africa Contact In the archive Mtepatepa: bright object ejecting smaller shapes 1981 · Mtepatepa, coffee lands of a farm, Zimbabwe Sighting The Wattle Company, Nyanga Factory: light that lit the clouds from within 1980 · The Wattle Company, Nyanga Factory, Nyanga, Zimbabwe Sighting Bulawayo: fat oval with a brilliant blue light 1980 · Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Sighting Harare, Chisipite: orange pulsating sphere over the shops 1974 · Chisipite Shopping Centre, off Enterprise Road, Harare, Zimbabwe Sighting Gulf Breeze, Florida: 'Mr Ed' and his Polaroids year unknown · Gulf Breeze, Florida, United States Photo Outside the region The Rosmead Tennis Court Affair revisited: 'of course, it was a whirlwind' year unknown · Rosmead, South Africa Trace Zimbabwe Air Force jets chase a French weather balloon year unknown · between Bulawayo and Gweru air base, Zimbabwe Sighting Broadhaven, Wales, 1979: evidence 'thrown out with the dishwater' 1979 · Broadhaven, Wales, United Kingdom Other Outside the region UFO Afrinews No 3 May 1990 Danie van Graan landing marks and cabbages (editorial reference) year unknown · Danie van Graan's small farm (not named in this issue), South Africa Trace Rosmead tennis court damage (editorial reference) year unknown · Rosmead tennis court, South Africa Trace UAP Crash on Botswana/South African Border 1989 · Kalahari Desert, said to be 70 km inside Botswana from the South African border, Botswana Crash claim In the archive Fireball over the Botswana border, 7 May 1989 (Smithsonian observer) 1989 · Over the Botswana/South African border area, Botswana Sighting In the archive Aircrew Sighting of UAP: Moçambique (UAP over Beira) 1988 · Beira, Mozambique Radar In the archive Tzaneen Mountain Case 1983 · 20 km south of Tzaneen, on the road north, South Africa Sighting Zeppelin-shaped objects over the West Rand (Herald report) 1984 · West Rand, Johannesburg: Randpark Ridge and Honeydew, South Africa Sighting A Strange Pattern of Lights 1989 · Over the main ISCOR power lines where they cross the freeway (road not named), South Africa Sighting Buckmasters Farm Case, May 1951 1951 · Buckmasters Farm, adjacent to Marlborough Township, Salisbury (now Harare), Zimbabwe Sighting The Irene Township Sighting, 1975 1975 · Irene Township, about 15 km by road west of Mutare, a house facing Nyanga and surrounded by hills, Zimbabwe Sighting Lights in the hills at Fern Valley (Umtali Post report) 1975 · Fern Valley, near Mutare, Zimbabwe Sighting Dave van Rhyn's schoolboy sighting with Hunter jets 1956 · Senior school (unnamed), Rhodesia, Zimbabwe Sighting Ball of light on the Bulawayo to Harare road 1972 · Road from Bulawayo to Harare (then Salisbury), Zimbabwe Sighting Glowing dish over the Landrover, Chiredzi to Mutare road 1974 · Road from Chiredzi to Mutare, Zimbabwe Close encounter The 'Rooster Crowing Alien' 1952 · Farm Leeuwpoort, very close to the East Driefontein Mines, just over the hill from them, South Africa Contact Some Intimate Encounters ('Irrira'): the bedside visitor year unknown · 'Irrira's' home on a farm in South Africa (unnamed), South Africa Contact Some Intimate Encounters ('Irrira'): two craft by the reservoir 1971 · 'Irrira's' farmhouse in South Africa (unnamed), by the reservoir her husband built, South Africa Contact Some Intimate Encounters ('Irrira'): eight saucers over the farm year unknown · Outside 'Irrira's' farmhouse in South Africa (unnamed), South Africa Sighting MB of Masvingo: reply on her craft experience (letter) year unknown · Masvingo, Zimbabwe Abduction Follow-up to Case No 7: Du Toit's Kloof Case 1952 · Du Toit's Kloof, South Africa Contact In the archive Edwin and Valdar of Koldas: The Twelve Planets Speak 1961 · Radio factory, Durban, South Africa Contact UFO Afrinews No 4 March 1991 Janet of Bulawayo 1984 · Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Abduction Bruce of Harare 1989 · Harare, Zimbabwe Abduction Report from Namibia (A): twenty lights over Windhoek 1982 · Windhoek, Namibia Sighting In the archive Report from Namibia (B): hovering object over Aroab 1983 · Aroab, Namibia Sighting The Booysens Triangle, 1986 1986 · Booysens, Johannesburg, South Africa Sighting Unusual LITS in Gweru, 11th August 1990 1990 · a friend's farm near Greystone, Zimbabwe Sighting Bophutatswana Airport Light, November 1989 1989 · Mmabatho Airport, Bophutatswana, South Africa Sighting Unexplained Light Visible in the Vumba 1990 · the Vumba, Zimbabwe Sighting Report from Gomaub-South/Hoachanas: the light and the dry dam 1985 · Gomaub-South, Hoachanas, Namibia Trace USO The Empty Water Tank year unknown · Valley of a Thousand Hills, Natal, South Africa Trace USO Fort Beaufort, Cape: the ball of fire and the shattered reservoir 1972 · Braeside Farm, Fort Beaufort, Cape, South Africa Close encounter USO In the archive Du Toit's Kloof: water for an injured occupant (summary) year unknown · Du Toit's Kloof, Cape, South Africa Contact In the archive Further Report on the Alleged Botswana/South African UAP Border Crash 1989 · Botswana/South African border, Kalahari Desert, Botswana Crash claim In the archive GMC's fireball on the Matopos Road: date corrected to 1988 1988 · Matopos Road, 29.5 km peg, Zimbabwe Sighting The Brazilian Marine sergeant's Kalahari crash site, December 1988 1988 · Kalahari Desert, near the Botswana border, South Africa Crash claim The 'Crem Alphabet from Reticuli': Fact, Fiction or Fantasy? 1989 · Pretoria (document signed 'Captain James Van Greunen, SAAF Intelligence, Pretoria'), South Africa Hoax More Light on the Mount Kilimanjaro Case 1951 · near Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanganyika, Tanzania Sighting Outside the region The Vanishing Cylinder at Hangklip 1990 · Hangklip, Hottentot's Holland range, seen from Glencairn beach, South Africa Sighting JB and the intriguing tie-up with the 'Hoax' 1975 · road from Marondera through Macheke towards Rusape, Zimbabwe Close encounter The Circle in the Grass 1988 · Cleveland Park, Harare, Zimbabwe Trace Rosmead Tennis-Court Case: whirlwind, then lightning year unknown · Rosmead, South Africa Trace Danie Van Graan: the warm glass and the eight-headed cabbages year unknown · the small, insignificant village where Van Graan lived (not named in this issue), South Africa Close encounter Frances and Peter: changed terrain on the Harare-Durban road year unknown · road from Harare, Zimbabwe, to Durban (exact spot not given), Zimbabwe Other In the archive Meteorite lands beside a farmer in Masvingo Province 1990 · Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe Other Bright light near 'The Poort', Gweru (letter from Mrs W.) 1977 · The Poort hills on the road from Gweru; Gwenora Road, Zimbabwe Sighting Fred Hawker's household: regular lights towards Somabula 1977 · looking towards Somabula from Fred Hawker's situation, Zimbabwe Sighting 'Makiwa aircraft' landing and taking off in the Tribal Trust Lands year unknown · Tribal Trust Lands between Shurugwi, Zvishavane and Mashava, Zimbabwe Sighting UFO Afrinews No 5 January 1992 Report from Langton M.: Do Witches Cause Lights in the Sky? (Dartmoor Estate cigar-shaped light) 1991 · Dartmoor Estate, farm beerhall beside the labour compound, Zimbabwe Close encounter Travelling Light with Unusual After Effects: Mazowe Dam, 1968 1968 · Mazowe Dam, Zimbabwe Sighting USO Unexplained Balls of Light: 1990, St Augustine Mission 1990 · St Augustine Mission (St Augustine School), Zimbabwe Close encounter Unexplained Balls of Light: Thursday 14th February 1991, Harare (Mrs D.G.) 1991 · Harare, Mrs D.G.'s verandah, Zimbabwe Sighting Unexplained Balls of Light: Thursday 14th March 1991, Lake Kariba area (S.T.) 1991 · Road from Harare to Binga, Lake Kariba shore, Zimbabwe Close encounter Unexplained Balls of Light: Friday 14th June 1991, Harare blue light (Margaret Barnes and Richard Lockie) 1991 · Blue Kerry complex, Chisipite/Highlands, and Alexandra Park, Harare, Zimbabwe Sighting Unexplained Balls of Light: Yolanda Craig, Mazvikadei Dam 1991 · Mazvikadei Dam, tennis court at a lodge, Zimbabwe Close encounter Golf-ball Light in Windhoek year unknown · Windhoek, a private house and backyard, Namibia Close encounter In the archive Cases Not Previously Reported: Report from John Flanagan of Bulawayo (Honey Dew farm, Chivhu, 1954) 1954 · Honey Dew farm, on a kopje in the Chivhu (Enkeldoorn) district, Zimbabwe Sighting Continuing Investigations: Update on Buckmasters Farm Case 1951 · Buckmasters Farm, Zimbabwe Sighting Case No 28(c): UFO Afrinews 4, Namibia (Hannetjie's account of the ball of light and the drained dam) 1985 · Mr V.'s farm (location given in Afrinews 4, Case 28; not restated here), Namibia Close encounter USO Case No 27 recalled: Bennie Smit's shattered dam and the whirring sound before the explosion 1985 · Bennie Smit's farm, Namibia Trace USO In the archive The Engineer and the Alien (Hind's Portsmouth interview with 'Henry') 1951 · Du Toit's Kloof, below the peak, beside the road at the 820 m sign, South Africa Contact In the archive A Vintage Case, West Africa (Mary Kingsley, Lake Ncovi, 1895) 1895 · Lake Ncovi, between the Ogowe and Rembwe rivers, Gabon Sighting Outside the region UFO Flashbacks: Flying Saucer Hovers over Ndola 1956 · Ndola, sky to the north of the town, Zambia Sighting UFO Flashbacks: Aerial survey of the Northern Rhodesia Copperbelt 1956 · Copperbelt: Ndola, Kitwe, Chingola and Bancroft, Zambia Sighting UFO Flashbacks: Woman takes photo of Flying Saucer (Elizabeth Klarer, Rosetta) 1956 · Farm Whytelease at Rosetta, Natal, South Africa Photo Almost Final Report on the Botswana/South African Alleged UAP Crash 1989 · Kalahari, Botswana/South African border, Botswana Hoax In the archive Maury Island (comparison case cited by Prier Wintle, with editorial résumé) 1947 · Maury Island, near Tacoma, Washington, United States Hoax Outside the region Rosmead tennis court landing and the vanished stone (Final Comment) year unknown · Rosmead, new tennis court beside the primary school, South Africa Trace Letter from Gunter Hofer: the Mutare sawmill motor failure (La Rochelle extension) year unknown · a sawmill in Mutare, Zimbabwe Other UFO Afrinews No 6 July 1992 The orange light over the Lomagundi Road (Hind's own 1975 sighting) 1975 · Lomagundi Road, Harare, Zimbabwe Sighting The Dogon of Mali and the dark companion of Sirius (editorial aside) year unknown · Dogon country, Mali, Mali Folklore Outside the region Stuart Marongwe's brother at Njelele: the long white shape at dawn 1985 · Njelele, Zimbabwe Sighting Stars that bunched and chattered over Bapota village 1976 · Bapota village, Gokwe Communal Lands, Zimbabwe Sighting Crashed UAP in Botswana? year unknown · Botswana, Botswana Crash claim Report from Audrey Howell of South Africa: rounded pyramid over Midrand 1991 · Glenferness, Midrand, Transvaal, South Africa Sighting Interview with Nigel Espi and his family, Noordhoek 1990 · Noordhoek, Cape, South Africa Sighting Sean Rhategan of Cape Town: silver disc with portholes over Camps Bay 1988 · rocks between Glen Beach and Camps Bay, Cape Town, South Africa Sighting Sean Rhategan's earlier red delta-shaped object over Cape Town year unknown · Cape Town, South Africa Sighting Sean Rhategan's childhood sighting of pink shapes year unknown · Cape Town, South Africa Sighting Unconfirmed reports: disc of bright light over Port Elizabeth (Patrick) 1992 · Central, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Sighting Unconfirmed reports: huge round white object over Hobie Beach (Justin) 1992 · Hobie Beach, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Sighting Continuing investigations: Case No 2, JS of Cape Town (the Goodwood rocket) 1980 · Goodwood, Cape Town, South Africa Sighting Alien Descriptions: Hugo Ferreira's silver faceless figures, Groendal Reserve year unknown · Groendal Reserve, South Africa Close encounter In the archive The Vanishing Photographer: Brenda van der Hoerten's twelve years on Mars (Sunday tabloid) 1979 · Kenyan wildlife reserve near Nairobi, Kenya Abduction Outside the region The Jungle Tribe from Mars: Martian descendants near Kisangani (Sunday tabloid) 1988 · jungle east of Kisangani, Zaire, Democratic Republic of the Congo Crash claim Outside the region 'Franco': trance on the road and burn marks near De Aar 1975 · tar road somewhere near De Aar, Cape, South Africa Abduction 'Anne' of Johannesburg: her daughter's night of sixteen bell-shaped craft in the Nevada desert 1992 · a mountain in the desert about an hour and a half's walk from Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Sighting Outside the region 'Johan' of Pretoria: vortex of mist over a Defence Force convoy in southern Angola 1987 · southern Angola, Angola Sighting Outside the region Trevor and Stella Decker: the upside-down dessert plate on the road to Bloemfontein 1958 · road to Bloemfontein, South Africa Close encounter Alien Descriptions: Megan Quezet's slender olive-skinned visitors, Mindalore year unknown · Mindalore, South Africa Close encounter 'Rhoda': the flattened cotton-reel craft over a hill south of Johannesburg 1975 · top of a hill in the south of Johannesburg, South Africa Close encounter Abduction case in South Africa: a mother and daughter taken from their car 1988 · South Africa (place withheld), South Africa Abduction Alien Descriptions: Danie van Graan's thin, pale beings, Loxton year unknown · Loxton, South Africa Close encounter W.S. van Heerden's few-second flying saucer over Lourenço Marques (letter) year unknown · Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique Sighting Elizabeth Klarer and Akon of Proxima Centauri: Auerbach's objection and Hind's reply year unknown · not restated in this issue, South Africa Contact The Engineer and the Alien: propulsion follow-up on Henry's contact year unknown · not restated in this issue, not restated in this issue Contact Outside the region UFO Afrinews No 7 January 1993 Gamida (A Story of an Abduction) 1992 · Johannesburg, South Africa Abduction LITS over Cape Town: Interview with Arlene of Scarborough 1992 · Scarborough, nr Cape Town, South Africa Sighting Grant and Alzanne at Clifton, Cape 1992 · Clifton, Cape, South Africa Sighting Hundreds report object hovering over Table Mountain (Weekend Argus) 1992 · Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa Sighting The Click Sound: Danie van Graan at Loxton 1975 · Loxton, South Africa Close encounter In the archive Two women abducted while driving (Patricia and Deirdre) 1988 · South Africa, road to Patricia's home, South Africa Abduction J.S. of Cape Town: rocket-type object unseen by traffic year unknown · Cape Town, South Africa Sighting Followed by an 'Intelligence'? Jack Jones year unknown · Road from Bloemfontein via Kroonstad to Vanderbijlpark, South Africa Close encounter UFORIC report: swamp craft and bat-like creature, Ontario year unknown · Ontario near the Great Lakes, Canada Close encounter Outside the region Ray Burl: rustling object over house, Famona, Bulawayo 1958 · 5 Kirkaldy Road, Famona, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Close encounter Bruce of Harare: soreness and scar after night figures year unknown · Harare, Zimbabwe Contact Letter: G V Longstaff's steady light over Fern Valley, Mutare 1975 · Fern Valley, outside Mutare, Zimbabwe Sighting Stuart Marongwe clarifies his brother's fast cloud over Njelele 1985 · Njelele, Zimbabwe Sighting Letter: orange ball follows car from Selukwe to Shabani 1974 · Road from Selukwe to Shabani, Zimbabwe Sighting Peter and Frances sighting, June 1st 1974 1974 · Mvuma, road from Harare to Beit Bridge, Zimbabwe Close encounter In the archive In an Altered State of Consciousness: Jack van der Merwe at Durban harbour 1969 · Durban harbour, South Africa Contact Jack van der Merwe: orange glowing object on Table Mountain year unknown · Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa Sighting Jack van der Merwe: giant ant on a lonely Cape road 1975 · lonely road somewhere in the Cape, South Africa Other Barney and Betty Hill: lost time (cited for comparison) 1961 · USA (not specified), United States Abduction Outside the region Kelly-Hopkinsville creatures (cited for comparison) 1955 · Kelly, near Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States Close encounter Outside the region Mystery Triangles over Lake Kariba 1992 · Sanyati Gorge, Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe Sighting In the archive Blue flame and vanished swimming pool water (follow-up) year unknown · South Africa (witness met on Hind's December 1992 trip), South Africa Trace USO Wall of flame between outcrops in Namibia year unknown · Namibia (South West Africa), between two outcrops, Namibia Other In the archive UFO Afrinews No 8 Sept. 1993 Gamida (An Addition to her Story in UFO Afrinews 7) 1987 · Johannesburg area, South Africa Abduction South African Abduction in 1988 1988 · Johannesburg, South Africa Abduction Betty and Barney Hill needle test (comparison case) 1961 · New Hampshire, United States Abduction Outside the region The Flickering Blue Flame and Missing Water 1991 · Kommetjie, South Africa Trace USO Ping-Pong Lights over Bromley 1992 · Bromley, Zimbabwe Sighting Brazilian Air Force ping-pong lights (comparison case) 1986 · Brazilian airspace near Air Force bases, Brazil Radar Outside the region Special Report: the Linda C. abduction, New York 1989 · Lower Manhattan, New York, United States Abduction Outside the region Mountain 'Sparkler' Effect in South Africa 1976 · Pearly Bay, South Africa Sighting Orange lights over the mountain road (Charles G., 1987) 1987 · Pearly Bay area, South Africa Sighting The Wall of Flame 1970 · Namib desert base camp near the Swakop river bed, Namibia Other In the archive Colorado curtain of fire (Corliss comparison) 1930 · Colorado, United States Other Outside the region Silver Disc Frightens Horse 1948 · Farm near Bethal, Transvaal, South Africa Close encounter The 'Worm' in the Sky 1963 · Witwatersrand, under the Bloemfontein to Rand Airport flight path, South Africa Sighting More Lights in the Sky, Zimbabwe: Esigodini 1992 · Esigodini, Zimbabwe Sighting Bullet-shaped object with sparks over Chirundu (W. Harding) 1993 · Chirundu, Zambezi River, Zimbabwe Sighting Blue light with flaming tail over Old Mutare (Maria Sullivan) 1993 · Old Mutare, Zimbabwe Sighting A Childhood Experience (Karen Hardman) 1969 · Gisborne, New Zealand Sighting Outside the region Pinetown four-witness time discrepancy (cited under Case No 75) year unknown · Pinetown, South Africa Sighting Chitundu-msere-msere, the Flying Basket year unknown · Masvingo, Zimbabwe Folklore Anonymous 'alien observer' letter from Cape Town 1993 · Cape Town, South Africa Hoax UFO Afrinews No 9 February 1994 Pilot Encounters UAP 1989 · Mafikeng, Bophuthatswana, South Africa Sighting Kalahari crashed UAP claim (van Greunen) still open 1989 · Kalahari desert, South Africa Crash claim 'Mexican Hat' Craft year unknown · Kimberley, South Africa Sighting Strange 'Visitor' year unknown · Masvingo, Zimbabwe Abduction Isabel's Story 1972 · Harare, Zimbabwe Abduction Isabel's see-through craft at dusk 1973 · Harare, outside the family's first house, Zimbabwe Close encounter Bright star descending nightly over Isabel's new house year unknown · Harare, the family's second house, Zimbabwe Sighting Light shoots over Isabel's house year unknown · Harare, the family's second house, Zimbabwe Sighting Flash of light from the kitchen curtain 1993 · Harare, Isabel's home, Zimbabwe Close encounter Stranger at the dam wall on the road to Durban year unknown · a dam beside the road to Durban, South Africa Other Locked Outside in the Dark (Charmaine's Story) 1978 · Natal (the childhood home with a big garden is not named), South Africa Abduction Brilliant light outside the window in Johannesburg (Charmaine, second incident) 1984 · Johannesburg, sister-in-law's house, South Africa Close encounter Strangers in the Garden year unknown · Kirstenhof, Cape Town, South Africa Close encounter Red light over Gibraltar harbour 1974 · Gibraltar harbour, balcony of a military flat, Gibraltar Sighting Outside the region 'Bus' in the Sky 1993 · Cape Town, over the mountains toward Cape Point, South Africa Sighting Avril's stationary ball of flame 1984 · front lawn of Avril's home (presumably Cape Town), South Africa Sighting Vanishing 'bus' on the Shabani strip road (Authers and Sealy) 1975 · strip road about 14.5 km from Shabani, Zimbabwe Close encounter In the archive Sea Light 1993 · Muizenberg beach, False Bay, where the vlei meets the sea, South Africa Close encounter In the archive Miniature Red Lights 1993 · Cape Town, Karen's bedroom, South Africa Close encounter Lights over Mudzi Village 1989 · Mudzi village, Mudzi district, Zimbabwe Sighting Case No 48 in UFO AFRINEWS No 7 (hooded visitors, follow-up) year unknown · South Africa (town not given), South Africa Abduction Case No 49 in UFO AFRINEWS No 7 (Jack Jones fireball, follow-up) year unknown · road from Bloemfontein to Vanderbijlpark, South Africa Close encounter UFO Afrinews No 10 August 1994 Villas Boas and the clock-faced box (editorial example) 1957 · Brazil, Brazil Abduction Outside the region Carl Higdon's bent bullet vanishes (editorial example) 1974 · not stated in text; bullet held by Dr Leo Sprinkle, United States Abduction Outside the region Danie van Graan, Loxton: the two-metre dead circle 1975 · Loxton, South Africa Trace In the archive Groendal Reserve: four boys, three silver-suited men, nine impressions 1978 · Groendal Reserve, South Africa Close encounter In the archive Crop circles in Botswana? The burnt maize formation year unknown · Botswana (farm not named), Botswana Trace A farmer acquaintance remembers circles on his land year unknown · not stated (a farm known to the editors), not stated Trace Outside the region Unknown: a silent sphere over Marondera 1992 · Marondera, dirt road off North Road, Zimbabwe Sighting Chifef's earlier daylight sphere over Sunningdale 1972 · Sunningdale, Harare, Zimbabwe Sighting Cigar with pulsating green light over the Zambezi, 1964 1964 · Zambezi River sandbanks, Zimbabwe Sighting Dalene's Report: red-orange ball at the Kadoma Drive-In 1989 · Kadoma Drive-In Cinema and Restaurant, between Eiffel Flats and Kadoma, Zimbabwe Sighting Dalene's Report: 'mother ship' and three small craft over Johannesburg 1991 · Johannesburg, poolside facing Pretoria and the Hartbeespoort Dam, South Africa Sighting A Humming Light over a Natal house year unknown · Natal, about six kilometres from the Umbogintwini factory, South Africa Close encounter An Observation: the view from Brooklyn Bridge (Linda Cortile) 1989 · Brooklyn Bridge, New York, United States Abduction Outside the region Odd Sequel to Sandra's Story: the silent man and the stopped clocks year unknown · Muizenberg, Cape Town (sequel at Sandra's workplace), South Africa Other In the archive Glowing trees after a whirlwind at Avondale cottages year unknown · Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe Folklore Trees strung with lights on a Chinhoyi footpath year unknown · Chinhoyi, footpath by Uncle Steve's shop, Zimbabwe Folklore Elizabeth Klarer, International Enigma 1957 · Mooi River area, Drakensberg, Natal, South Africa Contact In the archive South African Abduction (Johannesburg 1988): Pat and Debra update 1988 · Northcliff, Johannesburg, South Africa Abduction Cleo's Report: an early UAP, Zambia 1965 · shop and house just over the border into Zambia, Zambia Close encounter The farm next to Cleo's: dog barks, camera too late 1965 · a farm not far from Cleo's shop, just over the border into Zambia, Zambia Close encounter The Jack Jones Case: Budden versus the Editors year unknown · National Road from Bloemfontein to Vanderbijlpark, South Africa Sighting A Retraction: the Brenda van der Hoerten story and the tribe from Mars 1992 · not stated (tabloid stories), South Africa Hoax Two round metallic UAPs over Glen Lorne (Hedebro letter) 1988 · Glen Lorne, Harare, Zimbabwe Sighting Adamski's Venusian encounter: a reader asks, Hind replies 1952 · California desert (Adamski contact), United States Contact Outside the region Flames of fire flying in the sky over Gutu year unknown · Gutu, Zimbabwe Folklore Luminous object sinks behind the Camarasa dam, Spain 1947 · Camarasa, Riegos y Fuerzas del Ebro hydro-electric plant, Spain Sighting Outside the region Shining object lands in Lake Djupsjoen, Roros, Norway 1947 · Roros, Lake Djupsjoen, Norway Sighting Outside the region UFO Afrinews No 11 Feb. 1995 A young boy and his mother: daylight sighting (editorial mention) 1994 · Zimbabwe (not stated), Zimbabwe Sighting In the archive Truck driver approached by 'people' at night (editorial mention) 1994 · Zimbabwe (not stated), Zimbabwe Close encounter In the archive UAP Flap in Zimbabwe 1994 · Zimbabwe, nationwide (also seen from Kempton Park near Johannesburg, Botswana and southern Zambia), Zimbabwe Sighting Geologists take bearings on the fireball, Mberengwa 1994 · Mberengwa area, from a camp in Zvishavane, Zimbabwe Sighting Lake Kariba reports: fishermen, warden, video and the Cutty Sark 1994 · Lake Kariba; Matusadona National Park; Cutty Sark Hotel, Kariba, Zimbabwe Sighting In the archive Jo Hensman and the torch on the Kariba shore 1994 · Lake Kariba shore, beside the family sailing boat, Zimbabwe Close encounter Rex Taylor's measured observation from the Cutty Sark deck 1994 · Deck of the Cutty Sark Hotel, Kariba, Zimbabwe Sighting In the archive Slow aeroplane-like object over Deka, Hwange 1994 · Deka, Hwange area, Zimbabwe Sighting Bulawayo reports gathered by Vivienne Pascoe 1994 · Bulawayo (Suburbs, Tegela, and a cottage facing north), Zimbabwe Sighting Oval object with headlights over Fort Rixon 1994 · Fort Rixon, Zimbabwe Sighting Lyn Devres' report from Zvishavane 1994 · Zvishavane, Zimbabwe Sighting Farm workers at Shangani: Hundu Moyo and Eva Sibanda 1994 · Shangani, Zimbabwe Sighting Mrs Laing's workers at Beatrice 1994 · Beatrice, Zimbabwe Sighting Sarah Smit's farm workers at Darwendale 1994 · Darwendale, Zimbabwe Sighting C.H. Alexander of Civil Aviation, Harare 1994 · Harare, on the approach to Runway 06, Harare Airport, Zimbabwe Sighting Other Harare reports: Auchterlonie in Newlands and Jonasi in Dzivaresekwa 1994 · Harare suburbs: Newlands, Dzivaresekwa, Mabelreign; also Concession, Zimbabwe Sighting Mutare: twenty witnesses in the Eastern Highlands 1994 · Mutare, Eastern Highlands, looking toward Mozambique, Zimbabwe Sighting Big Sur Atlas missile film, recounted from the MUFON Journal 1964 · Big Sur, California coast; Vandenberg Air Force Base, United States Photo Outside the region The Children of Ariel School 1994 · Ariel Primary School, Ruwa, Zimbabwe Close encounter In the archive An addition to Case No 50: Phyllis and Diane named year unknown · Johannesburg, South Africa Abduction Lynda Jones abduction, June 1978 (reference footnote) 1978 · Not printed, United Kingdom Abduction Outside the region Jesus Antunes at Marimbonda, Brazil (reference footnote) 1978 · Marimbonda, Brazil Close encounter Outside the region Truman Bethurum and the dark-haired captain (reference footnote) 1952 · Not printed, United States Contact Outside the region Woodrow Derenberger's tanned, dark-haired entities (reference footnote) 1966 · Not printed, United States Contact Outside the region Claude Vorilhon at Puy de Lassolas (reference footnote) 1973 · Puy de Lassolas, extinct volcano, France Contact Outside the region Water: the Moses tank emptied overnight (Australia) 1979 · Not printed; a rural property in Australia, case supplied by VUFORS, Victoria, Australia Trace Outside the region An Early UAP in Zimbabwe: the R. family and the Vampire jets 1975 · Road between Gweru and Selukwe, near Guinea Fowl School, Zimbabwe Sighting Aubrey and Russell: car stops on the Selukwe strip road 1975 · Strip road short cut from Gweru to Selukwe, Zimbabwe Close encounter Car-shaped UAP: Jason at Chegutu year unknown · Bush about 200 metres from a dirt road, Chegutu, Zimbabwe Close encounter Philip Spencer on Ilkley Moor (book review) year unknown · Ilkley Moor, United Kingdom Close encounter Outside the region The Day family of Aveley (book review) year unknown · Aveley, United Kingdom Abduction Outside the region UFO Afrinews No 12 July 1995 Revelation from Israel 1993 · Kadima, Israel Trace Outside the region Lights and Tracks 1954 · Nyambuya Farm, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe Close encounter Ariel School Report (cont.) 1994 · Ariel School, Zimbabwe Close encounter In the archive Cigar-like object the day before Ariel (Thursday 15 September 1994) 1994 · Ariel School playground and the road home from the school, Zimbabwe Sighting Tyre-tread imprint in granite at Nyambuya Falls year unknown · Flat granite near the falls on the Nyambuya River, Nyambuya Farm, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe Trace Mrs Stevens' orange glow over the chicken house 1994 · Farm close to Ariel School, Zimbabwe Sighting Unusual Occurrence at Sea 1979 · ss Sanko Stresa at 27°06' North, 16°50' West, At sea (Atlantic Ocean, south of the Canary Islands) Sighting Outside the region A Child Recalls 1946 · Ladybrand, South Africa Close encounter UAP on Safari 1956 · Safari camp, East Africa (Kenya), location not given, Kenya Sighting Outside the region Visited by Air Force Officers 1957 · Hellenic Hotel, Pretoria, South Africa Sighting Pulsating Blue Lights 1965 · Margate, friends' house on the slope of a knoll, a little inland, South Africa Sighting Soundless Craft 1968 · His father's farm, Barkly East district, Cape Province, South Africa Close encounter A Strange Craft 1976 · Tobacco farm labour compound, Rhodesia (district not printed), Zimbabwe Sighting A Perfect Sphere 1976 · His farm in the far Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), South Africa Sighting Truck in Disguise 1981 · Road between Wepener and Springfontein, South Africa Sighting A Long Oblong Shape 1984 · Factory at Mogwase, 50 km north of Rustenburg, immediately west of the Pilansberg Game Reserve, South Africa Sighting Gone Missing? 1994 · Between Witbank and Middelburg, South Africa Sighting Whose Face Wore the Smile? year unknown · Hotel in Joubert Park, Johannesburg, fourth floor, South Africa Close encounter Justin's Story 1995 · Mandara, outlying suburb of Harare; over Avocado Farm; toward Harare Drive, Zimbabwe Close encounter Justin's mother: silvery cylinder over Marondera 1972 · Marondera, Zimbabwe Sighting Out of Africa: Roswell 1947 1947 · Open farmland near Roswell, New Mexico, United States Crash claim Outside the region Bright light below cloud seen by Justin and Paul the week before 1994 · Not stated; on an earlier fishing trip (the later trip was to Shamva), Zimbabwe Sighting The Santilli 'alien autopsy' film (Philip Mantle briefing) 1995 · Roswell, New Mexico (alleged 1947 filming); footage held by Ray Santilli of the Merlin Group, London, United States Photo Outside the region Transformer in the Sky: prelude over Constantia Nek 1969 · Waldorf School playing field, Constantia, looking toward Constantia Nek, South Africa Sighting Transformer in the Sky 1969 · Newlands Ravine above Rhodes Memorial, Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa Close encounter In the archive Letter from Adrian, aged 7: red line in the sky 1995 · Not printed; the verandah of the boy's home, Zimbabwe Sighting Letter from Mrs Flanagan: formation over Enkeldoorn, 1954 1954 · Enkeldoorn (now Chivhu), house high on a kopje facing the Manusi Mountains, Zimbabwe Sighting Letter from Norbert Kazingizi: red ball over Waterfalls, Harare 1993 · Waterfalls, Harare, Zimbabwe Sighting Lake Kariba object, 14 September 1994: Rex Taylor's additional observation 1994 · Ruzihururu, Lake Kariba (17°15' South, 27°44' East), Zimbabwe Sighting In the archive UFO Afrinews No 13 February 1996 Ghost hitch-hiker of the Barandas turn-off (television segment) year unknown · Barandas turn-off, old Uniondale-Oudtshoorn road, South Africa Folklore In the archive Kadema landing traces (Israel) year unknown · Kadema, Israel Trace Outside the region The 'Alien Body' Film (Santilli autopsy film) 1947 · location of the autopsy not stated; film titled 'The Roswell Incident', which Hind calls a misnomer, United States Crash claim Outside the region Update: tiny creature on a balcony ledge (Dave H., Johannesburg) 1973 · Johannesburg, South Africa Close encounter Update: green-lit object between Wepener and Bethulie 1983 · road between Wepener and Bethulie, South Africa Sighting Update: sun-burn after a childhood encounter (Mr Rossouw's friend) year unknown · remote farm (not named), South Africa Close encounter A Peculiar Cloud-Like Object 1995 · T-junction on the road to Merweville, near the farm Doornplaats, Great Karoo, South Africa Sighting Intelligent Light Balls? (a) Miss I.M., Epukiro area 1985 · Epukiro area, Namibia Sighting In the archive Light balls at the Gamsberg (Mrs G.S.) year unknown · farm near the Gamsberg, Namibia Sighting Light balls near Outjo (Mr N.L.) year unknown · parents' farm near Outjo, Namibia Sighting Flickering light ball over a farm dam (Mrs A.V.) year unknown · farm dam (farm not named), Namibia Sighting Light balls on the Keetmanshoop to Luderitz road (Mr A.A.) year unknown · road between Keetmanshoop and Luderitz, Namibia Sighting Intelligent Light Balls? (c) Prof. B.H.J. and others, Namib Desert 1994 · kopje near the Blutkuppe, central Namib Desert, Namibia Sighting Erratic light at Gaub Pass and Sesriem Canyon 1973 · Gaub Pass and Sesriem Canyon, Namib Desert, Namibia Sighting Blue Disc Paces Car 1956 · road between Kadoma and KweKwe, near a notorious railway crossing, Zimbabwe Close encounter Mystery Crash on the Cedarberg 1995 · farm Eikebos, Cedarberg Valley, South Africa Crash claim In the archive UAP Attack 1952 · Storms River Pass, then near the Elandsjaagt Dam about 25 miles from Humansdorp, South Africa Close encounter Brief Encounters: June B. on the operating table (October 1994) 1994 · Johannesburg (witness's home), South Africa Abduction Brief Encounters: June B. pushed into the bed (about 1992) 1992 · Johannesburg (witness's home), South Africa Close encounter Brief Encounters: June B.'s lifelong presences and the robed figure year unknown · family home (not named), then Johannesburg, South Africa Contact Strange Reports from Zambia: object over Kitwe seen from a transmitter mast 1958 · transmitter mast outside Kitwe, Zambia Radar Strange Reports from Zambia: German engineer found dazed beside a landing imprint 1958 · bush beside the Ndola to Kitwe road, behind the power lines, Zambia Contact UFO Afrinews No 14 July 1996 Featherstone farm gate: heated ground and sheep that would not cross 1996 · Featherstone, Zimbabwe Trace Danie van Graan of Loxton: the glass 'jewel' and the sheep that walked around the circle 1972 · Loxton, South Africa Trace Bindura schoolboy sees small figure in white suit with a satchel 1996 · Bindura, Zimbabwe Close encounter Lesotho: Another UAP Hoax? 1995 · Leribe, Lesotho Crash claim In the archive Two Brazilian hunters lose time and find a satchel with strange writing year unknown · Brazil (place not stated), Brazil Close encounter Outside the region 'Why Are They Here?' Part II: The Santilli Film, with Hind's further comments on the Alien Body Film 1947 · Roswell, New Mexico and a dry lake bed near Magdalena, United States Photo Outside the region Kalahari/Botswana crash: van Greunen's confession year unknown · Kalahari, Botswana (alleged crash site), Botswana Hoax Evidence of UAP Sunburn: object crossing the moon, August 1965 1965 · Not stated (from Vallee's Passport to Magonia), Unknown Close encounter Outside the region Officer Manuel Amparano burned 'red as a lobster', Kerman, California 1978 · Kerman, California, United States Close encounter Outside the region Destruction by a UAP? Tragedy hits African village, Kirimukuyu, Kenya 1954 · Kirimukuyu, Kenya Close encounter Outside the region Zimbabwean Flap of September 1994: Lake Kariba houseboat 1994 · Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe Sighting In the archive Triangular UAP Surprises Fishermen 1995 · Sedgefield, South Africa Sighting Flashing Lights: Fort Rixon 1995 · Greystone area near Fort Rixon, Zimbabwe Sighting Flashing Lights: Harare 1996 · Glen Lorne, Harare, Zimbabwe Sighting UAP in the Fields of Afram Plains, Ghana 1990 · Afram Plains, Eastern Region, Ghana Trace Outside the region Soundless Jets in N. Cape (South Africa) 1976 · farm Damhoek, district of Olifantshoek, South Africa Sighting Afram Plains: later sightings by the same family, a hissing saucer and a Stetson-hat object year unknown · Afram Plains, Eastern Region, Ghana Sighting Outside the region The Shape Changer 1996 · Sunningdale, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe Sighting A Flying House 1982 · South Downs (Munyasa), Chipinge, Zimbabwe Folklore Out of Africa: Israeli Sightings at Kadema 1993 · Kadema, Israel Close encounter Outside the region UAP Stops Aircraft over Bariloche, Argentina 1995 · San Carlos de Bariloche airport, Argentina Sighting Outside the region A Little Bit of Astronomy: the vertical white light of 10 March 1996 1996 · Johannesburg, through Botswana, to Zimbabwe, South Africa Sighting Venus at its brightest: calls about a brilliant evening light, May 1996 1996 · Zimbabwe (callers to Hind in Harare), Zimbabwe Sighting Cash-Landrum case, from the review of Schuessler's UAP-Related Human Physiological Effects 1980 · road to Houston, Texas, United States Close encounter Outside the region In Conclusion: John C. thrown to the ground by a light at Macheke 1975 · Macheke, Zimbabwe Close encounter Motel owner and manager followed by a UAP from Macheke to Rusape 1975 · Macheke to Rusape road, Zimbabwe Sighting UFO Afrinews No 15 January 1997 Ariel School landing: the headmaster closes the book (editorial follow-up) 1994 · Ariel School, Ruwa (the editorial says only 'a school not far from Harare'; the school is named in the book blurb on spread 23), Zimbabwe Close encounter La Rochelle forestry workers and the fireball (editorial recap) 1981 · La Rochelle, 9 km from Mutare, Zimbabwe Close encounter In the archive UAP or 'Phantom' Car at Featherstone? 1996 · Featherstone, Zimbabwe Close encounter The shepherd and the 'thing' between the cattle grids; sheep walk round it (within Case 121) 1996 · farm road between two cattle grids near the Petersen farmhouse, Featherstone, Zimbabwe Sighting Ball of white light settles on the car roof, 1984 (within Case 121) 1984 · boundary fence with the neighbouring farm, Petersen farm, Featherstone, Zimbabwe Close encounter Red lights hopping from tree to tree, seen from a donkey cart (within Case 121) year unknown · bush behind the Petersen farm, Featherstone, Zimbabwe Sighting Pulsating Disc over South Africa 1996 · Centurion to Cullinan, Pretoria, South Africa Sighting In the archive Report from Namibia 1995 · Sam Nujoma Drive, Klein Windhoek, Namibia Sighting Out of Africa: ETs Captured in Brasil (Varginha) 1996 · Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil Close encounter Outside the region 'Alien' with a Satchel 1996 · Pote Street, Chipadze Township, 10 km outside Bindura, Zimbabwe Close encounter In the archive Comment: Jean Senac and the dwarfs with sacks, France 1964 1964 · Highway N°21, Tarbes to Castelnau-Magnoac, France Close encounter Outside the region Quite a Big Bit of Astronomy: Bergrun's cylindrical object in Saturn's rings 1995 · Rings of Saturn (Voyager and Hubble imagery), United States Other Outside the region Round Light of Large Proportions 1995 · Masamba, a gold panners' settlement about 5 km down the Blackmore Vale road, which leaves the Chakari-Chegutu road 500 m from Chakari, Zimbabwe Sighting An Appeal: landing or hovering object on the Lilfordia School Road 1996 · Lilfordia School Road, turning off the Old Bulawayo Road, Zimbabwe Close encounter The Unexplained: From Laura (living in UK), Benoni 1986 · Cairngorm Caravan Park, Benoni, South Africa Contact From Pat T., of Bulawayo: the hand gripped under the bed year unknown · unnamed boarding school dormitory, Zimbabwe Other From Pat T., of Bulawayo: dream of a UAP landing in the driveway and The Janos People year unknown · Bulawayo (her home driveway, in a dream), Zimbabwe Other Letter from Cynthia Luce: tiny beings fluttering on a light-pole 1995 · Sitio Tibet area (Luce's locality), Brazil, Brazil Close encounter Outside the region Letter from Cynthia Luce: car occupants fall asleep, ET in the back seat year unknown · a very quiet residential street in an unnamed main city, Brazil Close encounter Outside the region Editor's note: family on the Harare to South Africa road, sleep, a light and a fatal crash year unknown · road from Harare to South Africa (exact spot not given), Zimbabwe Close encounter Letter from Stewart and Sally Rau: lit-up stick over Tchipise (the Columbia tether) 1996 · Tchipise near Messina, South Africa Sighting Obituary: Henry of 'The Alien and the Engineer' (follow-up) year unknown · Drakenstein Mountains, near Paarl, South Africa Close encounter UFO Afrinews No 16 July 1997 Danie van Graan at Loxton (editorial recap, slow motion) 1975 · Loxton, South Africa Close encounter In the archive West Yorkshire barbecue sighting in slow motion (BUFORA) 1995 · West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Close encounter Outside the region Ariel School: small men in shiny black suits moving in slow motion (editorial recap) 1994 · Ariel School, Ruwa, Zimbabwe Close encounter In the archive Soldier in Distress: the crossgrain patrol abduction and flashbacks 1978 · between the Mbizi and Limpopo rivers, bordering between Rutenga and Beit Bridge, Zimbabwe Abduction In the archive Soldier in Distress: the black wedge on the horizon (first event) 1978 · south-east bush between the Mbizi and Limpopo rivers, Zimbabwe Sighting RH and the reptilian humanoid at her bedside (editorial aside) year unknown · not stated, Unknown (not stated) Close encounter Outside the region Out of Africa: Cambodia, 1971 1971 · Tonle Sap, Cambodia Close encounter Outside the region Soldier in Distress: bedroom abduction at 23:00 (later event) year unknown · David Brown's home, not located, Unknown (not stated) Abduction Outside the region What Goes There? (Karoi) year unknown · tobacco farm in the Karoi area, Zimbabwe Sighting More Strange Lights in the Sky: a) Cape Town 1996 · Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa Sighting More Strange Lights in the Sky: b) Lake Kariba 1997 · a Kariba hotel, Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe Sighting In the archive The Saturn-like UAP 'following' Comet Hale-Bopp (Heaven's Gate) 1997 · not stated (Internet story; Heaven's Gate cult), United States Hoax Outside the region Roland Roeis: the three-eyed soapstone figurine and the Batonga 'Outsiders' year unknown · curio shop in Windhoek, Namibia Folklore Update: Johannesburg abduction of Phyllis and Diane year unknown · Johannesburg, South Africa Abduction The TSUKUBA T-shirt abductee (Don Worley) year unknown · East coast USA (unspecified), United States Abduction Outside the region Alien With a Satchel: Daw Park entity (follow-up) 1976 · Daw Park, Australia Close encounter Outside the region Lilfordia Road Landing 1996 · Lilfordia Road, off the old Bulawayo Road past Filippa's Dog/Cat Kennels, Zimbabwe Close encounter In the archive Correction: Ian McPhee and the Kitwe transmitter year unknown · Kitwe TV transmitter, Zambia Other Lesotho crash claim: Hesemann confirms no proof year unknown · Leribe, Lesotho Crash claim In the archive Carlos Diaz photographs, Mexico (Mack letter and Hesemann lecture) year unknown · Mexico (not further specified), Mexico Photo Outside the region Foul-Smelling UAP? (Matobo blue object) 1997 · Tsmalyemba, Matobo district, Zimbabwe Trace Pretoria police video: not Venus (Front Row follow-up) 1996 · Pretoria, South Africa Sighting In the archive UFO Afrinews No 17 February 1998 (cover); masthead printed as January 1998 Udo Wartena contact, Canyon Ferry Lake, Montana (Warren Aston, MUFON 1997) 1940 · mining claim near Canyon Ferry Lake, Montana, United States Contact Outside the region CLOSE ENCOUNTER IN MUTARE 1988 · Pasture Avenue, Hospital Hill, Mutare (polo-cross field where horses are kept), Zimbabwe Close encounter In the archive Ariel School landing recap: blast of wind and telepathy (Case No 96, Nos 11-12) 1994 · Ariel School, Zimbabwe Close encounter Phyllis and Diane abduction recap (Case No 50): click in the car, pain eased by forehead pressure year unknown · Unknown Abduction Outside the region Rusape witness who smelt 'Durban harbour' (smells recap) year unknown · near Rusape, Zimbabwe Sighting Marondera farm: ozone smell reproduced by rubbing stones (smells recap) year unknown · a farm at Marondera, Zimbabwe Sighting Elizabeth Klarer, Drakensberg: Nordics and dark 'Russians' (aliens recap) 1956 · Drakensberg, South Africa Contact Varginha creatures, Brasil: smell of rotting flesh (smells recap) 1996 · Varginha, Brazil Close encounter Outside the region Macheke 1975: John Clark struck down by beam (paralysis recap) 1975 · Macheke, Zimbabwe Close encounter La Rochelle: Clifford Muchena and the silver-suited beings (paralysis recap) 1981 · La Rochelle, Zimbabwe Close encounter Danie van Graan, Loxton, 31 July 1975 (radiation effects recap) 1975 · Loxton, Karoo, South Africa Close encounter In the archive One of the Earliest Recorded UAP Cases: Johannesburg 1946 1946 · Delvers Street and the Luthjes Langham Hotel, corner Kerk and Von Wielligh Streets, Johannesburg, South Africa Close encounter In the archive DU TOIT'S KLOOF CASE (Further Reports on Previous Cases) 1951 · Du Toit's Kloof Pass, South Africa Contact In the archive "SMELLY UAP" (follow-up to No 16) year unknown · Unknown Other Outside the region Lights in the Sky A: Rimuka Township Cinema, Kadoma 1997 · Rimuka Township, Kadoma, Zimbabwe Sighting Lights in the Sky B (first event): orange glow over a Durban backyard 1980 · Durban, South Africa Sighting Lights in the Sky B (second event): swaying star over a Vryheid farm 1983 · farm near Vryheid, Natal, South Africa Sighting Lights in the Sky C: glass-like object over Bulawayo, 1977 1977 · Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Sighting Lights in the Sky D: fast flashing light, Glenara Avenue, Harare 1997 · Glenara Avenue, Harare, Zimbabwe Sighting Lights in the Sky E: candle-flame light over Mazvikadei Dam, Banket 1997 · Gold Dust Township, Mazvikadei Dam, Zimbabwe Sighting Lights in the Sky F: arrowhead of lights over Chete Gorge, Lake Kariba 1997 · Chete Gorge, Lake Kariba, Zambezi River, Zimbabwe Sighting Lights in the Sky G: beams over Mana Pools, Zambezi River 1997 · Mana Pools, Zambezi River, Zimbabwe Sighting Lights in the Sky E (addendum): same candle-flame light over Cabora Bassa Dam 1997 · Cabora Bassa Dam, Mozambique Sighting Ballarat, Australia, 18 February 1992: 500 ft craft (Stealth comment and Crowley letter) 1992 · Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Sighting Outside the region Lights in the Sky G (related): hunter Chris sees the lights over the Doma farming area 1997 · Doma farming area, Zimbabwe Sighting ROSWELL CRASH, New Mexico, USA, 1947 1947 · Roswell, New Mexico, United States Crash claim Outside the region Letter from 'Ray', Cape Town: three orange-red dots on a Wellington slide 1977 · valley near Wellington, Cape, South Africa Photo Letter from Hamad Siddiqui, Bahrain: flashing lights over Budaiya 1996 · Budaiya, Bahrain Sighting Outside the region Letter from Trust Muteera, Mutare: silent shining dish seen in Grade 5 1990 · Mutare, Zimbabwe Sighting Lake Kariba / Harare object of 14 September 1994: Crowley letter and editorial reply 1994 · Lake Kariba and Harare, Zimbabwe Sighting Moises, a farmer in Brasil, lifted twice into a craft (from Bob Pratt's UAP Danger Zone) year unknown · Brazil Abduction Outside the region UFO Afrinews No 18 July 1998 Edwin of Durban and the Confederation of Twelve Planets year unknown · Durban, South Africa Contact Phyllis and Diane of Northcliffe and Me-lee-lah's tidal-wave warning year unknown · Northcliffe, Johannesburg, South Africa Abduction Forty cattle found with tongues cut out, Matto Grosso year unknown · Matto Grosso, Brazil Other Outside the region Kathy shown a pale, wispy-haired child two years after losing her foetus year unknown · not printed; an abductee from Budd Hopkins' books, United States Abduction Outside the region Trudie's Story: her husband's schoolboy saucer at Rondebosch year unknown · St Joseph's school, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa Sighting Trudie's Story: blinding lights and an ice-cold engine on the Namaqualand road year unknown · road from Port Nolloth to Cape Town, Namaqualand, South Africa Close encounter Trudie's Story: the flying Coke bottle on the Springbok road year unknown · road between Springbok and Port Nolloth, Namaqualand, South Africa Close encounter Trudie's Story: the fireball that vanished into the Port Nolloth dunes year unknown · sand dunes, Port Nolloth, Namaqualand, South Africa Sighting Trudie's Story: levitation across the floor, the husband's night terror and paired thigh bruises year unknown · Port Nolloth and Cape Town, South Africa Abduction Trudie's Story: her son's little mouthless creatures under the trees 1996 · Cape Town, South Africa Close encounter Trudie's Story: children's nose-bleeds without blood on the linen, a tube-like mark and alternating sores 1996 · Cape Town, South Africa Abduction Trudie's Story: the 14-year-old daughter's phantom pregnancy 1997 · Cape Town, South Africa Abduction The Cash-Landrum radiation case (UAP Effects Part II) 1980 · not named in print (Huffman, Texas, in the published case), United States Close encounter Outside the region Danie van Graan of Loxton: beam of light and death from cancer (follow-up) 1975 · sheep kraal, Loxton, north of Beaufort West, South Africa Close encounter David the ex-RLI mercenary: the ward of body parts (follow-up) 1978 · the bush, Rhodesian operational area (location not printed), Zimbabwe Abduction Stuart of Mutare: the missing rib and the ear implant question (follow-up) year unknown · Mutare, Zimbabwe Abduction Down in Dar-es-Salaam 1998 · Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Contact Outside the region Pulsating Disc: Superintendent Viljoen's helicopter chase over Gauteng 1996 · Mamelodi to Bronkhorstspruit, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Sighting In the archive LITS: the squarish light over the Harare camping site 1993 · Harare Municipal camping site, Harare, Zimbabwe Sighting Roswell 1947 as retold by Corso in The Day After Roswell (review) 1947 · Roswell, United States Crash claim Outside the region Linda Cortile and the Brooklyn Bridge abduction, as cited by Wintle and Hind 1989 · Brooklyn Bridge, New York, United States Abduction Outside the region Kenneth Arnold's nine 'saucers', as cited in the review 1947 · not printed (Mount Rainier, Washington, in standard accounts), United States Sighting Outside the region The Belgian triangle wave of 1989-90 and van Utrecht's blimp (review) 1989 · Belgium; Brussels (balloon-maker K), Belgium Sighting Outside the region Ariel School, Ruwa, as recalled in the review of A World History of UAPs 1994 · Ariel School, Ruwa, 30 kilometres from Harare, Zimbabwe Close encounter The Allagash abductions of four canoeists (review) 1976 · Allagash, United States Abduction Outside the region Trans-en-Provence trace case demolished (review) 1981 · Trans-en-Provence, France Trace Outside the region Frederick Valentich's disappearance over Bass Strait (Editor's reply) 1978 · Bass Strait, Australia Sighting Outside the region The Foul Smelling UAP: a reader's explanation (letter from H. Beck) year unknown · not printed (earlier issue), Unknown Other Outside the region Elizabeth Klarer and Akon: a Nordic who fathered a child (Editor's reply) year unknown · not printed (Klarer's contacts were in the Natal Drakensberg), South Africa Contact UFO Afrinews No 19 January 1999 Pauline Coombes and the light over Broadhaven 1979 · Broadhaven, St Brides Bay, United Kingdom Sighting Outside the region Broadhaven Primary School: the craft in the field and the entity 1979 · Broadhaven Primary School, Broadhaven, United Kingdom Close encounter Outside the region Albert Bender and the three men in black (Gray Barker's book) year unknown · not stated, United States Other Outside the region Elizabeth Klarer and the black car near her home year unknown · near Elizabeth Klarer's home (location not stated), South Africa Other Little Haven Hotel: the descending light, the ground circle and the twin visitors 1979 · Little Haven Hotel, Little Haven, United Kingdom Close encounter Outside the region Edwin of Pinetown: the men with police badges and the confiscated radio year unknown · Pinetown, South Africa Contact A Zambian Experience: the silent bullet-shaped object of 1968 1968 · roadside on the route from the tobacco farm in the southern province to Lusaka, Zambia Sighting A Zambian Experience: night visitations, paralysis and the vanished cyst 1985 · outside Lusaka, Zambia Close encounter Hoaxers! The Botswana/South African border crash revisited 1989 · Botswana/South African border, Botswana Hoax The alleged Lesotho UAP crash year unknown · Lesotho, Lesotho Hoax Out of Africa: the airmen at a German base 1970 · an American air base in the north of Germany (possibly Bad Tolz or Bad Abeling), Germany Other Outside the region Out of Africa: underground at an American base in England 1972 · an American military base, possibly Lakenheath or Mildenhall, United Kingdom Other Outside the region Follow up: Stuart of Mutare 1988 · Florida, Mutare, Zimbabwe Close encounter Follow up: Zamei of Dar-es-Salaam 1998 · Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Contact Outside the region Henry, the engineer of Paarl: short visitors in laboratory coats year unknown · Paarl, South Africa Contact Meagan Quezet, the Krugersdorp nurse: the bearded men and the blocked memory year unknown · Krugersdorp, South Africa Close encounter Ariel School children: the two small black-suited entities 1994 · Ariel School, Zimbabwe Close encounter In the archive Danie van Graan of Loxton: four pale people in a 'caravan' 1975 · Loxton, Cape, South Africa Close encounter David Brown of the RLI: the hooded dwarf and his double 1978 · between the Mbizi and Limpopo Rivers, Zimbabwe Close encounter Puerto Rican abductee confronted with her own clone (Hesemann film) year unknown · a cave in the mountains, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Abduction Outside the region Some New Facts about Elizabeth Klarer: the cairn on Champagne Castle and the stranger who asked for her 1992 · Champagne Castle, Drakensberg, Natal, South Africa Contact In the archive LITS over Africa: Lake Kyle, Masvingo 1998 · Lake Kyle, Zimbabwe Sighting A New Perception of Reality: off-world creatures and dimensional blips (Cynthia Newby Luce) 1996 · Varginha; a penthouse in Rio, Brazil Other Outside the region African Aliens: Ndeyiza, messenger from the Star Gods 1997 · Zulu tribal areas, South Africa, South Africa Folklore The Cash-Landrum incident: two women and a child injured by a craft year unknown · not stated, United States Close encounter Outside the region UFO Afrinews No 20 July 1999 Rosmead burnt leaves (editorial recollection) 1975 · Primary School tennis court, Rosmead, South Africa Trace Phyllis and Diane abduction, Johannesburg (editorial retelling) year unknown · Johannesburg, South Africa Abduction Ariel School follow-up: the slow-motion beings 1994 · Ariel School, Ruwa, Zimbabwe Close encounter Pilot Sees Light Streak 1998 · Airway between Cape Town and Johannesburg, at 30 000 ft, South Africa Radar Those I Have Known: Elizabeth Klarer 1957 · Hills near her sister's farm, Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa Contact In the archive Flying Saucer Hill: the stranger at the hotel and the SAAF flights year unknown · Hotel near Champagne Castle, Drakensberg, South Africa Other Alien Intervention? Kerry's childhood orange glow 1978 · Farm near Lanseria Airport, South Africa Sighting Alien Intervention? White light over the Knysna farm 1992 · 36-hectare farm at Knysna, Cape Province, South Africa Close encounter Alien Intervention? Coloured lights over the farm near Cape Town 1998 · Farm near Cape Town; friend's sighting from Claremont, South Africa Sighting Alien Intervention? Kerry's recurring craft experience and the grey clawed hand 1999 · Kerry's home near Cape Town, South Africa Abduction Alien Intervention? The Gray in the kitchen and the operating room in a truck 1999 · Kerry's home near Cape Town, South Africa Abduction Varginha creature and the smell of oil (comparison) 1996 · Varginha, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Close encounter Outside the region Automatic Piloted Vehicles: the Kalahari border crash hoax 1989 · South African/Botswana border, Kalahari, Botswana Hoax V-shaped black object over a Yukon cabin 1997 · Lake Laberge, Yukon (printed as Yukon, USA), Canada Sighting Outside the region UAP on Video, Graaff Reinet 1998 · Graaff Reinet, South Africa Photo In the archive Out of Africa: disc lands on a school playground, Bandarawela 1998 · Primary school playground, Bandarawela, Sri Lanka Trace Outside the region Zimbabwe, International UAP Site? Remote viewing of Mount Inyangani 1999 · Mount Inyangani, Zimbabwe Other UAP Effects: Stuart of Mutare, the missing rib and the suppurating ears 1988 · Polo cross field, Mutare, Zimbabwe Close encounter UAP Effects: Bulawayo woman's forehead scar and exploding bulbs 1985 · Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Abduction In the archive Dr Roger Leir's implant removals and the Strange Daze critique 1998 · United States, United States Other Outside the region Report Back: Zamei of Dar-es-Salaam and the one-eyed beings 1998 · Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Close encounter Outside the region One-eyed beings at Torrent, Argentina (comparison from Spencer) 1965 · Torrent, Argentina Close encounter Outside the region Red-skinned one-eyed beings at Belo Horizonte (comparison from Spencer) 1963 · Belo Horizonte, Brazil Close encounter Outside the region Shrub-like one-eyed creature in Peru (comparison from Spencer) 1965 · Peru, Peru Close encounter Outside the region Maury Island incident (book review retelling) 1947 · Maury Island, Puget Sound, Washington, United States Hoax Outside the region Kenneth Arnold's nine objects at Mt Rainier (book review mention) 1947 · Mt Rainier, Washington, United States Sighting Outside the region Eric Panther and Mr EMF (book review retelling) 1991 · Mountain cabin in California; Ames Research back entrance, United States Other Outside the region UMMO white disc over a Spanish ammunition dump (book review mention) year unknown · Ammunition dump, Spain, Spain Sighting Outside the region Shirley Greenfield: pudding-basin UAP and the men in black (book review retelling) year unknown · Bolton, Lancashire, United Kingdom Abduction Outside the region Albert K. Bender silenced by three men in black (book review retelling) 1953 · Bender's home, United States, United States Other Outside the region Tom Drury's confiscated film, Papua (book review retelling) 1953 · Papua, Papua New Guinea Photo Outside the region Spaceman photograph on a Carlisle marsh (book review retelling) 1964 · Marsh north-west of Carlisle, United Kingdom Photo Outside the region George Smyth's three visitors (book review retelling) 1968 · George Smyth's house, United States, United States Other Outside the region Robert Kirk and the Secret Commonwealth (book review retelling) 1691 · Scotland, United Kingdom Folklore Outside the region William Moore, Paul Bennewitz and the Kirtland disinformation (book review retelling) 1980 · Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, United States Other Outside the region UFO Afrinews No 21 January 2000 Danie van Graan and the caravan without wheels, Loxton 1975 · Loxton, South Africa Close encounter In the archive Rosmead Tennis Court UAP 1972 · Rosmead, South Africa Trace In the archive Meagan Quezet and the egg-shaped craft, Mindalore 1979 · Mindalore, Krugersdorp, South Africa Close encounter In the archive Capt Graham Sheppard: disc in the airway, 1967 1967 · airway between London and Scotland, United Kingdom Radar Outside the region Capt Sheppard: aerobatic display over the Bay of Biscay 1967 · over the Bay of Biscay, flight from Gibraltar to Heathrow, France Sighting Outside the region Pan American pilots see eight discs, Norfolk, Virginia 1952 · 24 miles (38 km) north of Norfolk, Virginia, United States Sighting Outside the region Swissair 747 near miss with white cylinder 1997 · 16 minutes after take-off from New York Kennedy Airport, United States Sighting Outside the region Mirage IV tailed by bright light, Dijon 1997 · Dijon area, France Sighting Outside the region BAe 146 crew see battleship-sized object 1999 · en route from Sweden to Humberside, United Kingdom Sighting Outside the region Sqn Ldr Roberts' Tiger Moth and the elliptical sausage, Lake Chivero 1954 · near Lake Chivero, some 35 km from Harare, Zimbabwe Sighting In the archive 'Bob' and the Alouette helicopter photograph, Chingola 1961 · Chingola, Zambia, on the Zambia/Zaire border, Zambia Photo Peter Khoury: light with a beam and bedroom paralysis, 1988 1988 · Peter Khoury's home, Australia, Australia Abduction Outside the region Alien Hair? Peter Khoury and the two women, July 1992 1992 · Peter Khoury's home, Australia, Australia Abduction Outside the region Report on Underground Facilities: 'Graham' the explosives expert 1966 · Smugglers Club, Hullbridge, Essex, United Kingdom Other Outside the region Red rotating cylinder over the River Crouch, Hullbridge 1968 · Smugglers Inn, River Road, Hullbridge, Essex, United Kingdom Sighting Outside the region Report from Mary (South Africa) 1998 · Johannesburg, South Africa Sighting Report from Graham (Harare) 1997 · Harare, Zimbabwe Sighting Report from Kurwama Kanengoni (Harare) 1998 · Harare, Zimbabwe Sighting Contact by Remote Control: Jeff and Cathy 1996 · a seaside town on the coast of South Africa, South Africa Contact Cathy's childhood 'whisky men' from a triangle of light year unknown · Cathy's childhood bedroom (location not given), Unknown Close encounter Outside the region Cathy sees a pond glow, Zimbabwe year unknown · a pond or small lake in Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Sighting Linda Cortile and the two UN security guards (from Witnessed) year unknown · New York; a 12th-storey apartment window and a New York beach, United States Abduction Outside the region Cathy's father recalls 'beings' operating on him as a boy year unknown · not stated, Unknown Abduction Outside the region Clifford Muchena and the men in silver suits, La Rochelle year unknown · La Rochelle, Zimbabwe Close encounter Edwin of Durban and 'George' year unknown · Durban, South Africa Contact 'Unidentified Smelly Object', 8-Jan-97 1997 · Tsmalyemba, Matobo District, Zimbabwe Trace Block of ice through a Hertfordshire roof 1999 · Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Other Outside the region Saucers from a camouflaged opening, Santiago, Puerto Rico (from Alien Base) 1979 · near the US Army Reserve Base at Santiago, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Sighting Outside the region Strange creature killed in a Puerto Rican mountain cave (from Alien Base) year unknown · a cave system high in the Puerto Rican mountains, Puerto Rico Other Outside the region Adamski and Menger on the far side of the Moon (from Alien Base) 1952 · Desert Center, California (Adamski's first encounter); the Moon (claimed trips), United States Contact Outside the region Ludwig Pallmann meets Satu Ra on the Bombay-Madras express (from Alien Base) 1964 · night express from Bombay to Madras, India Contact Outside the region Howard Menger's golden-haired contact and the woman in Hawaii (from Alien Base) year unknown · not stated for the first contact; Hawaii for the second, while on army service, United States Contact Outside the region Timothy Good and the blonde girl at the Arizona border restaurant (from Alien Base) 1963 · roadside restaurant on the Arizona/California border, United States Contact Outside the region UFO Afrinews No 22 July 2000 Groendal Reserve: silver-suited men on the hill 1978 · Groendal Reserve, South Africa Close encounter In the archive Cigar-shaped object, paralysis and lost time at a café 1980 · Uitenhage, South Africa Close encounter In the archive Blue-green oval over Du Toit's Kloof 1981 · farm between Rawson and Worcester on the side of Du Toit's Kloof, South Africa Sighting Stuart of Mutare: paralysis and silence (reference) year unknown · Mutare, Zimbabwe Close encounter Mystery Metal Balls Fall on South African Soil 2000 · Durbanville, and a farm in Worcester, South Africa Other Earlier metal ball with CCCP lettering in the Cape year unknown · somewhere in the Cape area, South Africa Other Loxton 1975: sulphur in Danie van Graan's ground 1975 · Loxton, South Africa Trace Kelly Cahill: sulphur at an Australian landing site year unknown · not printed (landing site in Australia), Australia Trace Outside the region Alleged Kalahari UAP shoot-down of 7 May 1989 (Van Greunen hoax) 1989 · Kalahari desert, just inside the Botswana border, Botswana Hoax In the archive Travis Walton, Arizona 1975 (footnote reference) 1975 · Arizona, United States Abduction Outside the region Roswell 1947: report offered, books listed 1947 · Roswell, United States Crash claim Outside the region Elizabeth Klarer: The on-going saga year unknown · not printed (book published in Cape Town), South Africa Contact Alarming Aliens 1998 · Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Abduction Bruce Mangauzani: Africa's only interviewed abductee (reference) year unknown · not stated, not stated Abduction Outside the region Diane and Phyllis, Northcliffe 1988: the slab (reference) 1988 · Northcliffe, Johannesburg, South Africa Abduction Kerry: witnessed absence of fifteen minutes (follow-up) year unknown · not stated, not stated Abduction Outside the region Contact by Remote Control (corrected version) 1996 · Cape Town, South Africa Contact Out of Africa: Boianai, Papua-New Guinea, June 1959 1959 · Boianai Mission, Papua New Guinea Close encounter Outside the region Letter from 'Mary', Johannesburg: balloons ruled out, negatives in Australia year unknown · Johannesburg, South Africa Photo Tony Dodd's Yorkshire sightings (book review) 1978 · Yorkshire dales and moors, United Kingdom Sighting Outside the region British animal mutilations and the Cornwall cats (book review) 1994 · Cornwall, United Kingdom Other Outside the region Sergeant Jonathan Louette: abduction and mutilation claim (book review) year unknown · not stated (US Air Force), United States Abduction Outside the region Base on 72-hour alert: controlled landing that crumpled (book review) year unknown · unnamed military base, not stated Crash claim Outside the region Ex-serviceman taken into a subterranean base (book review) year unknown · a remote part of the British Isles, United Kingdom Other Outside the region Quick-response team at European crash sites, Spain (book review) year unknown · a crash site in Spain, Spain Crash claim Outside the region British human-mutilation case: officer told not to talk (book review) year unknown · not stated, United Kingdom Other Outside the region Iceland 1992-93 naval activity and Dodd's 1993 expedition (book review) 1993 · Snaefellsjökull glacier and waters off Iceland, Iceland Other Outside the region London diplomat's alien photographs, 1997 (book review) 1997 · Hampstead, London, United Kingdom Other Outside the region Nothing matches. 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