JG of Chegutu: the 'limousine' with chains

What was reported

JG of Chegutu reports that one evening in July 1986, at about 9 pm, his father called him out onto the balcony in a hurry. Overhead was the oddest thing he had ever seen: an object whose colours were hard to pin down, somewhere between a shiny red-orange and blue, all blended. It raced across the sky without any sound at a speed he could not judge and was gone in about ten seconds. Its outline reminded him of a sports car or limousine with chains dangling beneath it. Though high, it looked large from where they stood. Hind reproduces his sketch as Illustration 1 in her new file of UAP shapes, the first of several cases she says show how perception and interpretation shape what witnesses report.

What Hind made of it

Filed as an unusual shape; Hind comments that many such objects may have natural explanations depending on the witness's cultural background or perception.

In their words

• It was similar to the shape of a sports car, with chains hanging from it.

• There seemed to be no sound at all, it just shot across the sky.

Cross references

• Illustration 1, p 17

Source

Cynthia Hind, UFO Afrinews No 2 (June 1989), spread 11

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