Lozenge over a wake at Centenary

What was reported

Reported by T S F H of Centenary, Zimbabwe. On the night of 14 April 1987 the farm's African workers were sitting up late at a wake for a dead colleague. At about 23:48 they watched a lozenge-shaped object cross the bright moonlit sky at speed and considerable height, making no sound. The reporter stresses that the mourners had not been drinking, out of respect for the dead. Height was estimated at that of a small aeroplane, about 3,000 feet. The drawing (Illustration 4) shows a dark elongated body with a round light at each end, blue, green and white lights and flames at one end and a white light at the other, travelling to the right.

What Hind made of it

Hind comments that many of the objects in this section could have a natural explanation depending on the cultural background or perception of the witness, but keeps the drawing for her shapes file.

In their words

• The people had not been drinking as they are very respectful towards the dead.

Cross references

• Illustration 4, p 20

Source

Cynthia Hind, UFO Afrinews No 2 (June 1989), spread 12-13