Zeppelin-shaped objects over the West Rand (Herald report)

What was reported

Tony Creed later pointed Hind to a report in The Herald (Harare) about two unidentified objects that posed a traffic hazard to aircraft over the West Rand of Johannesburg for more than two hours on Sunday 5 February 1984. Lanseria Airport said Zeppelin-shaped objects were flying high over Randpark Ridge and Honeydew; traffic controllers watched them through binoculars but could not identify them, and they gave no radar return. Many members of the public phoned in. Aircraft in the area were warned to keep clear and keep a sharp lookout. Creed raised it because the airship-like outline matched what he and his wife had seen near Tzaneen the previous year.

What Hind made of it

Printed as a comparison to the Tzaneen airship shape; no assessment offered.

In their words

• Zeppelin-shaped objects were reported to be flying high over Randpark Ridge and Honeydew

Cross references

• Case No 16 Tzaneen Mountain Case
• The Herald, Harare

Connected

• O G, Randburg: three tear-drops in V formationCase fileSame place

  Lanseria Airport: its controllers reported the February 1984 airships; thirteen months later Hind sought Lanseria radar for the Randburg tear-drops and got nothing. Both high, silent, no radar return.

• Alien Intervention? Kerry's childhood orange glowCase fileSame place

  Kerry's grandparents' farm was 'near Lanseria Airport' (1978); the file geocodes it to the Johannesburg CBD placeholder, so the map hides the link.

Source

Cynthia Hind, UFO Afrinews No 3 (May 1990), spread 11

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