Case No 17 · UFO Afrinews No 3, May 1990
A Strange Pattern of Lights
1989 · Over the main ISCOR power lines where they cross the freeway (road not named), South Africa
What was reported
Driving home at 6.30 pm on 4 November 1989, South African correspondent Dave van Rhyn saw a cluster of lights appear to the left of the road, about 1.5 km away and 2 km back from the road, roughly 500 m up, hovering over the main ISCOR power lines that cross the freeway. The lights formed a row of linked circles, largest in the centre and shrinking outward, and pulsated very rapidly. Only after about five minutes did he decide it was no aircraft or anything he knew; he slowed to 10 km/h. The pattern stayed fixed for 10 to 12 minutes, then appeared to shrink as it moved away, climbing at about 12 degrees until it dwindled to a speck and vanished, the departure taking about six seconds.
In their words
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It was only after about five minutes of watching that he realized it was not an aircraft or anything he could recognize.
Cross references
- ISCOR power lines
- Case No 18 (further reports from Dave van Rhyn)