Case No 27 · UFO Afrinews No 4, March 1991
Fort Beaufort, Cape: the ball of fire and the shattered reservoir
1972 ยท Braeside Farm, Fort Beaufort, Cape, South Africa
What was reported
On 26 June 1972 Boer de Klerk, a labourer on Bennie Smit's farm in the Fort Beaufort area, spotted a big ball of fire hovering near the farm reservoir and called Smit to witness 'the ugly thing'. Smit fetched his .303 rifle and called the police; many shots were fired with a single hit, after which the ball vanished into the undergrowth. Though only about three-quarters of a metre across, it appeared to react to voices and movement and changed colour when struck. Media fuss and ridicule followed and Smit said he wanted to forget the whole business. Then on Saturday 8 July two mysterious explosions were heard from Braeside Farm and at daybreak the reservoir, 8 m across, built of heavy brick and cement and holding thousands of gallons, was found shattered. Hind asks whether this is coincidence or something to do with water.
What Hind made of it
Hind asks whether the reservoir's destruction is coincidence or has some significance with water, and files it among her water cases.
In their words
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I'm sick and tired of the whole business, and I'm going to forget about it.
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Coincidence, or some significance with WATER?
Cross references
- Water and UAPs review, p.17-19
Source
Cynthia Hind, UFO Afrinews No 4 (March 1991), spread 12
In the archive
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