Silver Disc Frightens Horse

What was reported

Mrs van H., whose full name is held by the editors, was sixteen or seventeen and living on a large farm near Bethal in the Transvaal when, in 1948 or 1949, she rode alone into a heavily wooded area. Her horse stopped dead and refused every command. She looked for a snake and saw nothing, then heard a loud, strong hissing as the branches around her moved, and saw a big, completely silver saucer-shaped object with a row of small windows around its rim, like those of a Boeing 737, hovering directly above the treetops beside her with a whooshing, swishing sound. It never descended to the ground and disappeared after a short while, though long enough for her to study it. She was more curious than frightened. The story was related by her son 'Hein' in his interview with Pam Puxley on 1 February 1993.

What Hind made of it

Printed from Pam Puxley's interview without comment; the witness was intrigued rather than afraid.

In their words

• It was completely silver, with little windows.

• The witness found it all most intriguing, and was not really afraid, just curious.

Cross references

• Case No 68 (interview with Hein, her son, same day)

Source

Cynthia Hind, UFO Afrinews No 8 (Sept. 1993), spread 15