Bullet-shaped object with sparks over Chirundu (W. Harding)

What was reported

Camping at Chirundu on the Zambezi River near the Zambian border, W. Harding of Harare got up for a drink at about 04:00 to 04:15 on 27 March 1993. Looking south-east he saw an object cross the sky at about 70 degrees above the horizon and descend toward the ground. It resembled a bullet with a blunt nose cone and left a trail of sparks, and was so bright it lit the whole sky, yet made no sound and left no smell. He judged it a solid object rather than space debris. It passed too quickly for him to call his wife, and he heard of no other witnesses. He supplied a drawing, reproduced in the issue. Hind groups it with other passing lights that may be auroral meteors.

What Hind made of it

Hind says it is always difficult to comment on such passing lights and offers an auroral meteor as a candidate.

Explanation offered
Space debris considered and doubted by witness; auroral meteor suggested by Hind

In their words

• It looked a bit like a bullet with a nose cone; not too sharp and there was a trail of sparks behind it.

• It looked like a solid object but I did'nt think it could be space debris.

Cross references

• printed under Case No 75 More Lights in the Sky

Source

Cynthia Hind, UFO Afrinews No 8 (Sept. 1993), spread 17-18

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