Southern Africa Unexplained

Case · UFO Afrinews No 8, Sept. 1993

Anonymous 'alien observer' letter from Cape Town

1993 · Cape Town, South Africa

What was reported

An unsigned letter postmarked Cape Town, written as if by an extraterrestrial observer, asks why Hind seeks contact and claims the writer's kind have been among humans for centuries, sometimes only watching and sometimes interacting. It says a few thousand of them live among the human race, that the newer arrivals are observers and the interactors long gone, expresses compassion for a species on the verge of nuclear destruction, calls Earth one of the most beautiful planets encountered, and promises only to watch for now. Hind prints it as a classic sample of the junk mail investigators receive, noting the unreadable scribbled signature, poor spelling and grammar, and offering the writer English lessons.

What Hind made of it

Hind does not print anonymous letters as a rule but includes this as a classic example of the junk mail UAP investigators receive, mocking its scribbled signature and poor grammar.

Explanation offered
Crank letter

In their words

  • There are a few thousand of us among your race, but we new ones are only observers.

    anonymous letter writer, spread 21

  • We don't believe in printing anonymous letters; at least the name should be known to your Editor.

    Cynthia Hind, spread 21

Source

Cynthia Hind, UFO Afrinews No 8 (Sept. 1993), spread 21

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