Case No 84 · UFO Afrinews No 9, February 1994
'Mexican Hat' Craft
Kimberley, Cape Karoo; the Big Hole, South Africa
What was reported
An anonymous Kimberley resident, restless on a very hot summer night (no year given), sat at a window and saw a large, bright shining object fly slowly past. At first the writer feared being taken by it. It changed colour from orange to purple to red. The witness followed it and got close enough to see the underside clearly, noting black circles resembling tripod landing legs. The first encounter lasted about thirty minutes; the object then returned on four consecutive nights, always travelling north to south. There was no sound but a strong smell like a coal-fired locomotive's smoke stack. The witness woke nobody, had no camera, and sent drawings of a hat-shaped craft with lights around the rim. Hind describes Kimberley and notes the shape resembles Case 42 and a 1991 Midrand sighting.
What Hind made of it
Hind notes the shape resembles Case 42 (AFRINEWS No 6) and Audrey Howell's 1991 Midrand object; no other conclusion offered.
In their words
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It started changing colours: first orange, then purple and red.
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There was no sound at all, but I could smell an extraordinary smell, like the smoke stack of a train running on coal.
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There were black circles that seemed like tripod legs on which it could land.
Cross references
- Case No 42 (UFO AFRINEWS No 6)
- Audrey Howell of Mid-Rand, Transvaal, late July/early August 1991