Case No 86 · UFO Afrinews No 9, February 1994
Lights over Mudzi Village
1989 ยท Mudzi village, Mudzi district, north-eastern Zimbabwe, near the Mozambique border and the Mudzi river, Zimbabwe
What was reported
Investigated by Gunter Hofer. At 19:00 one evening in August 1989, while most people were still outside cooking, several hundred villagers at Mudzi in north-eastern Zimbabwe near the Mozambique border watched a sharp-nosed white object pass overhead. Whitish flames streamed behind it and several smaller objects of similar appearance followed. It flew very fast in a straight line from north to south, only about 30 metres above the ground, with no sound and no smell. The reporting witness, visiting his family at the time, saw it for about two seconds. He considered a meteor but could not explain the trailing objects, and felt something that low would have struck the ground shortly afterwards, yet no impact, sound or vibration followed. A sketch shows a bullet-shaped body with flames and trailing triangular objects.
What Hind made of it
No editorial verdict; the witness's own reasoning against a meteor is reported.
Explanation offered
Meteor, considered by the witness but doubted because of low altitude, trailing objects and absence of impact
In their words
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In August 1989, several hundred villagers witnessed a sharp-nosed white object pass overhead.
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It was moving at a very fast speed, about 30 metres (90 ft) above the ground.