Southern Africa Unexplained

Case No 95 · UFO Afrinews No 11, Feb. 1995

Mrs Laing's workers at Beatrice

1994 · Beatrice, Harare, Zimbabwe

What was reported

Mrs C. Laing of Beatrice, a farming centre south of Harare, reported that several of her workers had seen the object pass over on the night of 14 September 1994. One worker, Plugie, was badly frightened and thought it was the end of the world; another, Robert, took it for the coming of Jesus. No description of shape, colour or duration is given, but Hind includes the report as evidence of how widely the object was seen and how alarming it appeared to rural witnesses with no frame of reference for a meteor or a satellite re-entry. It is among the shortest accounts in her Case 95 dossier.

What Hind made of it

Explanation offered
End of the world; the coming of Jesus (workers' own readings)

In their words

  • Plugie was scared and thought it was the end of the world.

    Cynthia Hind, spread 10

Cross references

  • 11-05-1 umbrella entry for Case No 95

Connected

  • UAP Flap in ZimbabweCase fileNamed person

    Sub-entry of Case No 95: C. Laing of Beatrice and her workers Plugie and Robert are listed in the umbrella entry's named people; same night, 14 September 1994, no description of shape.

Source

Cynthia Hind, UFO Afrinews No 11 (Feb. 1995), spread 10

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