Southern Africa Unexplained

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

Sarah Smit's farm workers at Darwendale

1994 · Darwendale, Harare, Zimbabwe

What was reported

Sarah Smit of Darwendale, north-west of Harare, said ten of her farm workers assumed the display was fireworks from the aircraft bringing the President of Ghana into Zimbabwe that day. They saw two very big lights in front, two or three round lights at the side and one light at the rear, silvery like stars, and estimated the object at about a kilometre and a half long. Her 18-month-old baby was very distressed by the flashing lights, and a strong wind was felt as the lights passed over. The wind detail recurs two days later in the Ariel School children's account, and the size estimate is among the largest given for the 14 September object.

What Hind made of it

Explanation offered
Fireworks from the plane carrying the President of Ghana

In their words

  • There was a strong wind as the lights passed over.

    Cynthia Hind, spread 10

Cross references

  • 11-05-1 umbrella entry for Case No 95
  • 11-12-1 Ariel School wind detail

Source

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

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