Case No 100 · UFO Afrinews No 12, July 1995
Soundless Craft
1968 ยท His father's farm, Barkly East district, Cape Province, Eastern Cape; reportedly also seen on the East London, Barkly East, Ficksburg and Harrismith track, South Africa
What was reported
Mr Jos R., writing through his friend Elmo, describes an encounter in 1968 on his father's farm in the Barkly East district. A sphere emitting light came slowly and softly gliding toward him; bewildered, he was shocked by its size. It hovered very low for about 15 minutes, then crept closer while he stood paralysed, stopped a few metres in front of him, hovered a couple of seconds, glided over him and shot off into the sky. He heard no sound and could not believe something that size could move silently. A light beam from the craft is said to have burned him, leaving skin problems ever since. Marie van Staden adds that Mr R. phoned her the day her letter appeared in Die Volksblad, that the object was apparently seen along the East London, Barkly East, Ficksburg and Harrismith track, and that the Volksblad ran an article at the time.
What Hind made of it
Unverified; Marie van Staden notes the Volksblad article and the wider track of sightings
In their words
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Apparently the 'light beam' that came from this craft actually burned him and he has had skin problems ever since.
Cross references
- Die Volksblad
- East London, Barkly East, Ficksburg, Harrismith track
- Case No 97 (Elmo)