Lake Kariba object, 14 September 1994: Rex Taylor's additional observation

What was reported

Rex Taylor of the Cutty Sark Marina, Kariba, adds to the Lake Kariba object of 14 September 1994 reported in No 11. He has seen a video of the same object taken from a yacht at Ruzihururu (17°15'S 27°44'E) on the same night, about 2030 local time. The angle and path could not be measured but did not differ from his own observation. The yacht party saw only a red fireball, whereas he saw a row of green lights; he suggests the burning parts had burnt out or fallen between Kariba and Ruzihururu, that green indicates magnesium, which once alight burns until fully oxidised, and that this explains the faint smoke trail, all consistent with space rocket debris. Sightings from Botswana and Johannesburg put the track well south of Karoi, and he doubts any parts survived re-entry.

What Hind made of it

Hind's footnote links this to the debris reported in No 11 as having fallen in the Karoi area and the Chokwe River, Mozambique

Explanation offered
Space rocket debris re-entering the atmosphere; green from burning magnesium; unlikely any parts survived

In their words

• I would be surprised if any parts survived re-entry into our atmosphere.

Cross references

• UFO Afrinews No 11 (February 1995)
• Karoi debris
• Chokwe River, Mozambique
• Botswana and Johannesburg sightings

Source

Cynthia Hind, UFO Afrinews No 12 (July 1995), spread 21-22

In the archive

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1994 · Zimbabwe

Lights over Kariba

Two nights before Ariel School, a fireball with a tail crossed the whole country. In Kariba, people said it stopped and hovered.

LIFTLift

Press report