Case · UFO Afrinews No 16, July 1997
Danie van Graan at Loxton (editorial recap, slow motion)
1975 · Loxton, Karoo, Northern Cape, South Africa
What was reported
Hind recaps, from her first book, the case she rates the best of her career for physical evidence. Checking his sheep kraal early on a cold misty morning, van Graan climbed the three-metre earthen wall that protects Loxton from an overflow of its hillside reservoir and saw what he took for a caravan on his land. Assuming government uranium prospectors, who were in the area, he approached and saw four men inside apparently examining an instrument. They were on the small side, thin and pale. The detail Hind picks out is that although the figures were moving about, their movements appeared to be in slow motion, which she links to the Ariel School children's account and a British case.
What Hind made of it
Her nominated best case; the slow-motion effect is significant and points to something to do with Time.
Explanation offered
Witness first assumed government uranium prospectors
In their words
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They were a bit on the small side; in fact, they were rather thin and pale.
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although they were moving about, their movements were in slow motion
Cross references
- UFOs-African Encounters (Hind, 1982)
- Ariel School, UFO Afrinews Nos 11 and 12
- 16-03-3 Ariel School recap
- 16-03-2 West Yorkshire
Connected
The Click Sound: Danie van Graan at LoxtonCase fileSame witness
Same approach, same prospector misreading; 16-03-1 adds the slow-motion movement and places the witness climbing the three-metre flood wall below the hillside reservoir.
Danie van Graan and the caravan without wheels, LoxtonCase fileSame place
Both site the kraal beyond the village flood wall that protects Loxton from its hillside reservoir. The verified POI list confirms the geography: Loxton Dam and the seasonal town dam sit 1.5 km east of the village, within 1.8 km of the reported spot.
Danie van Graan, Loxton, 31 July 1975 (radiation effects recap)Case fileSame witness
Same encounter; 16-03-1 is the slow-motion recap, 17-10-3 the radiation-effects recap. Neither adds a second observer.
Source
Cynthia Hind, UFO Afrinews No 16 (July 1997), spread 03
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