Rusape witness who smelt 'Durban harbour' (smells recap)

What was reported

Under Smells, Hind recalls a case near Rusape in eastern Zimbabwe in which the woman witness noticed, during her UAP experience, an odour she could only describe as strongly like Durban harbour. Curious, Hind asked the Port Captain at Durban what that would be; he suggested the usual harbour mixture of oil, tar and sea water, which she remarks hardly belongs in inland Rusape. Nothing else about the sighting, its date or what was seen is restated in this issue.

What Hind made of it

Hind consulted the Durban Port Captain, who described the harbour smell as oil, tar and sea water; she notes the incongruity for inland Rusape.

In their words

• the woman witness could smell something strongly reminiscent of 'Durban harbour' in South Africa

Connected

• JB and the intriguing tie-up with the 'Hoax'Case fileSame witness

  The 'Durban harbour' smell recap near Rusape is JB: her account has a strange unpleasant, harbour-like smell and cross-refers to the p.40 questionnaire on the 'Durban harbour' smell; Hind asked the Durban Port Captain what that would be (oil, tar, sea water).

Source

Cynthia Hind, UFO Afrinews No 17 (February 1998 (cover); masthead printed as January 1998), spread 9