Lights in the Sky E: candle-flame light over Mazvikadei Dam, Banket

What was reported

Des Carter (a pseudonym), 58, an ex-policeman, was on the terrace of his home in Gold Dust Township at Mazvikadei Dam near Banket at 19:30 on 30 August 1997, waiting for dinner with his wife and mother-in-law on a clear night. Looking west at about 45 degrees elevation he saw a large bright yellow light like a candle flame, circular with distinct movement inside the circle, and pointed it out to both women. It stayed still for a minute or two, then drifted slowly downward eastward for about three seconds, reversed to a westerly drift for a similar time, and then accelerated silently at great speed to the west, gone within three or four seconds. He promised to canvass other Mazvikadei residents, and later phoned about a matching light at Cabora Bassa the same night.

What Hind made of it

Hind notes the main witness is an ex-policeman used to factual reporting, backed by two family members.

In their words

• It then accelerated without any noise, at a great speed, to the west, and disappeared in a further three or four seconds.

Cross references

• Cabora Bassa Dam, Mozambique, same night (this issue)
• Chete Gorge and Mana Pools sightings 29 August 1997 (this issue)

Source

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

Nearby

Stories within 60 km

• The tsotsis on Lilfordia Road 1996 · 58 km