Case · UFO Afrinews No 17, February 1998 (cover); masthead printed as January 1998
Letter from Hamad Siddiqui, Bahrain: flashing lights over Budaiya
1996 ยท Budaiya, Manama, Bahrain
Outside the region. Hind reprinted this case from elsewhere; it has a file here but no place on the map.
What was reported
Hamad Siddiqui of Manama wrote that after moving to Budaiya on the outskirts of Bahrain in the winter of the previous year (probably 1996), new friends told him they had seen two or three flashing lights over a piece of ground and had photographed them. He suspects foul play because the ground was well lit by street lamps and no photographs have been produced despite promises; he asks whether UAPs are ever seen over well-lit areas. He also obtained a newspaper cutting about the lights, with the paper's name removed, and enclosed a copy, asking Hind to alert MUFON. The letter was shortened for space.
What Hind made of it
Printed as a letter, shortened for lack of space; no editorial assessment beyond noting the writer's own doubts.
Explanation offered
Writer suspects a hoax or foul play
In their words
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Now here's where I think foul play is involved.