Case No 143 · UFO Afrinews No 18, July 1998
Trudie's Story: the flying Coke bottle on the Springbok road
road between Springbok and Port Nolloth, Namaqualand, Springbok, South Africa
What was reported
Driving back from a shopping trip to Springbok, Trudie's friend announced they were being followed by a flying Coke bottle. Hovering beside the car, close enough to touch through an open window, was an object shaped exactly like a two-litre Coke bottle, only a little bigger. It kept pace with them, then moved round in front and turned transparent so they could see through it, before settling on the veld. Helpless with laughter and unafraid, the women got out to look, but as they approached it lifted and travelled off with no light and no sound. Back in Port Nolloth they found half an hour missing, which they put down to stopping and chatting.
What Hind made of it
Among the events Hind regards as not explicable.
Explanation offered
friend suggested a deflated weather balloon, rejected because it kept pace with the car and hovered
In their words
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My God, we're being followed... by a flying Coke bottle!
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But no light, no sound. We couldn't stop laughing.
Cross references
- Case No 143