NUFORC Sighting 12698

Occurred: 1983-04-20 00:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2000-04-23 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 15 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Colesburg (Cape Provence) (South Africa), , South Africa

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Lights on object

In late April 1983 a friend and I were travelling from Cape Town to Johannesburg.In the early hours of the morning we were in the Karoo Desert [travelling direction NE] when an intense,silent light streaked over our vehicle [travelling direction SW],eventually disappearing over the horizon .We both considered the possibility that we had witnessed a UFO.The following day The Star newspaper [Johannesburg's daily] reported that others on the road had witnessed this occurence and that there was no plausible explanation.This is my only defacto UFO sighting and it's still a mystery.Observers were both electronic apprentices in the South African Air Force.

Posted 2002-09-19

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