(meteorobs) Possible meteor event over South Africa

mark ford markf at ssl.gb.com
Thu Jan 4 10:52:03 EST 2007



Hi,

>> sounded like a million turbines screaming in unison

I doubt that actually, it would have probably sounded more like 10
turbines screaming and then it would have all gone 'strangely quiet' (or
as some call it 'deafness' - :)

To be honest several things don't sound quite right with that report,
there are lots of emotive words, classic media phraseology, (i.e
probably bears no resemblance to the original report!).

Iv'e learnt over the years to not base any conclusions from media
reports you need it direct from the people involved - So more info is
needed before speculation.. - Doesn't sound like a meteor or a plane
crash at the moment!

Best
Mark Ford






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Subject: (meteorobs) Possible meteor event over South Africa

Anyone got any ideas on what this could have been? Space debris or
meteor?

Richard Wade



Pretoria South Africa







UFO crashes in South Africa
02/01/2007 23:13  - (SA)



Pretoria - A UFO was sighted at Lephalale, where it was described as a
strange object "on an orange cloud, singing like a million turbines" -
hitting the earth with a bang at 04:33 on Saturday.



That's according to Leonie Ras, the administrative manager of Lephalale
(Ellisras) who witnessed the spectacle at her daughter's farm just east
of
the town on Saturday morning.



"I was lying on my bed reading SMS-messages when I heard a noise like an
Airbus aircraft firing up its motors."

"It was raining but there was no thunder or lightning. The noise grew
louder
and eventually it sounded like a million turbines screaming in unison,"
Ras
said.

She walked to the bedroom window and saw the clouds taking on a bright
orange-red colour.

"Suddenly, a bright object plunged from the clouds to the earth, at a
terrible speed, and hit the ground with an almighty bang."

"It looked like Haley's comet, round in the front and with an orange-red
tail following behind."



When the UFO hit the ground the low-lying clouds went orange.

"It was so exceptional that I started crying. I wished my children and
grandchildren could have seen it. I had not been drinking and I was in
full
control of my faculties," she said.



She calculated that the object must have hit the ground near Beauty,
between
the Tambotie and Palele rivers.



Cobus Nel, her son-in-law, who was also in the house, woke up from the
commotion.



"I woke up to a terrible rumbling, followed by a sound like an
explosion. I
woke my wife up, so that she could also listen, because the rumbling
lasted
more than a minute, becoming louder, then we heard the bang," Nel said.

Lephlale's fire service, police and disaster control centres seemed to
have
slept through the commotion.



"I want someone to go and have a look. The farms here are big, and it
could
have fallen somewhere, where the farmer doesn't even know about it," Ras
said.



http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2050666,00.htm
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