Showing posts with label Johannesburg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Johannesburg. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
"Silent, Low Flying, Triangle-Shaped UFOs Move Overhead"
A witness in Johannesburg, South Africa, reported watching three silent, low flying, triangle-shaped UFOs move overhead, according to April 27, 2014, testimony in Case 55806 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness was outside observing the sky just after 9 p.m. on April 23, 2014, when an object was noticed in the Belt of Orion area of the sky.
"Its triangular or V-shape was apparent only due to the thin V-shaped wisps of cloud engulfing its flanks," the witness stated. "The inside borders of the clouds were straight and clearly defined. The 'craft' appeared to be quite low and sped directly across the sky, disappearing behind the tree line in my garden in a northerly direction. Its altitude, speed and direction were constant. There was absolutely no sound." . . .
Tuesday, October 01, 2013
UFO Was Rocket, Says Retired Astronomer
JOHANNESBURG - An object seen in the sky across the country on Sunday was a rocket and not a UFO as it was widely believed, a satellite tracking expert said on Monday.
Retired astronomer from Cape Town, Greg Roberts said: "What happened was that at 6pm our time yesterday [Sunday] a rocket, called Falcon, was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and carrying several satellites.”
"The rocket was designed by a company called Spacex which has former South African Elon Musk as founder and chief designer."
Roberts said the rocket was launched southwards from California towards the south-polar regions, which it passed over.
It started heading northwards again and just east of South Africa.
"Shortly after 7pm it apparently either vented or released rocket fuel still in its fuel tanks as the basic mission of placing several satellites in orbit had been achieved while over the Antarctic region and this produced the large halo-like object that people saw." . . .