The Kalahari UFO Incident
| Incident Date: | May 7, 1989 |
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| City/Town : | Botswana |
The May 1989 incident was known as South Africa’s Roswell. A UFO was seen flying over the Indian Ocean at 5,700 miles per hour. Spotted by naval personnel, jet fighters were ordered to intercept and shoot it with an experimental laser. The craft was hit and crashed in the Kalahari Desert where a giant skid mark was seen from a bird’s-eye view. In a matter of hours, a US recovery team was tasked to bring the evidence to Patterson Air Force Base. The craft was almost identical to descriptions by parole officers in New Mexico, but with a different symbol on the vessel. Because of the high-profile incident, the South African people demanded that the government release information and declassify top-secret documents, instead of ridiculing the witnesses.
According to supposed leaked documents an alien craft was shot down by South African aircraft, some 80 miles (130 kilometres) into Botswana, on 7 May 1989. Two alien beings were claimed to have been captured on site. To date no primary witnesses have been traced, while the supporting documents, some obvious fakes, were all obtained from James van Greunen. Researcher Tony Dodd lent Van Greunen some credibility in Quest magazine, but other researchers were highly skeptical
According to supposed leaked documents an alien craft was shot down by South African aircraft, some 80 miles (130 kilometres) into Botswana, on 7 May 1989. Two alien beings were claimed to have been captured on site. To date no primary witnesses have been traced, while the supporting documents, some obvious fakes, were all obtained from James van Greunen. Researcher Tony Dodd[39] lent Van Greunen some credibility in Quest magazine, but other researchers were highly skeptical.
