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This section contains descriptions of unexplained facts provided by eyewitnesses or published in the media, as well as the results of their analysis by the group.

UFO. South Africa

ID	#1625054735
Added	Wed, 30/06/2021
Author	July N.
Sources	thinkaboutitdocs.com National UFO Reporting Center
Phenomena	UFO
Status	Research

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness

Incident date:

18.10.2009 22:00

Location:

Блумфонтейн, Фри-Стейт

South Africa

I live in the USA. My brother called me from South Africa to find out how he could report what he saw in the sky. It was a clear starry night.

He saw a round, moon-like object in the distant sky (north direction). The object was similar to the moon, but was about 4 times larger than the distant moon.

Some circular light-like pulses began to radiate from the object in a circle. Then the object split into two objects of similar shape, and both of them emitted the same pulses. He began to move away very quickly into the distance.

He called the South African Meteorological Service in Pretoria, and they informed him that they had had a similar call reporting the same objects just a few minutes before he called. They offered to call the meteorological services tomorrow.

Original news

Date: October 18 2009
Location: Bloemfontein Free State
Time: 22:00
Summary: I reside in the USA. My brother called me from South Africa trying to find out how he can report what he saw in the sky. It was a a clear starry night. He saw a round, moon like object in the distant sky (northern direction). The object looked like the moon, but was about 4 times the size of a distant moon. Some round light-like pulses started to emit from the object in circular fashion. The object then split into two similar shaped objects, with the same pulses emitting from both. It started to move very fast off into the distance. He called the South African Weather service in Pretoria and they informed him that they had a similar call reporting the same objects just a few minutes before he made his call. The suggested he call meteorological services tomorrow, their time.
Source: National UFO Reporting Center

Hypotheses

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Events

Rocket launches (from space.skyrocket.de)

Site: Vandenberg AFB, California (USA) Vehicle: Atlas-5(401) Payload: DMSP-5D3 F18 (USA 210)

Investigation

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