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UFO. South Africa

ID #1625174610
Added Fri, 02/07/2021
Author July N.
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Incident date: 
03.03.2010 21:45
Location: 
Кейптаун
South Africa

From a star to a huge bright orange light and to falling and landing in the sea. I would like to report a UFO sighting on March 3, 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa. 

Me and three friends were in my apartment, which overlooks the Cape Town bowl. My sister went out for a smoke and immediately shouted to us to go outside to see something. From my balcony overlooking the Cape Town city Bowl, we saw the light. 

At first it was the size of a star, and as it approached it became larger. At first we thought it was a meteor because of its speed and size. Soon it became big, like a full moon, but bright orange. It seemed to hover for about 30 seconds, then turned to the right and became smaller. 

Then he made 3 big flashes, as if he was turning off the light, and all you could see was a black shadow with tiny orange lights. Only me and my only friend could see it, since the other two wear contact lenses and their vision is not very good. He began to descend relatively quickly. As soon as he reached the radiance of the city lights, he completely darkened and quickly fell. It looks like he landed in the ocean. 

The whole experience lasted from 5 to 10 minutes, and it was about 21: 45. 

Also on Radio 5FM, a local radio station, two days after our experience, my only friend was listening in her car and said that a man called from Pretoria, where the story was the same as ours, except that he just disappeared.

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Date:  March 3 2010 
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Time: 21:45
Summary: From a star to a huge bright orange light to dropping and landing in the sea. I would like to report a UFO sighting from 03-03-2010 in Cape Town, South Africa. Three friends and myself were at my flat, which over looks Cape Town city bowl. My sister went outside for a smoke and immediately shouted for us to come outside to see something. From my balcony over looking the whole of Cape Town city bowl, we saw a light. It started the size of a star and as it came closer it got bigger. At first we thought it was a meteor because of its speed and the size it was becoming. It was soon as big as a full moon, but a burning orange. It seemed to hover for about 30 seconds then hovered to the right and it got smaller. It then did 3 big flashes, as though it was turning it’s lights off, then all you could see was a black shadow with tiny orange lights. It was only my one friend and I who could see this, as the other two wear contacts and their vision isn’t very good. It started to descend relatively fast. Just as it reached the glow from the city lights it went completely black and dropped fast. It appeared to have landed in the ocean. The whole experience lasted between 5 and 10 minutes, and it was around 21:45. Also on radio 5FM, a local radio station, two days after our experience, my 1one friend was listening in her car, and said a man phoned in from Pretoria and had the exact same story as ours except that his just disappeared.
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