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UFO case file · UFO-1021

Johannesburg airport reddish-white object — April 11 1958

CE2South Africa1958-04-11

Johannesburg airport area, Gauteng, South Africa

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Case description

On April 11, 1958, an airport instrument inspector and other witnesses in Johannesburg, South Africa, watched a reddish-white unidentified object move in repeated arcs back and forth through the sky. The chronology does not preserve the time, duration, exact airport, distance, or manner in which the object finally disappeared.

Recorded details

Witnesses
Several
Craft description
A reddish-white object that repeatedly arced back and forth.
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY_APPROXIMATE
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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