UFO over Chivhu

Villagers from Unyetu Communal Lands in Chivhu got the shock of their life on Sunday when an alleged foreign object fell from the sky. Some eye witness accounts claim that its’sound could be heard from many kilometers away as it crashed to the ground. The Unidentifi ed object (U.F.O) is slightly large and is spherical in shape. Its outer layer is said to be hard, but however not of rock origin. In appearance the foreign object refl ects shades of grey, brown, with a blue tint. Visible marks on the top of the spherical object, show signs of detachment, as though to imply that something was once connected to it.

Interesting Posting

I heard the other day that a very well repsected member of our commun ity has sighted  something in the Selukwe area.  She is aay at the moment but I will meet with here larer and tel you more

What was this?

I promise I won’t be writing to you daily – just that a kind person sent a website link of the meteors that have recently fallen and when I look at this picture and imagine a black sky and the item in question a burnt orange like the coal of a cigarette – then I reckon this is what I saw 2 nights ago.  Nadia

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online

Just one day after a spectacular meteor exploded over Russian skies, shattering windows and injuring more than a 1,200 people, Cubans were treated to a similar event, albeit on a much smaller scale.

Many of Cuba’s citizens watched in wonderment as a small fireball soared across the early evening skies on Friday before exploding. Startled residents described seeing the bright light in the sky just seconds before a thunderous boom sent shockwaves through the air, shaking windows and walls. While the Cuban meteor explosion was similar to the Russian event, it was by far smaller and, as a result, no injuries or damages were reported.

The Cuban event also occurred on the same day many Californians witnessed a small shooting star (meteorite) burning up in the night sky as it fell through Earth’s atmosphere over San Francisco.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Sighting over harare/ What was it?

I sincerely hope you don’t mind me replying to you en masse?....it’s just that those I am sending this email to all responded to the object I saw in the sky last night and I figured there’d be no harm in sending one email.

Of the people mentioned above, two others apart from me saw it......Wendy I’m sure all of us would be very keen to hear what your son saw – any chance he could jot it down for us all?   And Lorna...your description mentions it was stationary (with vapour trail)...did what you saw hover??  Maybe you wouldn’t mind giving a more explicit description of the sighting?

One person asked the size in relation to a full moon.  From my point of vision I had the crescent moon standing upright and this ‘object’ flew directly below the moon so I am in a position to state with some accuracy that what I saw would have covered A THIRD the moon if you were to place the orange object directly over the moon.

Tonight I’m going to go out and stand in the same position at the same time – not because I think I’ll be lucky enough to see another but just so I can double check distances, speeds and height.

Thanks to all of you.

Kind regards

Nadia

From: Flip Nicholson Safaris [mailto:flipnsaf@mweb.co.zw]
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 9:56 AM
To: Murray Alexander; nadia@donavans.co.zw
Subject: Fast moving orange light

Dear Nadia, 

In response to your enquiry I am copying this to a dear friend, Murray Alexander, who is a boffin on all things astro....

I wish I had seen the light too. 

,

Bene Nicholson.

Murray - can you explain this..... Readers comments from Bambazonke of 19 Feb 

This evening at 7.15pm I witnessed a very fast moving orange light with fan tailed shaped vapour? I thought it might be a shooting star but after an extended wish period I think not! It did not ‘expire’.  It was much lower than those satellites you sometimes see far away – and it was big.  Travelling from Epworth area to Marlborough area. I would be very interested if any of your readers saw the same thing?  I’ve tried to find an astronomical website for Harare which was very out of date but I did get two names. I thought I’d find the Prince Edward Astronomical society but no luck. 

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This happened either 17 or 18 FebruRY - COMMENTS PLEASE
This evening at approx 7.15pm I witnessed a very fast moving orange light with fan tailed shaped  vapour? I thought it might be a shooting star but after an extended wish period I think not! It did not ‘expire’.  It was much lower than those satellites you sometimes see far away – and it was big.  Travelling from Epworth area to Marlborough area. I would be very interested if any of your readers saw the same thing?  I’ve tried to find an astronomical website for Harare which was very out of date but I did get two names. I thought I’d find the Prince Edward Astronomical society but no luck. nadia@donavans.co.zw