South Africa · 26 June 1972

Braeside farm, 1972

Reported

South African police fired service weapons at a landed drum-shaped object with three legs and reported landing-gear impressions in the soil.

Where

Braeside farm, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape

When

26 June 1972

Who reported it

Farm owner, farm workers, and responding local police who discharged firearms at the object

Entities described

None reported

Handled as

UNVERIFIED

Evidence class

GOV-3

The record

An official file preserves that a report was made and examined. It does not, by itself, establish what was seen.

UNKNOWN

No document is attached yet. The retrieval is open work.

What is not settled

The decisive fact is documentary: the Grahamstown army regiment that allegedly investigated COULD NOT PRODUCE ANY RECORDS when later asked. Without a docket this stays hearsay-grade. The farm and town also profited commercially from the publicity. Gunfire producing no damage is equally consistent with a light source at distance.

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