A report of my own on a well documented crash in the Kalahari....
Mystery and subterfuge shroud 'The Kalahari UFO Crash'.
The incident has been reported in daily newspapers and UFO magazines alike. Some sources date the crash as 7th May 1989, others sources quote the same date for 1988. The UFO was allegedly shot down by a South African Air Force Mirage jet and crashed near the border between Botswana and South Africa.
Quest International, a well known UK magazine printed a Special Edition devoted to the subject in May/June 1993. According to their reporter a joint S.A.A.F.-U.S.A.F called OPERATION SILVER DIAMOND was mounted to recover the occupants and debris. A former Lieutenant-Colonel of the U.S.A.F. is quoted as saying..."My contacts in naval intelligence have informed me that we [The United States] have given the South Africans advanced technology in exchange for a U.F.O.".
Among the threads of evidence is a printed photocopy of a faxed response to a query from Wright-Patterson Airforce Base which refers to a satellite re-entry on 7 th May 1988 and a confirmation of a 'fireball or satellite re-entry' in the same area on 7th May 1988. A researcher at Quest claims to have phoned N.O.R.A.D. and asked the duty officer to provide any information relating to this date and location. The officer allegedly replied that 'an unknown object was tracked on entering the region'. The magazine goes on to state that ..."two totally independent researchers made their way to South Africa to conduct their own enquiries into the case". Each reported that a crash landing of some kind had taken place in the Kalahari Desert. The one report was from Dr. J.J. Hurtak, an American ufologist and Professor of Science, the other was from J. Von Buttlara, a German researcher. Both were able to confirm Military sightings of an 'object' over South African airspace. There are also reports of a nameless researcher who travelled into the Kalahari region where he spoke at length with local tribesman who confirmed having seen strange aerial objects in the area.
A report during 1993 in 'The Argus', a Cape Town daily newspaper, told of claims of an international 'cover-up' and 'disinformation exercise' that is blocking attempts by researchers to uncover the 'truth'. It also named Botswana's Environment Minister, Dithoko Seiso, as confirming the incident.
Cynthia Hind of Zimbabwe, a world famous UFO researcher and author of a book on UFO's in Southern Africa subsequently wrote an article that was published in the 'UFO Times'. It was titled;
"Anatomy of a hoax. The UFO crash on the South African/Botswana border".
This article exposes one, James Van Greunen, as the originator of an extremely elaborate hoax. She points out inconsistencies and discrepancies in the alleged documents as proof. Amongst these are 14 spelling mistakes in what claimed to be an official document. When Van Greunen was confronted he admitted he had faked some details but still insisted it was a true story about a downed object on the border repeated to him in confidence by a friend of his, Hendrik Greef, a pilot in the S.A.A.F, who had overheard it at an officers mess.
From all this it is clear to see that case has been fraught with controversy and bizarre reports continue to add to the confusion. There have recently been claims that a French Intelligence officer was murdered whilst investigating the case.
Additionally, when the author attempted to track the sources of the above newspaper article he was told by the librarian at the Argus. "The file has been 'borrowed' and is now 'missing'"
The Military Officers in Tempe Bloemfontein Ornage Free State Republic of South Africa , those with a rank of full lieutenant and higher , were specifically briefed that a UFO did crash on the 7th of May 1989.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately , at that stage the majority of us did not believe it , and regarded it as a prank hoax bar joke by other high ranking officers including generals that had too much to drink.
However , years later 2 significant events happened.
In the Intimas Marcas of the United Nations ambassadors and/or high Commissionsers of Botswana and Namibia and Angola did not repudiate us when we used this alledged insident
as a reason for peace (the logic : We All now have a common enemy against which we should unite)
Futhermore Thabo Mbeki was given an award by the United States Government because of our comments and Desmond Tutu by the French Government after we stated he had walked the extra mile for peace.
If the Governments via the High Commissions and Embassies knew it to be a hoax , then why the pretigiuos rewards to Thabo Mbeki and Desmond Tutun after the event at the dawn of the new South Africa , an event where even a relative of Pik Botha exhibited a painting.
Also in later years complete details of the event surfaced on the internet.
From a former Tempe Bloemfontein Intelligence Officer
1989 Kalahari crash
ReplyDeleteAccording to supposed leaked documents an alien craft was shot down by South African aircraft, some 80 miles into Botswana, on 7 May. Two alien beings were claimed to have been captured on site. To date no primary witnesses have been traced, while the supporting documents, some obvious fakes, were all obtained from James van Greunen. Researcher Tony Dodd lent Van Greunen some credibility in Quest magazine, but other researchers were highly skeptical.
The downed craft was airlifted via the Valhalla Centurion Pretoria Air Force Base together with the Aliens to the Wright Patterson Air Force Base in the United States of America on the 23 rd of June 1989 after initial medical examinations of the Aliens in the Grootte Schuur Hospital in Cape Town South Africa by the Apartheid's State's best medical specialists. At Valhalla Air Force Base it was handled by the Foreign Technology Recovery Division from Valhalla Air Force Base.
The following is references to additional information on Operation Silver Diamond (U.S.A. reference Eyes Only Top Secret) and Operation Black Horse (R.S.A. reference Top Secret) relating to the insident :
Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 1 – UFOs in the 1980s” (1990) at pages 69-70 of the Apogee hardback edition in an entry entitled “Crashes of UFOs”.
Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition” (1998) in Volume 2:L-Z at pages 870-871 (in an entry entitled “South African Crash Hoax”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.
Dodd, Tony in his “Alien Investigator” (1999) at pages 33-42 and 46-75 (in Chapter 2) of the Headline paperback edition.
Randle, Kevin D in his “A history of UFO crashes” (1995) at pages 211-212 (in Appendix A, “The UFO Crash Data Base”) of the Avon paperback edition.
Randle, Kevin D in his “Case MJ-12” (2002) at pages 276-286 (in the Appendix generally) of the Harper Torch paperback edition.
Randles, Jenny in her “UFO Retrievals” (1995) at pages 151-154 (in Chapter 7) of the Blandford softback edition.
Redfern, Nick in his “A Covert Agenda” (1997) at pages 248, 250-251 (in Chapter 17) of the Simon & Schuster hardback edition.
Redfern, Nick in his “Cosmic Crashes” (1999) at pages 191-192 (in Chapter 9) of the Simon & Schuster hardback edition.
Salter, Daniel M in his “Life With a Cosmos Clearance” (2003) at pages 29-30, 32, 33-34, 35, 36 (in Chapter 3) of the Light Technology softcover edition.
Additional internet Source : http://www.burlingtonnews.net/ufocrashes.html
1989 Kalahari crash
ReplyDeleteAccording to supposed leaked documents an alien craft was shot down by South African aircraft, some 80 miles into Botswana, on 7 May. Two alien beings were claimed to have been captured on site. To date no primary witnesses have been traced, while the supporting documents, some obvious fakes, were all obtained from James van Greunen. Researcher Tony Dodd lent Van Greunen some credibility in Quest magazine, but other researchers were highly skeptical.
The downed craft was airlifted via the Valhalla Centurion Pretoria Air Force Base together with the Aliens to the Wright Patterson Air Force Base in the United States of America on the 23 rd of June 1989 after initial medical examinations of the Aliens in the Grootte Schuur Hospital in Cape Town South Africa by the Apartheid's State's best medical specialists. At Valhalla Air Force Base it was handled by the Foreign Technology Recovery Division from Valhalla Air Force Base.
The following is references to additional information on Operation Silver Diamond (U.S.A. reference Eyes Only Top Secret) and Operation Black Horse (R.S.A. reference Top Secret) relating to the insident :
Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 1 – UFOs in the 1980s” (1990) at pages 69-70 of the Apogee hardback edition in an entry entitled “Crashes of UFOs”.
Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition” (1998) in Volume 2:L-Z at pages 870-871 (in an entry entitled “South African Crash Hoax”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.
Dodd, Tony in his “Alien Investigator” (1999) at pages 33-42 and 46-75 (in Chapter 2) of the Headline paperback edition.
Randle, Kevin D in his “A history of UFO crashes” (1995) at pages 211-212 (in Appendix A, “The UFO Crash Data Base”) of the Avon paperback edition.
Randle, Kevin D in his “Case MJ-12” (2002) at pages 276-286 (in the Appendix generally) of the Harper Torch paperback edition.
Randles, Jenny in her “UFO Retrievals” (1995) at pages 151-154 (in Chapter 7) of the Blandford softback edition.
Redfern, Nick in his “A Covert Agenda” (1997) at pages 248, 250-251 (in Chapter 17) of the Simon & Schuster hardback edition.
Redfern, Nick in his “Cosmic Crashes” (1999) at pages 191-192 (in Chapter 9) of the Simon & Schuster hardback edition.
Salter, Daniel M in his “Life With a Cosmos Clearance” (2003) at pages 29-30, 32, 33-34, 35, 36 (in Chapter 3) of the Light Technology softcover edition.
Additional internet Source : http://www.burlingtonnews.net/ufocrashes.html
Well at least you put in a link to the original article, now re-written and reposted on several sites. I should know because I wrote the report. Where is Miss V. Greunen now, I wonder?
ReplyDeleteI am an Ex Cryptographer of the SADF.During a flight from Port Elizabeth during that period just shortly after the alleged shoot down of the UFO, while inbound for a landing at DF Malan, in Cape Town, I noticed the USA Military Cargo plane on the East side of the Airport. It was being loaded with some Cargo. The fact of the matter is, during that period of time, we had no approval for flights by the USA Air Force to South African soil. This was a confirmation of the events in Botswana.
ReplyDeleteWe should forget about the spelling mistakes of the so called Flight Commander who was Afrikaans speaking.
It is common knowledge that a UFO was shot down, but the weapon used was still highly classified ! The mention of such a weapon is reason to believe that something did take place.
These fast flying craft is not uncommon, and I have personally seen them inbound from the South Western side of Cape Town.
Good work.
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