Cigar over Rural Doornkop, Mpumalanga, MPUMALAN · South Africa
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We went outside after there was a huge storm. Lightning must have struck some electricity poles as there was no electricity. We went outside to light a fire. The sky started to clear after the storm. Suddenly this cigar shaped object appeared. It moved from North to South. Slowly. It was incredibly bright. It looked like it had a brighter part on one side. It was cigar shaped. It look huge and was completely silent. We could see it was metal. It moved along the mountain. My son got his cell phone and took some pictures. The pictures dont justify what we saw. We could see something radiated a very bright light from the inside, out. 2 of us were pilots. 5 of us saw it. It had openings on the side facing us with the light coming outwards. Very bright. It moved slowly and disappeared to the South out of our view. There are very few houses in this rural area. The nearest town is about 25 km away.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #173340). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.