On September 17 1968 reports flooded in from Johannesburg South Africa describing a large disc shaped object hovering silently in the evening sky.
Multiple witnesses including police officers on patrol and staff at the local airport observed the craft which emitted a soft glow and moved without sound.
The object remained stationary for several minutes before accelerating rapidly out of sight.
Official police reports documented the incident noting consistent descriptions from independent observers across different parts of the city.
No conventional aircraft matched the reported characteristics and the event was logged as unexplained.
This sighting added to a wave of UFO reports across South Africa that year highlighting the credibility of trained observers like law enforcement personnel.
The case remains one of the notable documented incidents from the region emphasizing the global nature of such phenomena.