URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

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1986, HWANGE NATIONAL PARK, ZIMBABWE, FOUR MEN:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

African ufologist Cynthia Hind apparently reported on a sighting in 1983 near the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe.

Some evening that year 1983, at 08:00 p.m., four men had arrived back from the capital and were walking to their village along some thick brush when they suddenly noticed a very bright light in the sky. They stopped and watched as the light descended towards them.

The men hid behind some trees as the light came lower and lower, and they now saw that it was a bright disc-shaped object that landed nearby.

A door on top of the object opened and two "men with light skin" stepped out and floated towards the ground.

At this point the witnesses panicked and ran towards the village.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-000200
Date of event:	1983
Earliest report of event:	1989
Delay of report:	6 years
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	Ufologist Cynthia Hind.
First certain record by:	Ufology book.
First alleged record type:	Ufologist.
First certain record type:	Ufology book.
This file created on:	June 16, 2007
This file last updated on:	June 16, 2007
Country of event:	Zimbabwe
State/Department:	Hwange National Park
Type of location:	Bush
Lighting conditions:	Night
UFO observed:	Yes
UFO arrival observed:	Yes
UFO departure observed:	No
UFO/Entity Relation:	Certain
Witnesses numbers:	4
Witnesses ages:	Not reported, adults.
Witnesses types:	Men from a local village.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	2
Type of entities:	Human
Entities height:	Not reported.
Entities outfit type:	Not reported.
Entities outfit color:	Not reported.
Entities skin color:	Pale.
Entities body:	Not reported.
Entities head:	Not reported.
Entities eyes:	Not reported.
Entities mouth:	Not reported.
Entities nose:	Not reported.
Entities feet:	Not reported.
Entities arms:	Not reported.
Entities fingers:	Not reported.
Entities fingers number:	Not reported.
Entities hair:	Not reported.
Entities voice:	Not reported.
Entities actions:	Came out of UFO, floated to the ground.
Entities/witness interactions:	None.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed, fled.
Witness(es) feelings:	Frightened.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Extraterrestrial beings of confusion. Insufficient data.
Explanation certainty:	None.

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that near the Hwange Game Preserve Zimbabwe, on 1983, at 08:00 p.m., four men had arrived back from the capital and were walking to their village.

They were walking along some thick brush when they suddenly noticed a very bright light in the sky. They stopped to watch as the light descended towards them.

The men hid behind some trees as the light came lower and lower. They now could see that it was a bright disc-shaped object that hand landed nearby.

A door on top of the object opened and two men with light skin stepped out. They floated towards the ground.

At this point the witnesses panicked and ran towards the village.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is Cynthia Hind, Phenomenon 40 years of Flying Saucers.

Points to consider:

The information which is available to me is totally insufficient, the witnesses are not named, the date is vague, it is not reported whether the UFO was noisy or not, the occupants are undescribed except that they are defined as human, no observation distance is indicated and so on. As it stands, it does look like an helicopter landing in the night, the only weirdness is the mention that the occupants floated to the ground.

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	June 16, 2007	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Missing the primary source.	Help needed.	Opened.
1	Ufology	Severe	June 16, 2007	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Insufficient information allows for confusion for example, helicopter..	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial beings of confusion. Insufficient data.

Sources references:

* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.

[---] ? Cynthia Hind.
[---] ? "Phenomenon - 40 Years of Flying Saucers", book by John Spencer and Hilary Evans, Avon Books publishers, U-K., 1989.
[ar1] * "1983 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1983.shtml

Document history:

Authoring

Main Author:	Patrick Gross
Contributors:	None
Reviewers:	None
Editor:	Patrick Gross

Changes history

Version:	Created/Changed By:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	June 16, 2007	Creation, [ar1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	June 16, 2007	First published.

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