Pretoria Police Light Chase
On August 28, 1996, South African press accounts reported that police near Pretoria watched an unidentified light for about 90 minutes and that a police helicopter crew tried to follow it.
On August 28, 1996, South African press accounts reported that police near Pretoria watched an unidentified light for about 90 minutes and that a police helicopter crew tried to follow it.
Brief
On August 28, 1996, South African press accounts reported that police near Pretoria watched an unidentified light for about 90 minutes and that a police helicopter crew tried to follow it. The publicly available account is press-mediated through SABC-TV, Rapport, and later case catalogues. It is notable for police witnesses and an attempted helicopter follow-up, but no official South African investigative file is cited in the available record.
Metadata
- Date
- 1996-08-28
- Year
- 1996
- Location
- Erasmuskloof / Pretoria, South Africa
- Region
- Africa
- Status
- unconfirmed
- Tag
- journalism
- Primary
- 1996 - South Africa Police Chase/Film UFO
- Source type
- html
- Sources
- 3
Key Points
- On August 28, 1996, South African press accounts reported that police near Pretoria watched an unidentified light for about 90 minutes and that a police helicopter crew tried to follow it.
- The publicly available account is press-mediated through SABC-TV, Rapport, and later case catalogues.
- It is notable for police witnesses and an attempted helicopter follow-up, but no official South African investigative file is cited in the available record.
Most Interesting
- On August 28, 1996, South African press accounts reported that police near Pretoria watched an unidentified light for about 90 minutes and that a police helicopter crew tried to follow it.
- The publicly available account is press-mediated through SABC-TV, Rapport, and later case catalogues.
- It is notable for police witnesses and an attempted helicopter follow-up, but no official South African investigative file is cited in the available record.
Timeline
- 1996-08-28 · Encounter
On August 28, 1996, South African press accounts reported that police near Pretoria watched an unidentified light for about 90 minutes and that a police helicopter crew tried to follow it.
- 2012 · Source record
1996 - South Africa Police Chase/Film UFO is the preferred source material attached to this encounter.
Sources
- UFO sightings reports from AfricaUFOs at Close Sight, 2026
- UFO AFRINEWS No. 15UFO Magazine Archive, 1996
- 1996 - South Africa Police Chase/Film UFOUFO Casebook archive, 2012
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