Silverton Police Disk Report
On September 15, 1965, two South African policemen reportedly saw a copper-colored disk on the Pretoria-Bronkhorstspruit Road near Silverton before it lifted off and left burning tar.
On September 15, 1965, two South African policemen reportedly saw a copper-colored disk on the Pretoria-Bronkhorstspruit Road near Silverton before it lifted off and left burning tar.
Brief
On September 15, 1965, two South African policemen reportedly saw a copper-colored disk on the Pretoria-Bronkhorstspruit Road near Silverton before it lifted off and left burning tar. The case is a compact police-witness physical-trace claim in African UFO lore. The public source is a secondary case catalogue citing Jacques Vallee's Magonia database and a press mention, so this card treats the account as a civilian and press-preserved claim, not an official finding.
Metadata
- Date
- 1965-09-15
- Year
- 1965
- Location
- Silverton, Pretoria, South Africa
- Region
- Africa
- Status
- unconfirmed
- Tag
- civilian claim
- Primary
- UFO sightings reports from Africa
- Source type
- html
- Sources
- 2
Key Points
- On September 15, 1965, two South African policemen reportedly saw a copper-colored disk on the Pretoria-Bronkhorstspruit Road near Silverton before it lifted off and left burning tar.
- The case is a compact police-witness physical-trace claim in African UFO lore.
- The public source is a secondary case catalogue citing Jacques Vallee's Magonia database and a press mention, so this card treats the account as a civilian and press-preserved claim, not an official finding.
Most Interesting
- On September 15, 1965, two South African policemen reportedly saw a copper-colored disk on the Pretoria-Bronkhorstspruit Road near Silverton before it lifted off and left burning tar.
- The public source is a secondary case catalogue citing Jacques Vallee's Magonia database and a press mention, so this card treats the account as a civilian and press-preserved claim, not an official finding.
- The case is a compact police-witness physical-trace claim in African UFO lore.
Timeline
- 1965-09-15 · Encounter
On September 15, 1965, two South African policemen reportedly saw a copper-colored disk on the Pretoria-Bronkhorstspruit Road near Silverton before it lifted off and left burning tar.
- 2026 · Source record
UFO sightings reports from Africa is the preferred source material attached to this encounter.
Sources
- UFO sightings reports from AfricaUFOs at Close Sight, 2026
- Passport to Magonia: on UFOs, folklore, and parallel worldsOpen Library bibliographic record, 1993
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