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Description of Area / Surroundings
Rural town, with large radio/TV antenna on a hill. Mostly agriculture and little industry.
About 30,000 inhabitants.
Full Description & Details
I was travelling with my two nieces in my car, heading for the town at about 11:20 AM.
About 10km out of the town I looked up at the mountains behind the town and saw a pencil thin cloud, tilted over about 35 degrees from the horizontal. There were no other clouds in the sky, except for a dirty grey puffy cloud behind me on the right hand side of the car.
I was looking at the cloud with my polarizing sunglasses on and could make out a head, or leading edge and a trailing edge. The cloud was pencil-thin, about two finger-widths wide and about 1000 feet above the town. I thought it was a vapour trail initially, but then i noticed that there was no disolving trailing edge and no growing leading edge. No jet in front either.
On arriving outside the town, i asked my family members to look at it and within about 10 seconds it completely de-materialised. It didn't dissolve or dissipate as clouds do, but simply became clear sky. I saw the same shape the following day over a different part of the mountain ridge, in the afternoon, about 13:15.
With my glasses on I could discern, what appeared to be a pulse, or wave form travelling down the length of the "cloud" from the higher leading edge, to the less brightly coloured trailing edge. The cloud appeared to be more metallic, than the grey colour usually associated with clouds.
Can sighting
be explained as any conventional man-made or natural
object?
Not a natural-looking object. Stood out against the mountain ridge and was metallic looking with a distinct head and tail.
Personal Background
IT trainer, investment banking
Views on UFOs, before and after sighting
I have never seen a UFO before, but i feel that this was one.
Other Comments
I don't feel that most people would even notice it.
Reported Sighting? No
Location: Western Cape, South Africa
Age: 34
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