This incident, alleged to have occurred on the 7th May, 1989. Revelations were made by a Dr Henry Azadehdel that he was in touch with South African Intelligence officers who had revealed 'all' about the incident.

The story involves a radar pick-up of an unidentified object by a south african naval frigate, White Swan, south of the Cape at 13:45 hrs on 7th May. Apparently, the object was heading towards the South African coast in a NW direction at a speed of 5746 nautical miles per hour. It entered South African air space at 13:52 hrs, when two Mirage jets were scrambled under the leadership of Squadron Leader Jones. t 13:59 hrs radar and visual contact was made and a Thor 2 experimental laser cannon was fired at the object (Thor 2 is allegedly a secret weapon).

The object was hit and crash-landed 70 km into Botswana in the Kalahari Desert. The object crashed at a 25 degrees angle into the desert.

A team was despatched to investigate (one assumes it was a SAAF team!). Subsequently, recovery helicopters were sent in, but the first one hovered at 500 feet, crashed, and all 5 crew were killed. This was supposedly due to the electromagnetic field emanating from the object. A paint-like substance was hurriedly flown in and painted on the object which apparently negated the adverse effects.

The object was conveyed to an Air Force Base, to the 6th underground level. Suddenly, there was a strange noise from the craft and a small opening appeared in the side. Hydraulic pressure gear was used to open the door, when two small alien creatures staggered out and were promptly arrested.

One of the aliens appeared injured but managed to attack the doctor who attended to him and the well-meaning medic was left with severe scratches on his face and chest.

United States expertise was called in by the South Africans and the object and its occupants were then flown to Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio, on the 23 June '87.

This is the basic story as given out by the Intelligence Officer. It was backed up by the first page being printed on Top Secret SAAF paper. Having read the story in full, I was immediately suspicious. The document appeared to be on official and genuine - looking paper, but it gave me much cause for thought.

a) It was full of spelling errors.

b) The document was in English. As the High Command are nearly all Africkaans-speaking, the document would hardly be in English.

c) The document speaks of Squadron Leader Jones. There is no such rank in the SAAF (South African Air Force). He would be a Captain or a Major.

e) The S.African government would have had permission to cross the border for retrieval.

f) Land equipment required to retrieve the object, and the time and distance involved, would have taken days.

g) Could the aliens have survived such a crash?

h) Valhalla Air Force base. There is no such Base.

i) Mirages have very limited fuel supply.

But the most important fact is the alleged South African Intelligence Officer; IS James van Greunen. At the age of 16 he showed interest in UFOs  and became a paided-up member of MUFON (Mutual UFO Network). He then spent some time in Canada where, he alleges, he was affiliated to NUFORIN, a Canadian UFO group. When he returned to S.Africa, he formed a new group under the same heading.

There is only one positive factor in the whole case, or so it seems to me. On the 7th of May, 1989, something did come down on the Botswana/S.African border. G.M.C, who reports to Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., watches the night sky on their behalf. On that particular night he saw what he thinks was a 'fireball' coming down over the area. 

I think James van Greunen is a great deal of trouble! He really mucked up the first rule of the true investigator: GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT, BEFORE YOU TRY AND CARRY OFF A HOAX OF THIS MAGNITUDE.

UFO AFRINEWS No. 3