The Unusual Ariel School Incident (What did 62 schoolchildren in rural Zimbabwe really see that day?)
Picture this: its 1994 and you're just a child attending a small private school in the rural town of Ruwa, Zimbabwe. Its mid-morning, around 10 a.m., and you, along with 61 other kids, have just been let out for break. But as you and your friends play, you suddenly see something impossible... Africa is not known for its UFO sightings. Most reports tend to come from the US and alien sightings often feel like a largely Western phenomenon. But, for a few days in 1994 it seemed that whatever these things were had finally turned their attention to Africa. Sightings Across Africa Alien sightings were reported across Zimbabwe, South Africa and Zambia. In the days preceding the Ariel School Incident, there had been numerous claims of fiery balls of light passing through the night sky. A woman in Zimbabwe reported seeing a mysterious glowing light hovering over her chicken coop and a trucker claimed to have seen a being next to a patch of rural road. Most of this was chalked up to either a ...