Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Bright neon green light moving faster than an aeroplane in a straight horizontal line with a tail of "fire" following it. Looked like a comet type thing.

Size of Object(s)

difficult to say, but about 40 to 50 metres long and 5 metres tall

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

about 1.5 to 2km from me and about 100 or so metres high in the air

Description of Area / Surroundings

it was on the road between Uitenhage (small town) and Port Elizabeth (big city). the two ar about 30km from each other and there are black townships all the way along the road. The road is a rather big, double lane national road. one medium size power plant nearby, but the light came from the opposite direction and I passed the power plant about 5km ago

Full Description & Details

I was driving from Uitenhage to PE at night and suddenly saw this bright neon green light moving at an awsome speed from the sea's side and dissapearing behind the hills where the townships are. As it dissapearded behind the hills, it lightened up the whole area. I thought it might be a flair or something, but it can't. I've only seen red flairs used around here. This light moved with a tail (almost like a comet) and moved in a straight line horizontally.

The closest thing I ever saw to this was CNN footage of missile fire in Baghdad, Iraq. but again, this was a straight horizontal line and it had this comet like tail and the bright neon green color!!! No explosion or anything was heard when it dissappeared over the hills. This was very late at night and thus very quiet on the road.

As a neared Port Elizabeth, there were suddenly a whole lot of police cars going in the opposite direction (thus towards the area where I saw this). I am talking of about 8 to 10 police cars that were riding like hell was chasing them. Something must have happened, something strange. But NOTHING was reported in the newspapers...

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

NO

Witness Background

Financial Accountant (6 months), previously an Internal Auditor (about 5 years) B Tech degree, banking industry and financial services back ground

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I always believed in life on other planets, but not that any contact has been made. I mean there are thousands of planets out there - hy should there not be any life? Never read much about this though. My sighting has changed my point of view to believing that we are closer to make contact than what we think.

Other Comments

Not really any comments, except that this was very weird and very real. I never saw anything like this and it certainly was not an aeroplane. And why all those police cars suddenly!!! But no reports of any major happening in that area....

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