Rosmead, South Africa: Soldiers and police see red light, tennis court found torn up

At 8:00 p.m., soldiers Petrus Nel, Fanie Rosseau and Gerrie Buitendag, guarding a petrol dump at Rosmead, Eastern Cape, South Africa, saw a red light circling above the tennis court next to the primary school. At the nearby Middelburg police station, Sgt. John Goosen and Constable Koos Brazelle saw an odd light above the town through binoculars, and school principal Harold Truter saw the light rise vertically from near his home. The tennis court was found churned up, with huge chunks of surface tar dug out, five holes (the largest 10 feet across) and two spike holes, although its entrances were still locked and there were no vehicle tracks; a eucalyptus tree at the end of the court began to die and looked scorched. District Police Commandant Col. B. J. van Heerden tried unsuccessfully to reproduce the damage with shovels. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.