The African continent comprises more than 40 countries. However, documentation of UFO sightings from this continent is not as extensive as in Europe or America. Because many African countries are still plagued by poverty, famine, and unstable political power, the UFO phenomenon has not received full attention. This does not mean that there have been no UFO manifestations there. When UFO incidents do occur, they are usually known to the international community through reports by Europeans or Americans who are stationed in or visiting the continent.
One of the earliest UFO cases recorded in Africa occurred in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. One day in October 1935, many local residents witnessed the appearance of a flying saucer hovering in the blue sky. At first, the presence of the object attracted a lot of attention. But when it remained in the sky for too long, many people eventually ignored it.
On 3 September 1954, many plantation workers in Souk-el-Khemis saw an object said to be made of a plastic-like material. At one point, the flying object stopped in mid-air and then swayed several meters above the ground. It then jumped several times erratically in the air before stabilising itself and continuing its flight.
During the devastating earthquakes in Orleansville, Algeria, on 9 September and 26 September 1954, a French citizen reported seeing numerous strange objects flying high across the country.
On 24 October 1954 near Oran, also in Algeria, a small-bodied alien creature was seen on the beach. The creature was said to have a pair of glowing eyes. When this alien appeared in Algeria, dozens of others like it were reported to have landed in France.
In the skies over Ndola, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), eight flying saucers crossed the country heading north in a “W”-shaped formation. This incident was observed on 26 November 1957.
In April 1959, a round, green-coloured UFO appeared in southern Ethiopia. The object was seen moving erratically in the air over the town of Yergalem. Tunisia, located in the northern part of the continent, began to witness an increase in UFO sightings in the 1950s.
In September 1965, an orange fireball-shaped UFO passed over Bulawayo in Zimbabwe. The appearance of the object reportedly shook house windows, fences, and caused streetlights to go out.
In Zambia on 15 June 1966, a small metallic-coloured UFO appeared at 1:20 p.m. The sky at that time was cloudless and blue. Suddenly, from another direction, the witnesses saw a second UFO appear. This second object approached the first. The two UFOs then merged in mid-air before departing.
F.C. Edwards, a European living in Botswana, witnessed a UFO shining like a star appearing from the north. The object seemed to hover briefly over Gaberones Airport. No sound was heard. It then changed direction and flew slowly southward.
Several residents of Mozambique were astonished to see a saucer-like object in the skies over Pungwe in Baiara on the night of 13 January 1967. They watched the object more closely when it emitted a white beam of light downward. They observed that when the light struck the clouds, the clouds turned purple. After a few minutes, the beam from beneath the object changed to a bright red colour, and the UFO sped away and disappeared from sight.
At the end of that year, another UFO appeared in Mozambique. On the night of 1 December 1967, near Bazaruto Island, 16 fishermen were startled by a large UFO. The object was said to be in the form of a glowing fireball. It passed over their boat at a distance of only a few yards and flew at great speed. They heard no sound at all. Everything was completely silent. While the UFO was flying there, the entire area became bright like daylight. The light emitted by the object was reported to be blue. The next day, the UFO was seen again at the same time, but this time it came from a different direction.
A UFO was said to have crashed in Madagascar in 1970. However, no official statement was issued by the authorities regarding the foreign object that exploded in a market in Port Dauphin.
High in the sky near Mount Kilimanjaro, Kenya, a passenger aircraft flying through the area encountered a UFO at 7:20 a.m. The pilot and passengers reported that the object was shaped like a bullet. Its size was estimated to be about 200 feet long. The object hovered near the mountain for a long time, as if observing something. Then all the witnesses saw it move upward rapidly into the sky.
At the southern end of the African continent is South Africa. The number of UFO sightings recorded in that country exceeds all other African nations combined. This is because there is strong interest among its European-descended population in investigating and documenting strange occurrences. The UFOs seen in South Africa are similar to those that appeared in other locations across Africa in 1972. That year can be described as the “Year of Visiting South Africa.
A police inspector and his wife saw three UFOs descend low and hover over a bushy area behind their house in Senghor, Senegal. The UFOs, which appeared on 21 October 1974, were said to be as large as an airplane. They then saw a being on the ground beneath the hovering object at a height of about 100 feet. The being looked human but was tall and thin. When the creature moved toward them, the police inspector fired a warning shot. The being was seen turning back, and the UFO descended lower and lifted it inside. The object then immediately sped away and left the area.
In Ghana near Afram, two local residents were planting corn when they noticed a strange object in the air. The object was flying low and close to them and appeared as if it was about to land. They quickly ran toward it. Suddenly, the UFO shot back up into the sky. The UFO seemed to dislike humans interfering with its activities.
In Kabule, Uganda, human activities were briefly disrupted when a UFO flew past a mining site. Many workers there became agitated when they saw a UFO flying in a nearby valley. The mine was located on a hill, and from that position they could see the object clearly. The UFO was flying lower than their position. They quickly shouted to call the mine manager, a Frenchman who was inside the mine at the time. He heard the shouting and commotion outside. But when he came out, the object had already maneuvered around a nearby hill and disappeared from view. One night, while the workers were watching a film, they became excited when a spaceship appeared in the movie. They said the strange object they had seen earlier looked exactly like the spaceship shown in the film.
A Canadian family living in Uganda also claimed to have seen UFOs in the same year. According to them, the foreign objects were saucer-shaped and flew in formation. They managed to take photographs of the objects before the UFOs disappeared.
On 16 September 1995 near Harare, also in Zimbabwe, 62 students from a school saw three UFOs flying in the air. One of them landed close to them. The situation became chaotic when an alien being about three feet tall, wearing a black uniform, emerged from the UFO. In the ensuing commotion, the UFO quickly took off again.
• 28 August 1996: Lights in the sky were videotaped near Pretoria; police and a helicopter reportedly tracked them but could not identify them.
• 2000: A police inspector in Free State reported an orange, oval-shaped light approaching on the N3 highway; this was documented as a personal sighting.
• 2004: A bright light that changed shape was seen near Durban and recorded by a resident.
• 2009: Formation of multiple orange-red lights seen traveling high in the sky between Middelburg and Witbank.
• 2010–2011: Silent triangle lights were reported over Pretoria and Krugersdorp.
• 2015: People reported mysterious green lights over Cape Town that remained unexplained for some time.
• 2016: A mysterious silent object spotted low in the sky near Harrismith was captured in photos by a witness.
• Between 2022 and 2024, the U.S. military’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) received and archived unresolved UAP reports originating from Africa—including infrared footage showing an apparent object that could not be conclusively explained with available data.
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