This case is practically unknown outside of Africa and only made its way into English-speaking ufology thanks to the book UFOs Over Africa by ufologist Cynthia Hind. According to Hind, she once received a newspaper clipping from an African publication that reported the crash of an unidentified flying object on a farm in Lesotho. Later, she was able to obtain several more documents about the incident, which she considered authentic.
The event took place on September 15, 1995, at 9:15 PM. Farmer Peter Lachasa was at home on his farm in Lesotho (a small enclave country within South Africa) when he heard a strange, growing noise from the sky. The sound frightened not only him but also his cows, which began to moo loudly. This prompted the farmer to approach the window and look outside. At that moment, he heard a dull explosion and ran into the yard.
His neighbors also heard the explosion, ran out of their houses, and rushed toward his property. Together, they observed an intense glow moving through the sky before it suddenly dropped toward the ground. As it fell, several blinding flashes were seen. After that, an unusual “electronic hum” began spreading throughout the area. However, the farmers were not scared and decided to go toward the place where they had seen the flashes.
Soon, they came across a strange metallic object lying in a field. It was circular, resembling a giant saucer. The object radiated intense heat; although it was not engulfed in flames, the dry grass around it was burning. It was impossible to approach the object due to the heat, but upon closer inspection, Lachasa noticed that something seemed to be moving inside the deformed structure.
Believing it to be a crashed plane or helicopter, Lachasa immediately ran to the nearest police station. At 10:20 PM, he reported to Sergeant Tobo that a “strange plane” had crashed on his farm and that someone inside appeared to be alive. He also requested that the authorities remove the wreckage as soon as possible because it was disturbing his cows.
In his later report, Sergeant Tobo described the object found on Lachasa’s land as a large, round, disc-shaped craft approximately 18 meters in diameter and 3 meters high. He saw no windows or entry points. What surprised Tobo the most was that, although the entire field around the object was on fire, the object itself was undamaged and did not burn.
Despite this event being referred to in ufology as the “Second Roswell,” very few people remember it, and the incident never gained anywhere near the same level of attention as the Roswell case.
Sergeant Tobo’s report was sent to officials and eventually reached the South African Intelligence Directorate. The report specified the exact location of the object: near the Madibamasto River, about 13 kilometers west of the town of Leribe.
Investigators thoroughly checked whether any military or civilian aircraft or helicopters had been in Lesotho’s airspace at the time of the crash, but no such records were found. The only aircraft present in the region at that time was a military helicopter patrolling the Lesotho-South Africa border, and it was confirmed to be in normal operation.
Following the report, two military Alouette helicopters were dispatched to the crash site. Upon arrival, one of the pilots reported seeing a “metallic, disc-shaped object that was completely undamaged.”
Early in the morning of September 16, military personnel arrived and secured the entire area. According to leaked reports, they soon discovered three beings inside the disc—alive. All three were taken into custody and transported to the Swartkop Air Force Base in Pretoria. There, they underwent a thorough medical examination and were placed in a highly secure underground level known as “Delta.”
What happened next to the crew and their craft remains unknown. Officially, the authorities of Lesotho soon announced that a simple weather balloon had fallen onto the farmer’s field—just like in the Roswell case!
