From: koch@wad.berlin.fido.de (Joachim Koch)
Date: 27 Dec 96 21:31:00 +0000
Fwd Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 10:54:42 -0500
Subject: #2 The Lesotho Incident
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*News*
*from the*
*International Roswell Initiative*
*IRI*
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The International Roswell Initiative was founded by Kent Jeffrey,CA,
(International Coordinator), Joachim Koch and Hans-Juergen Kyborg
(German Coordinators) in 1994.
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*THE LESOTHO INCIDENT*
*OF SEPT. 15, 1995*
*Part #2*
In the first part we described how we came in possession of the
documents. Of course, we are not blind or naive, of course we know
that they might be hoaxed and of course we are cautious and remain
suspicious.
But what happened so far indicates that there might be something real
to the incident.
Further investigations are necessary and will be conducted. And we,
the German co-ordinators of the Roswell Initiative, promise to do our
best to make this case not another "Santilliade".
The only restriction we have to accept at the moment in our reports is
to refrain from anything that might cause danger to the sources.
In this part #2 of our report we would like to provide you with a
translated summary and excerpts of the exclusive report of
*Andreas von Retyi*
written in the latest issue of the
*UFO-KURIER*
(No. 27 of January 1997)
*"UFO CRASH IN LESOTHO 1995"*
By the beginning of 1996 startling information came to the surface.
According to sources of the South African Intelligence Service an
alleged non-terrestrial flying object with non-human entities on board
should have crashed in the mountains of Lesotho, a kingdom in South
Africa.
A cover-up was established and an operation to retrieve the craft and
the beings was immediately conducted. The name of the operation was
"ROLD TSR." which means "Recovery Operation of Lesotho Disk, Top
Secret Recovery".
Seven years ago, in May 1989, another crash had happened, the so-
called "Kalahari Incident". Most of the researchers were convinced
that this was a hoax. Only a few, who dealt with all the facts such as
the British researcher Anthony Dodd, remain steadfast that actually an
unidentified extraterrestrial craft was shot down by the South
African Air Force at that time.
According to new information provided by the source of the Lesotho
Incident the craft of the Kalahari-Incident was shot down by squadron
leader Gerald Peter Goosen with a "Thor-2-Weapon" which was fixed at
his Mirage jet. The "Thor-Weapon" was a MASER-gun built in the "Thor"
factory in Johannesburg.
This "Thor-Weapon" so far was thought to be a microwave-weapon
working in the principle of a MASER (Microwave Amplification by
Stimulated Emission of Radiation).
But in fact the "Thor-Weapon" does not work with microwaves but
magnetic fields: "Magnetic Amplification...". It is known that there
exist research in the principle of a HASER (Hydro-magnetic
Amplification...) where the production of very strong magnetic shock
waves plays a major part.
The "Thor" factory in Johannesburg was always surrounded by mystery.
There were rumors that beside other there was participation in the
production of "Red Mercury", a high explosive substance. In November
1991, the selling manager of "Thor" in Johannesburg, Alan Kidger, 48
years old, was mysteriously murdered. His body was found in the trunk
of his car without head, arms and legs. These parts were found on the
works premises.
*More Documents*
Because of the very sensitive way in handling the contact with the
sources of the information von Retyi could obtain more documents
F#O
There are two sets of documents, the first one with 20 pages, the
second one with 22 pages.
The first one contains a police report and a military report of what
happened in the mountains of Lesotho on Sept. 15 and 16 of 1995. All
documents are written in capital letters in the original.
Here is a transcript of pages 3 to 6 of 20.
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SECRET / GEHEIM
PRIORITY INTERNAL REPORT
CASE HISTORY
On 15 September 95 at 22 h 20 local time, a black farmer Mr. Peter
Lachasa notified Sgt. Thobo of the Leribe Police Department that he
found a very strange looking craft on his farm which lay 12 km west of
the Madibamatso River in Lesotho.
According to Mr. Lachasa at 21 h 15 local time he heard a strange
sound in the sky near his farm which frightened his cattle and
livestock.
Approximately 2 minutes later a dull explosion was heard. The
complainant then went outside his house to investigate the cause.
Friends of Mr. Lachasa who also live in the boundaries of his farm
informed him that they had been watching a bright light in the sky
that was slowly descending to the ground, heading on a course towards
the Lesotho foothills. According to the witnesses the object exploded
on impact with the ground, giving off a series of blinding flashes.
The complainant who from now on will be referred to as the primary
witness, then accompanied his friends to the site where the object had
impacted.
According to the primary witness an electronic humming sound emanated
from th craft after which the light around it diminished and the
object became dull grey in color. An intense heat field surrounded the
craft which made close up inspection by the primary witness
impossible. Dry grass in the area was set alight by the intense heat
field surrounding the craft.
Fearing that the craft might have injured occupants the primary
witness decided to inform the local police department at Leribe of the
incident.
POLICE REPORT
LERIBE POLICE DEPARTMENT
LESOTHO
SECRET / GEHEIM
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SECRET / GEHEIM
PRIORITY INTERNAL REPORT
On 15 September 95 at 22 h 20 local time Mr. Peter Lachasa arrived
at Leribe Police Department and informed Sgt. Thobo who was duty
officer that night, that he had found a strange aircraft on his farm
which he requested the police to remove from his property as this was
frightening his cattle.
The primary witness went on to explain how he nd other witnesses on
his farm saw the object crash near the foothills on his farm.
At 22 h 34 local time Sgt. Thobo and Constable Nandi escorted the
witnesses to the site to investigate the complaint. On arrival the
police officers made the following entry into their incident report.
1) A large round disk shaped object lay within the boundaries of
Mr. Lachasa's farm.
2) The object measured approx. 18 meters in length and 3 meters
in height.
3) The object was dull grey in color.
4) No windows / portholes or any form of entry / exit could be
seen on the craft.
5) The craft did not appear to have any external damage or
breakage even though the terrain surrounding the craft was
severely disturbed.
Sgt. Thobo radioed his observations to Leribe Police Department whilst
on the site and was instructed to return to the department and make an
official report.
At 00 h 15 local time, a Lesotho Government official was contacted
and a report consisting of two pages was faxed to South African
Military Command 1 SAI Intelligence Unit in Bloemfontein on
authorization of the Lesotho Government.
MILITARY REPORT
SECRET / GEHEIM
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SECRET / GEHEIM
PRIORITY INTERNAL REPORT
MILITARY COMMAND / 1 SAI. INTELLIGENCE UNIT
BLOEMFONTEIN
The Intelligence Unit at 1 SAI. received a fax from the Lesotho
Ministry of Defence in Maseru at 00 h 17 local time regarding a crash
of an alleged unidentified / unconventional flying object /aircraft
that impacted on the farm of Mr. Peter Lachasa, a black cattle and
livestock farmer who is located 12 km west of the Madibamatso River
near Leribe.
Due to the nature of the incident it was decided to request
information and possible confirmation from military air traffic
control in Bloemfontein on any military / civilian aircraft in the
sector at the time of the incident. It was noted that there were no
aircraft in the area other than a routine Air Force Puma helicopter
which patrolled South African / Lesotho border approx 30 minutes
before the alleged incident took place.
Commander george Human from the Airborne Division at 1 SAI. / 1 PARA
Battalion instructed an aerial assessment of the area in question.
Two Alouette rescue helicopters were sent to the area. At 01 h 17
local time rescue team leader Captain Manie Louw reported that he was
at the designated area and that a fierce veld fire had engulfed the
area. He went on to report his observations of the area as follows:
1) An area of approx. 400 square meters engulfed in fire.
2) A disc shaped metallic looking object of about 20 meters in
length that seemed to be intact.
3) The terrain around the object was torn up and severely
disturbed by the impact.
4) Due to the fact that it was night and smoke from the fire
obscured vision, clear observations could not be made at the
time.
Captain Manie Louw was instructed to patrol / secure the area until
further instructions were given.
SECRET / GEHEIM
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SECRET / GEHEIM
PRIORITY INTERNAL REPORT
To more than one of the officers at 1 SAI Intelligence Unit, this
incident had the same markings of a similar event which took place in
the Kalahari desert / Botswana in May 1989 and decided on the same
course of action as was done then.
Military Intelligence in Pretoria was informed and instructed 1 SAI
Intel. to maintain a sterile area of 150 meters around the craft,
after which they will take complete control over the situation.
3 battalion from 1 SAI Intelligence Unit was flown to the area to
guard / secure the object until Foreign Technology Recovery Division
from Valhalla Air Force Base arrived at the site.
At 03 h 47 local time the area and object was secured and operation
ROLD TSR came into effect.
Due to the fact that this was a military intelligence operation
dealing with an unidentifiable foreign technology, all members of 3
battalion were issued with orders to arrest / eliminate any intruders
who strayed into the secured area.
The area remained sterile until Foreign Technology Recovery Unit
arrived at 05 h 55 local time.
We at 1 SAI. Intel Unit / Bloemfontain hope that this report you
requested will suffice.
Please inform us if you require any further assistance.
(Signature blackened)
General Patric Dwight
1 SAI. INTEL
SECRET / GEHEIM
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For those who wonder about the German looking word "GEHEIM": it is the
same word in Afrikaans language.
The explosive nature of this incident - if it happened this way - is
enlarged by information from other documents that three occupants of
the craft were rescued - of *extraterrestrial origin and a l i v e .*
>From a "Preliminary Medical Report" we know that the beings were brought
into a research unit of the Swartkop Air Force Base in Pretoria for a
close examination. The beings were anesthetized and then brought to a
"Delta -Level" of the underground building where another team of
specialised physicians did further tests.
In the "Preliminary Medical Report" it is said that the tests did
show that the beings are humanoids with some reptilian aspects and
have an apparently underdeveloped skeleton construction.
If we put the case that the whole incident is n o t a big hoax then
we have to be very cautious in publishing names because it came to the
knowledge of von Retyi that some of those whose names became publicly
known have had already great difficulties with official authorities.
This happened to the leading physician of the team who examined the
beings.
Page 14 of the twenty pages document is a letter of this physician
which contains hints to the beings.
The transcript reads like this:
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ULTRA SECRET
SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE [emblem
Dept. of Experimental Biology and Embrionics inserted]
(Address partly blackened)
VALHALLA / SWARTKOP AFB.
PRETORIA
0001
18 September 95
GENERAL PATRIC DWIGHT,
PROJECT ROLD TSR.
Your urgent communication to our department has been given priority
attention and we confirm that we are able to participate in your
project.
It is not clear if the three alien visitors are still alive. It would
be of assistance if you could specify what your exact requirements
are in respect of medical or psychological investigative study and /
or, if we have to perform any autopsies. A specialised unit would
have to be activated for this purpose.
I thank you for inviting our participation.
Yours Sincerely
(signature and name blackened)
ULTRA SECRET
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In the next and last part (#3 The Lesotho Incident) of this report I
shall translate for you what Andreas von Retyi wrote about the sources
of the information. Though this source is known as the main
protagonist of the "Kalahari Incident" and many thought of this source
to be a liar, it seems as if we have to take the source as it is: a
character with many colours on the brink of the intelligence world and
our "normal" world.
If you have access to the Internet then you may look at the UFO-KURIER
web page under: > http://www.ufos.de <
*to be continued*
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