There was apparently an article in the newspaper Nairobi Daily Nation, Nairobi, Kenya, in December 1965, reporting that on December 1965 at night, one Michael Mudachi was sitting in his home near Eastleigh Airport when he saw a point of light approaching from the horizon.
As it neared, he saw it was an elliptical object with transparent windows. It landed vertically and three figures emerged from it, wearing what looked like tall hats. They had human appearance, "seemingly a synthesis of all races." They spoke in an incomprehensible language but were able to make Mudachi understand that they were not hostile and wanted to take his photograph. To get him to agree, they first photographed his brother and someone else, and then they put him on a platform where there was an implement like a birdcage, which emitted a white light, like sunlight.
A powerful ray shot out from a red bulb at the center of this contraption, which hit Mudachi on the chest leaving him spluttering and fighting for breath. Suddenly the beings left without him seeing how. After the incident, he fell into an unusually deep, dreamless sleep. Later he suffered from hallucinations, depression, loss of appetite and general malaise.
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[Ref. ag1:] AILEEN GAROUTTE:
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Abduction reports from outside of North America show imagery very different from the developing stereotype. One of the earliest non-American semi-abduction reports is an obscure and now forgotten report from Kenya, which appeared in the Nairobi Daily Nation sometime in December 1965. Michael Mudachi was sitting in his home near Eastleigh Airport when he saw a point of light approaching from the horizon. As it neared he saw it was an elliptical object with transparent windows. It landed vertically and three humanoid figures emerged from it, wearing what looked like tall hats. They had human appearance, seemingly a synthesis of all races. They spoke in an incomprehensible language but were able to make Mudachi understand that they were not hostile and wanted to take his photograph. To get him to agree they first photographed his brother and another witness, then they put him on a platform where there was an implement like a birdcage which emitted a white light, like sunlight. A powerful ray shot out from a red bulb at the center of the contraption which hit Mudachi on the chest leaving him spluttering and fighting for breath. Suddenly the beings left without him seeing how. After the incident he fell into an unusually deep, dreamless sleep. Later he suffered from hallucinations, depression, loss of appetite and general malaise. |
[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:
Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Nairobi, Kenya, on December 1965 at night, Michael Mudachi was sitting in his home near Eastleigh Airport when he saw a point of light approaching from the horizon. As it neared he saw it was an elliptical object with transparent windows. It landed vertically and three humanoid figures emerged from it, wearing what looked like tall hats. They had human appearance, seemingly a synthesis of all races. They spoke in an incomprehensible language but were able to make Mudachi understand that they were not hostile and wanted to take his photograph. To get him to agree they first photographed his brother and another witness, and then they put him on a platform where there was an implement like a birdcage, which emitted a white light, like sunlight. A powerful ray shot out from a red bulb at the center of this contraption, which hit Mudachi on the chest leaving him spluttering and fighting for breath. Suddenly the beings left without him seeing how. After the incident he fell into an unusually deep, dreamless sleep. Later he suffered from hallucinations, depression, loss of appetite and general malaise.
Albert Rosales indicates as source Peter Rogerson, quoting Kenyan news sources.
Reading the report, second or third hand, I could quite imagine that Mr. Mudachi, about whom we are told nothing, was perhaps a person who had very little contact with the context of modern city life and the airport, planes, helicopters, who simply shocked by these people - described as human - wanting to take a photograph, apparently with the flash. It is very possible that this resulted in a story told from people to people, becoming incomprehensible, then entering the newspaper.
Such a scenario is not inevitably the correct one; but in this matter, it would have been necessary to check by an investigation what really happened, and all we have is a newspaper article according to indirect sources, not a checked and investigated case.
| Id: | Topic: | Severity: | Date noted: | Raised by: | Noted by: | Description: | Proposal: | Status: |
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| 1 | Data | Severe | July 30, 2008 | Patrick Gross | Patrick Gross | Primary source missing and incorrectly referenced. | Help needed. | Opened. |
| 2 | Ufology | Severe | July 30, 2008 | Patrick Gross | Patrick Gross | Nature of story unknown: rumor, anonymous letter, reader's letter...? | Help needed. | Opened. |
| 3 | Ufology | Severe | July 30, 2008 | Patrick Gross | Patrick Gross | No sign that the story was checked or investigated. | Help needed. | Opened. |
| 4 | Ufology | Severe | July 30, 2008 | Patrick Gross | Patrick Gross | Age not reported; witness might have been a child. | Help needed. | Opened. |
Possible confusion, helicopter. Insufficient information.
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
| Main Author: | Patrick Gross |
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| Contributors: | None |
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| Editor: | Patrick Gross |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | July 30, 2008 | Creation, [ag1], [ar1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | July 30, 2008 | First published. |
