Ariel School- 30 Years On

 

It is thirty years ago to the day that a large group of schoolchildren at the Ariel School in Ruwa, Zimbabwe reported to their teachers that they had seen a non-human flying craft land just outside the school playground and at least one biological entity emerge. Some of the children reported a form of communication with this creature. The incident was investigated by a number of researchers; Cynthia Hind, the MUFON director for southern Africa, and later on Dr John Mack and Dominique Callimanopulos. Unfortunately this research was not carried out under the best conditions; however, the Ariel School incident remains one of the most interesting close encounters of the third kind ever recorded. The witnesses were aged six to twelve at the time and so today they are entering middle age. They have been interviewed again in the last few years, mostly by Randall Nickerson, and they stand by their story. This is despite having no reason to maintain what was supposedly just a trivial childhood prank. They have also mostly been out of touch with each other, the majority having left Zimbabwe to make homes other lands. This incident has some similarities to others, particularly Westall, see: https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2016/04/programme-183-podcast-westall-50.html and Broad Haven, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2023/10/encounters-episode-1.html. One thing you need a lot of in UFOlogy is patience. Thirty years sounds like a long time to wait, but it is par for the course; in fact most of these cases remain open and show no signs of any solution coming soon. Despite this we would be totally clueless if it wasn't for the bravery and dedication of the researchers and witnesses in this case. Dr John Mack, in particular, endured terrible professional suffering as a consequence of his interests. This article is dedicated to his memory.
See here for more information: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2023/10/encounters-episode-2.html.
And: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2019/12/ruwa-ufo-reply-to-steve-mumbling.html.