Encwadini eyanyatheliswa ngoDisemba 18, 1886, udaba lweScientific American, ummeli waseMelika waseVenezuela, ogama lakhe linguWarner Cowgill wakhuluma ngokubona okungajwayelekile kweUFO kanye nezinye izinto ezimangazayo ezixhumene nalesi sehlakalo esenzeka eMaracaibo ngo-Okthoba 1886.
Encwadini, uCowgill uchaze isipiliyoni esikholisayo nesigameko esixakile esiphoqe abantu ukuthi bakholelwe kulokho kuhlangana kweUFO. Ngokusho kwezakhamizi zaseMaracaibo, lokho abakubona ngalobo busuku kwakuyinto engaphezu kwalomhlaba. Futhi baba yizisulu ezimbi zomcimbi. Esitatimendeni sakhe, uCowgill uthe:
Ngobusuku bango-Okthoba 24, 1886, okwakuna imvula nesiphepho, umndeni wamalungu ayisishiyagalolunye wawulele eqhugwaneni elizolile amanye amaligi aseMaracaibo. Kodwa baphaphama lapho umsindo onomsindo omkhulu kanye nokukhanya okukhazimulayo, okukhazimulayo kwase kuphume ebumnyameni besibhakabhaka. Ezikhanyisa ngokukhanyayo ezindlini zamadokodo azo.
Babenokwesaba okukhulu futhi ekuqaleni babekholelwa ukuthi ukuphela kwaleli zwe sekufikile; ngakho-ke, baziphonsa emadolweni baqala ukuthandaza ngethemba. Kodwa-ke, ukukhonza kwabo kwaphazanyiswa masinyane ukuhlanza okunodlame, nokuvuvukala okwandile kwezitho zabo zomzimba ezingaphezulu, ikakhulukazi ubuso nezindebe.
Kwakungaziwa kakhulu ukuthi ukukhanya okukhulu akusalandelwa ngosizo lokuzwa kwemfudumalo yize indawo okusolwa ukuthi yayizungezwe intuthu nephunga elingajwayelekile.
Ngakusasa ekuseni ukuvuvukala kwase kwehlile, kushiya ebusweni nasemzimbeni amabhulethi amakhulu amnyama. Akuzange kubuzwe buhlungu obuncane kuze kube usuku lwesishiyagalolunye lapho isikhumba sixebuka khona, futhi lawo mabala aguqulwa aba izilonda eziluhlaza eziluhlaza.
Izinwele zekhanda zawela ohlangothini okwakungezansi ngenkathi kwenzeka lesi sigameko, futhi kuzona zonke izehlakalo eziyi-9, uhlangothi olufanayo lwemizimba yabo lalimala kanzima.
Ingxenye ebiphawuleka ngalesi sehlakalo ukuthi indlu ibingalimele, yonke iminyango namawindi bekuvaliwe ngaleso sikhathi. Akukho mkhondo wombani owawuzobonwa ngemuva kwanoma iyiphi ingxenye yalesi sakhiwo, futhi bonke abagulayo bathi ngazwi linye ukuthi kwakungekho siqhumane noma yiluphi uhlobo lomsindo ngaphandle komdumo omkhulu osekushiwo.
Isimo esimangalisa kakhulu ukuthi izihlahla nezihlahlana zendlu yonke azikhombisanga zimpawu zokulimala kuze kube wusuku lwesi-9 lapho zibuna ngokuzumayo, cishe ngasikhathi sinye nokuthuthukiswa kwezilonda ezisemizimbeni yabantu abahlala kuleyo ndawo.
Lokhu kungenzeka ukuthi kwakuwukuphambuka okungasho lutho, kepha kwakungamakhilomitha angajwayelekile ukuthi ukuthambeka okulinganayo emiphumeleni kagesi, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi okufanayo, kufanele kutholakale ezilwaneni nasemifino.
UCowgill uqobo wayevakashele abagulayo, abangeniswa ezibhedlela zendawo edolobheni, futhi ukubukeka kwabo kwakukubi impela, esho.
Kuze kube namuhla, akekho noyedwa oye wakwazi ukuchaza kahle izinto ezingajwayelekile ezake zenzeka eMaracaibo. Ingabe lokhu bekuwukuhlangana kwangempela kweUFO? Noma uMnu. Cowgill Uvele wayicabangela le ndaba? Uthini umbono wakho?
