This is a list of alleged sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFO) in Africa.

Algeria During the Algerian War (1954–1962), many UFO sightings were reported around conflict zones.Marcus Lowth, The Algerian War Incident – UFO Sighting Over The Foreign Legion, Ufoinsight.com, 12 April 2019

A 1973 article recounted the claims of a soldier who alleged that fifteen years earlier, he witnessed an elliptical craft of a width of about with a greenish light surrounding it and a denser beam shining directly down from the centre. Its presence was preceded by a whistling sound, which attracted the soldier's attention. It descended and hovered silently for about 40–50 minutes, after which it rose slowly and flew away at a very significant speed.

In March 1975, several UFOs were reported near military facilities, some of which ostensibly appeared on radar .Richard Hall, Is the CIA stonewalling?, Nsa.gov, May–June 1981

Botswana On 14 May 2008, two witnesses who were satellite gazing noticed a triangular UFO near the horizon in Gaberone. It reportedly made manoeuvres inconsistent with known aircraft. On 25 June 2016, a white, pulsating ovoid was witnessed in the Okavango Delta in North-West Botswana. Its appearance reportedly correlated with a notable ambient silence.

Morocco On 12 July 1952, two elongated flying saucers were reported by policemen at night above Had Kourt. The following day, at 11:45 pm, inhabitants of Fedala spotted a bluish-green, ball-shaped object flying at high speed and leaving a trail of light. The day after, at 9:00 am, a couple claimed to observe another flying saucer for about 30 seconds.Unidentified flying objects over Morocco and French West Africa, Cia.gov, 2 September 1952

Senegal On 3 July 1952, a flying saucer was spotted above Dakar. The saucer was described as flat and tapered, traveling southbound at a significant velocity, and surrounded by flames. Eyewitnesses clarified that stars were not visible by the time of the reported sighting, which was at 6:08 am.

South Africa

Sudan In January 2018, a UFO was spotted in the skies over Khartoum that the military has identified as a potential satellite (possibly the failed US satellite Zuma according to one scientist), even though it admitted to not being able to clearly identify the flying object.Antar Saeed, Mysterious UFO spotted in Sudanese capital perplexes military, Alarabiya.net, 11 January 2018

Tunisia In July 1969, several observers reported two UFOs in the sky of Tunis. The first was a full moon-sized, greenish-blue object. The second was starlike and reportedly exploded, forming a greenish circular cloud. US embassy officials were reportedly among the witnesses.DOS report Tunisian firewall, Nsa.gov, July 1969

Zimbabwe

On 14 September 1994, 62 children from a school in Ruwa witnessed the landing of a large ship and many smaller ones near their school. The children described the beings who stepped out of the ships as having "large heads, two holes for nostrils, a slit for a mouth or no mouth at all, and long black hair, and were dressed in dark, single-piece suits".Ralph Blumenthal, Alien Nation: Have Humans Been Abducted by Extraterrestrials?, Vanityfair.com, 10 May 2013Sean Christie, Remembering Zimbabwe’s great alien invasion, Mg.co.za, 4 September 2014Demobly Kokota, Episodes of mass hysteria in African schools: A study of literature,Ncbi.nih.gov, 23 September 2011 The American psychiatrist John E. Mack interviewed a number of the children involved in the incident and concluded it was likely not an incident of mass hysteria, as 12 of the children had given consistent accounts of the event. Mack stated that the interviews also revealed a consistent "impression [given by the children that] some form of sentient life cared about the Earth and cared about the environment and even cared about the children.”

See also UFO sightings in South Africa List of UFO sightings

Bibliography Cynthia Hind, Ufos Over Africa. Horus House Pr. 1997. Jann Halexander, The ufo issue in Central Africa (Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo). Purple Shadow Agency. 2024.

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