Africa on Friday March 6 2009

Africa on Friday March 6 2009 -- and scores of residents in nearby
Middelburg also saw them. They called in the police, who filmed the odd formation of lights on their cellphones. The footage, shown on the Beeld newspaper website, can be seen here:

http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Video/0,,3-2082_2483091,00.html
http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Video/0,,3-2082_2483091,00.html

"We were on active duty and driving across the bridge at Aerorand in Middelburg. First we saw five orange lights, moving in formation going in the direction towards Witbank. Later only two were left. Then the clouds moved in front of them and we lost sight of them,' said Chris Gatzonis. This was the first time the lights were spotted. And last weekend, the two police officers saw similar lights again -- this time they counted a pattern in formation of 23 lights, coming back from Witbank... clip..