2 Prestbury residents noticed an orange orb in the sky over Pietermaritzburg in November 2015, and obtained a blurry photograph.Shortly afterwards, on November 22, 2015, Ian Carbutt managed to take another cellphone photo of the last of 4 orange orbs travelling swiftly in single file over Roberts road, Clarendon, in the direction of Greytown.
6 days later, on the evening of November 28, social media was abuzz with various reports of what seemed to be a green light hanging in the sky over Long Street, Cape Town.