The Ariel School UFO Phenomenon, When Dozens Of Children Claimed They Met Aliens
YouTubeJohn Mack interviewing a child from the Ariel School.
On Sept. 16, 1994, dozens of students at the Ariel School in Ruwa, Zimbabwe, returned home frightened and mystified. When questioned by their parents, the children said they had seen something strange outside: At least one silver craft landed in a nearby field, and odd-looking men with large, dark eyes emerged.
The students claimed the creatures spoke to them telepathically and showed them visions of the devastation Earth could face if humanity continued to damage the environment. They also said the men moved in slow motion and could seemingly teleport.
The incident became known as the Ariel School Phenomenon.
Naturally, their parents were concerned. Whether aliens had indeed landed near the school or not, the children had seen something that scared them. The school began receiving dozens of phone calls, and the news spread like wildfire within days.
It eventually reached the ears of the BBC’s Zimbabwe correspondent, Tim Leach, who sat down with the children for a series of interviews in which they all shared some variation of the same story. The BBC broadcast also garnered the attention of ufologist Cynthia Hind — and eventually Harvard professor of psychiatry John E. Mack.
Mack decided to visit the Ariel School and speak to the children. They told him of the strange men’s message that “pollution mustn’t be.”
To this day, many of the former students have gone on record reaffirming that what they told Leach and Mack nearly 30 years ago was true.
