scraped from an old SA aviation forum: the Kalahari 'crash' nobody admits to falling for

Found this buried in an old South African pilots' forum, a couple of retired air force okes arguing. Reposting the gist because the comments were better than any article. The legend: 7 May 1989, something enters SA airspace at like 5700 knots, Mirages scramble, it comes down in the Kalahari near th……