The Kadima Alien Affair refers to Tzipporah Carmel’s reports of UFO landings in her yard and around Kadima in the 1990s.
In March 1993, Tzipporah Carmel, a Kadima resident, said UFOs and aliens had landed in her yard on three occasions. In her book, she reported about 30 alleged landings in the area: roughly 15 involving large craft and 15 involving small ones. Carmel and other believers said scorch marks and a strong odor remained at the sites. They were cited as evidence, but were never scientifically verified.
The affair helped spark local interest in UFOs in Israel from the early to mid-1990s. Carmel’s book, *Looking Ahead: An Alien in the Backyard*, is the main source for her account and interpretation. UFO enthusiast and publisher Yair Yahalom said the reports from Kadima led him to take an interest in the subject.
Today, the affair is discussed mainly in accounts of UFOs and in histories of 1990s culture, alongside the influence of stories and television series from outside Israel. No Israeli scientific or government body has confirmed that contact with extraterrestrials took place, and there is no independent scientific corroboration for the alleged landings.
It is the name given to Tzipporah Carmel’s reports of UFO and alien landings in her yard and around Kadima in the 1990s.
According to her book, she reported about 30 landings in the area: roughly 15 involving large craft and 15 involving small ones.
Carmel and other believers reported scorch marks and a strong odor, but the claims were not scientifically verified and have no independent corroboration.
No. According to the available information, no Israeli government or scientific body recognizes it as evidence of an extraterrestrial visit.