A schoolboy had reportedly taken a photograph of a mysterious object that he had seen lying on the ground near an abandoned cemetery in Gurugalhinna, Kahatagasdigiliya that was preserved by the Department of Archaeology. It had looked like a golden plate and it had floated away towards the sun when he tried to pick it up.
This object had been seen near the cemetery by a grade ten boy named Nishantha Chamapal Prematilake (15) as he and his mother Sujatha Chandrasekera were driving their cattle home on February 20.When the boy went up to this shining object that was lying under a neem tree, it had been vibrating, according to him.
When he reached for the object, which was like a golden plate, it had slowly floated up.
He had then taken four photographs of it as it had disappeared into the sunset.
The boy’s mother, Sujatha Chandrasekera (37) said.“I went with my son, leading the cattle, to this cemetery. He told me that a golden plate had gone up but I did not believe him. However, I saw the four photographs taken by him. My father was employed in the Archaeological Department. Ac cording to him, this cemetery was reputed to be a place where the nobility had been buried in ancient times.
The people in the area said that the boy seemed quite sincere and that they believed he was speaking the truth.(
By Upul Herath, Thalawa)