The Knowles Family Nullarbor Incident, 1988
The Knowles family reported a frightening early-morning experience on the Nullarbor on 20 January 1988. Later analyses point to temperature-inversion mirage effects and vehicle-tyre failure with brake-dust residue rather than a physical unconventional cause.
- Page type
- case file
- Investigation status
- mixed evidence
- Record depth
- developed record
- Evidence basis
- testimony only
- Event date
- 20 January 1988
- Location
- Nullarbor Plain
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-06
Mystery Files preserves unusual reports as historical, astronomical and cultural records. Unexplained does not constitute proof of an extraordinary cause.
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