Min Min Lights — Mystery, Mirage and Queensland Folklore
A well-documented class of visual reports in western Queensland with a strong optical explanation — Fata Morgana refraction of distant light sources across temperature inversions, published by Professor Jack Pettigrew of the University of Queensland.
- Page type
- case file
- Investigation status
- likely explained
- Record depth
- developed record
- Evidence basis
- mixed documented
- Event date
- 19th century – present
- 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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