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The experience of a family
motoring across the Nullarbor Plains in Australia made the international
headlines at the beginning of 1988. Faye Knowles and her three grown-up sons
set of from Perth on January 19th to visit relatives 2,000 miles away.
There was very little traffic on the Eyre Highway, just one truck in
front and another some miles behind. Soon after 4am, the Knowles became aware
of a bright light on the eastern horizon. It jerked from side to side, then
headed straight towards them. It resembled an egg in an egg cup; an ovoid atop
a swirling column.
It seemed about to hit them, but then moved behind before receding at
great speed. When it suddenly returned, Faye's son (who was driving) panicked
and swerved, accelerating back up the highway.
The UFO was now directly above them, buffeting the car and emitting a
high pitched hum. When Faye put her hand out through the window to touch the
roof of the car, it felt soft and spongy. Then their vehicle was pulled upwards
off the road, and as the spoke their voices seemed distorted as if they were
breathing helium.
The car crashed back down and the phenomenon disappeared. One tire was
shredded, and there were four indentations on the car roof.
One of the truck drivers came forward after the
incident and said he had witnessed the phenomenon. Controversy rages over
whether it was a UFO, or an electrically charged whirlwind. Analysis of white
powder found in the vehicle found traces of chemicals used by NASA on the
space shuttle.
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