REF: UAP/1980s/145Contested
1988-01-20
Knowles family Nullarbor chase
Nullarbor Plain · Australia·Vehicle-lifting claim·1980s
Contested
§ ASummary
Family reported car pursued and 'lifted' by glowing object; car dusted with ash-like residue, tire blown; national sensation with police/forensic follow-up.
§ BWitnesses
Knowles family (4)
§ CEvidence & Documentation
Police reports; vehicle residue analyses (inconclusive)
§ DOfficial Investigation
SA police; civilian analyses
§ EStatus Assessment
Contested: skeptics propose tire failure panic; residue unresolved
§ FVerifiable Sources
Australian press archives; Chalker, 'The Oz Files'
§ GCross-referenced cases6
1986-05-19🇧🇷 Brazil
Brazilian 'Official Night of the UFOs'
Multiple military intercepts
1986-11-17🇺🇸 USA (airspace)
Japan Air Lines 1628 (Capt. Terauchi)
Airliner + FAA radar case
1987-11-11🇺🇸 USA
Gulf Breeze sightings (Ed Walters)
Photographic series (contested)
1987-12-01🇬🇧 UK
Ilkley Moor photograph
Entity photograph (contested)
1989-09-27🌐 USSR
Voronezh landing (children)
CE3 mass claim
1989-11-29 to 1990-04🇧🇪 Belgium
Belgian UFO wave & F-16 scramble
National wave + military radar