Knowles Family Encounter (1988)

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A January 1988 incident in which Faye Knowles and her three sons reported that a glowing egg-shaped object grabbed their car on the Eyre Highway across the Nullarbor Plain, lifted it, and dropped it. It is one of Australia's most famous close encounter cases because of the reported physical damage to the car and the corroborating sightings.

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Australia’s Strangest UFO Cases with Violeta M. Bagia

Somewhere in the SkiesAug 31, 2026

Australian author and Somewhere in the Skies Substack writer Violeta Bagia joins host Ryan Sprague to revisit lesser-known Australian UFO cases she dug up from Royal Australian Air Force files held by the National Archives of Australia. The conversation covers the 1954 Dandenong saucer sighting, the 1988 Knowles family encounter on the Nullarbor, and the disputed 1993 Eric Thomason beach photos. They also discuss why abduction reports have faded from public view and whether today's government-focused UFO discourse has lost the sense of wonder found in older witness accounts.

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