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     Ten years ago, on January 21, 1988, the Knowles
family had a very harrowing experience while driving
on the Eyre Highway across the desolate Nullarbor
Plain in southern Australia.
     The Nullarbor Plain is an arid, flat desert 330
miles wide overlapping the states of South
Australia (S.A.) and Western Australia (W.A.)
The rainfall is so sparse that no trees can grow
there, only saltbush and bluebush.
     On January 21, 1988, Faye Knowles and her
three sons, Sean, Wayne and Patrick were driving
home to Perth, W.A. following a visit with relatives
in Melbourne.  Their car was a light blue four-door
1984 Ford Telstar.
     "Before daylight, after the family had left the
Madura roadhouse (near Mundrabilla--J.T.), as they
were driving on the Eyre Highway, they noticed a
bright white light ahead of them on their side of the
highway.  As they got nearer, they could see it
was a large glowing object hovering just above
the road.  Sean, who was driving, had to swerve
into the other lane to avoid colliding with the
unknown object."
     "Soon after the near collision, they passed
another car that had a bright object following
overhead.  This time Sean's curiosity got the
best of him and he made a U-turn and sped
back toward the west to see what the light was."
     "After following for a few minutes, the light
changed course and started back toward the
Knowles car.  Sean again turned around and
drove east."
     "The object quickly overtook the car,
which at this point was doing over 100 miles
per hour in an attempt to elude the strange
light.  Suddenly, the object landed on top"
of the car's roof "with a loud thud."
     "'We were going silly, something was
going into our heads,' explained Faye Knowles.
'It felt like we were dying, and our voices were
distorted, as if we were talking in slow motion.'"
     "Two dogs in the car became very agitated,
and one of the sons, Patrick, said he felt as
though his brains were pulled from his head."
     Wayne yelled, "Get off the road!"
     "I can't!" Sean replied, realizing to his horror
that the Ford's steering wheel was locked or
frozen by some irresistible force.
     Just then, they saw the highway's centerline
falling away from the Ford's headlight glow.
     "Faye rolled down her window and looked
out at the object, which she described as a
bright white light with a yellow center 'like an egg
in a cup.'  Faye then reached overhead and
touched the bottom of the object.  'It felt like a
warm sponge.'"
     Suddenly, the UFO released the Knowles'
car.  The Ford plummeted ten feet and hit the
asphalt on its right rear quarter.  The tire
exploded on impact.
     Instantly the car went into a shrieking skid.
The steering wheel loosened in Sean's hands,
and he turned in the direction of the skid.
The Ford fishtailed all over the road, with Sean
applying the brakes, and then screeched to
a halt.
     "The family jumped out and hid in the
bushes along the side of the highway until
the UFO was gone...The family changed the
tyre and drove on to Mundrabilla where they
discussed the experience with truck drivers."
     The case was investigated by Paul Norman
of the Victoria UFO Research Society.  He
found that the Ford's radio "was now operating
perfectly even though it had been malfunctioning
during the encounter.  On the roof of the car
they found an indentation matching the description
given by the family.  Of the tyre, it was in good
condition and should not have blown but in fact
was ripped all the way around its edge."
     Laboratory analysis of the dust found on the
car "revealed oxygen, carbon, calcium, silicon,
potassium and a possible trace of astatine, which
is a radioactive chemical that can only be
produced synthetically."  (See UFO Universe,
Winter 1998 issue, "In Australia, Strange Things
Are Happening" by Tim Swartz, page 33.  Also,
WORLD ATLAS OF UFOs by John Spencer,
Smithmark Publishers Inc., New York, NY 1992,
page 174.)
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