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31.60 S, 129.00 EView on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2 events here, 1988 to 2007, in date order.
Driving the Eyre Highway before dawn, the Knowles family said a bright light followed them, lifted their car and left a dark ash on it. Investigators found the residue was ordinary clay and salt and the tyre damage fit fast driving; a meteorologist suggested distorted distant truck lights.
Cameras of Australia's Desert Fireball Network photographed a fireball over the Nullarbor Plain, letting researchers compute its path and orbit. Searchers found the first stones near the predicted spot in October 2008; the rock proved an unusual basaltic meteorite.
