MUFON public case · Kulnura, New South Wales, Australia
MUFON case 143659 — Kulnura photographs
15 January 1989 (approximate date and time, 8 p.m.) · Details below are limited to the linked public record. Source conclusions are attributed and do not establish an extraordinary cause.
- Incident date
- 15 January 1989 (approximate date and time, 8 p.m.)
- Place in source
- Kulnura, New South Wales, Australia
- Location precision
- The MUFON article names Kulnura and identifies George Downs Drive as the photo location. The marker is an approximate locality anchor, not a published object coordinate.
Documented record
The public MUFON article reproduces a witness account of photographing two dark disc-shaped objects during an electrical storm. The witness reported that the objects appeared as the photograph was taken and described an unusual sound.
Source assessment
The article identifies the case as investigated by Elaine Wartha Motta with a disposition of Unknown. It publishes the investigator’s photographic analysis and classification, but that source assessment does not independently prove the reported objects or an extraordinary explanation.
Documentation basis
MUFON’s public case article identifies case 143659, publishes the dated/location header, reproduces the submitted account, names an investigator, and states a disposition of Unknown. This verifies the existence and provenance of the public case record only; it is not proof that the reported objects or interpretation are true.
Details stated in the record
- MUFON case number
- 143659
- Record status
- Investigated; disposition: Unknown
- Investigator named in article
- Elaine Wartha Motta
- Reported duration
- About 10 minutes
- Reported evidence
- Photograph and film negative located by the witness
- Published source assessment
- The article reports a photographic analysis and an Unknown–UAV classification; it is presented as MUFON’s assessment, not as independent proof.
Not available in the cited public record
- The public article does not publish exact coordinates for the witness or objects.
- The original photograph and negative are not independently hosted in this catalog.
- The public article does not establish that the reported objects were extraordinary.