An air and ground search of the area where a bright flash and explosion was witnessed early this morning has failed to find an obvious cause. Read more
Avoca man Lee Brown spends a lot of time with his eyes turned skyward, and he thinks he may have solved the mystery of the object that fell to earth near Gin Gin on Friday. He said NASA launched a rocket at approximately the same time the event happened, and he suspected falling debris from that rocket could be responsible for the light in the sky.
No answer on mystery fire starter The mystery fire on Hazle Marland's Gaeta property is still burning - just like the questions about what started it. On Friday emergency crews rushed to Mrs Marland's property after reports something had fallen from the sky and started a fire.
"It was identified at approximately 6:30am [AEST] when a ball of fire was seen to appear on the mountain and at this stage we're not at all certain what has caused the outbreak."
The operators of the Gin Gin Hotel, who report more than 10 media phone calls this morning, say they have no idea what started a fire in bushland about 40km north-west of the town. At this stage, neither do authorities.
Unidentified flying object crashes into mountain An air and ground search of the area where a bright flash and explosion was witnessed early this morning has failed to find an obvious cause. Emergency services initially believed a plane may have crashed into a mountain at Takilberan Creek northwest of Gin Gin but the Australian Search and Rescue Authority received no mayday or distress calls from aircraft. Although a search found a fire on the mountain, there was no evidence of any wreckage or risk to human life.