Mystery AtlasSouth Africa
The country off whose Chalumna River mouth the first living coelacanth specimen was caught in December 1938.
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Related Mysteries
- 1979 Vela Incident22 September 1979
South Africa was the site of 1979 Vela Incident.
People
South Africa contains Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer.
Places
South Africa contains Rising Star Cave System.
South Africa is frequently compared to Israel — Both pursued undeclared nuclear weapons programmes during the Cold War and are widely reported to have cooperated militarily in the late 1970s and 1980s.
Creatures & Figures
South Africa contains Coelacanth.
Objects & Artifacts
- SS Waratahlost 27 July 1909
South Africa was the site of SS Waratah.
South Africa contains Klerksdorp Spheres.
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Why Are the Klerksdorp Spheres Not Evidence of an Ancient Civilisation?
The Klerksdorp spheres are claimed to be 3-billion-year-old artificial objects. Geologists identified them as natural concretions decades ago.
Did Israel Test a Nuclear Weapon in the 1979 Vela Incident?
What the 1979 Vela incident's double flash revealed, why the CIA rated it a likely nuclear test, and why the cause is still officially unresolved.
How Did the Coelacanth Come Back From the Dead?
How the coelacanth, thought extinct for 66 million years, was found alive in 1938: the discovery, the 1997 second species, and why it matters to cryptozoology.