MASS WHALE STRANDINGS CAUSED BY METEOROIDS AND METEOR SHOWERS. The completed paper can be found below in the 2024 January 7th post titled Connection between Meteoroids and Mass Whale Strandings. “It is not known why they sometimes run aground on the seashore: for it is asserted that this happens rather frequently when the fancy takes them and without any apparent reason.” -Arisotle
2026, September 10. Papua New Guinea, Raicoast, Madang Province. A large cachalot (sperm whale) washed ashore dead in a moderate state of decomposition. Cetacean strandings in this region have risen, as documented in previous posts. The tally includes two sperm whales, pilot whales and beaked whales.
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2026, May 15. Arafura Sea. Fireball. This is the 12th asteroid observed before entering Earth's atmosphere. Picked up at Palomar Observatory. Asteroid (2026 JN4). Time: 13:37UTC. Jakarta Time WIB: 20:44. Papua Local: 10:44WIT. Velocity: 23.19km/s. VRE: 16.42 km/s. Entry Angle: 18 degrees. Size:0.62 m - 1.4 m. JN4 entered Earth's atmosphere between Indonesia's Papua region and Papua New Guinea. Geographic coordinates roughly along the corridor crossing the Arafura Sea. Energy: < 1kt. No witnesses to the event. Meteorites: Several kg likely deposited at sea. Sonic Boom - High.
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2026, October 1. New Zealand, Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe (Ninety Mile Beach), 11km north of Waipapakauri. A mass stranding of ~25 pygmy killer whales....
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