The Unsolved Disappearance Of Pilot Frederick Valentich While Mid-Flight Valentich With His Plane
Frederick Valentich with his plane shortly before his disappearance.
Frederick Valentich was conducting a routine training flight over the Bass Strait between the Australian mainland and Tasmania on Oct. 21, 1978, when he mysteriously disappeared. The 20-year-old was an experienced pilot with around 150 hours of flying time under his belt and operating a light Cessna 182L when he vanished.
Shortly after departing Moorabbin for King Island, Valentich radioed the Melbourne Flight Service with an astonishing report: there was an unidentified aircraft tailing him at 4,500 feet. He described its high speed and its four bright landing lights and said it had passed about 1,000 feet above him.
Valentich even narrated the craft’s movements for five minutes, positing that whoever was piloting the craft was toying with him. He said it was a shiny, metallic vessel, with a green light on it.
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