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RAAFOctober 1, 1978NAA A4703 1978/1205
Valentich disappearance, Bass Strait (1978)
Summary
On 21 October 1978, 20-year-old pilot Frederick Valentich radioed Melbourne air traffic control that a craft with four bright lights was hovering above his Cessna over Bass Strait, then vanished without trace. This Department of Transport file is the official investigation into the disappearance — among the most documented pilot-UFO cases in the world.
Key highlights
The pilot's father believed a UFO was involved in his son's disappearance.p.4
“the pilot's father believed that a UFO had taken his son”
The incident received significant media coverage due to the UFO connection.p.4
“The accident received wide newspaper and television cover because of the UFO connection”
Source
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