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'''Details:''' Frederick Valentich was an Australian pilot flying a Cessna 182 light aircraft over the Bass Strait near Cape Otway when he sighted what seemed to be a UFO flying near his plane in the vicinity. He was a competent pilot employed by Southern Air Services from Moorabbin, Australia near Melbourne. Upon seeing the object, he maintained radio contact with his airfield for several minutes, describing the object as it darted and swerved around him. Moments after he reported the sighting by radio, Frederick inexplicably vanished; a series of photographs by Roy Manifold of the shoreline nearby show a strange blot resembling an explosion in the air. |
'''Details:''' Frederick Valentich was an Australian pilot flying a Cessna 182 light aircraft over the Bass Strait near Cape Otway when he sighted what seemed to be a UFO flying near his plane in the vicinity. He was a competent pilot employed by Southern Air Services from Moorabbin, Australia near Melbourne. Upon seeing the object, he maintained radio contact with his airfield for several minutes, describing the object as it darted and swerved around him. Moments after he reported the sighting by radio, Frederick inexplicably vanished; a series of photographs by Roy Manifold of the shoreline nearby show a strange blot resembling an explosion in the air. |
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[[File:Ufo_disappearance1_roy_manifold's_photo.jpg|thumb|250px|Roy Manifold's Photograph of the UFO]] |
[[File:Ufo_disappearance1_roy_manifold's_photo.jpg|thumb|250px|Roy Manifold's Photograph of the UFO]] |
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'''Suspects:''' One theory is that Valentich was abducted by the object he encountered. Another theory is that Frederick was attacked by the object or became disoriented after seeing it and crashed into the sea. |
'''Suspects:''' One theory is that Valentich was abducted by the object he encountered. Another theory is that Frederick was attacked by the object or became disoriented after seeing it and crashed into the sea. |
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Revision as of 10:29, 16 June 2013
Real Name: Frederick Valentich
Nicknames: No Known Nicknames
Location: Cape Otway, Australia
Date: October 21, 1978
Bio
Occupation: Pilot
Date of Birth: 1958
Height: Unrevealed
Weight: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Characteristics: Unrevealed
Case
Details: Frederick Valentich was an Australian pilot flying a Cessna 182 light aircraft over the Bass Strait near Cape Otway when he sighted what seemed to be a UFO flying near his plane in the vicinity. He was a competent pilot employed by Southern Air Services from Moorabbin, Australia near Melbourne. Upon seeing the object, he maintained radio contact with his airfield for several minutes, describing the object as it darted and swerved around him. Moments after he reported the sighting by radio, Frederick inexplicably vanished; a series of photographs by Roy Manifold of the shoreline nearby show a strange blot resembling an explosion in the air.
Frederick has since been declared legally dead, no trace of him or his plane has ever been found.
Suspects: One theory is that Valentich was abducted by the object he encountered. Another theory is that Frederick was attacked by the object or became disoriented after seeing it and crashed into the sea.
Extra Notes: This case originally ran on the September 29, 1993 episode.
Results: Unsolved
Links: None