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Original Airdate 01.10.2021 (On Podcast Audio Platforms) On Saturday, October 21, 1978, at 6:19 p.m., 20-year-old Frederick Valentich took off from Moorabbin Airport just south of Melbourne, Australia, for what was supposed to be a routine training and pleasure flight over the Bass Strait to King Island. A serious student aviator, Valentich had been flying for two years and had accumulated over 150 hours of solo flying time in his goal to one day become a commercial airline pilot. Although rated for night flying by instrument, the sun was still up, and with clear visibility and good weather, there was no reason Valentich shouldn’t have easily completed this trip, which he’d taken several times before. However, just over halfway through the flight at 7:06 p.m., Valentich contacted Melbourne Flight Service Unit and reported seeing an unidentified craft above him, traveling at high speed and shining four bright lights. Valentich would radio back a few minutes later that it didn’t appear to be any known aircraft, and now it had even more unusual characteristics: it was long, shiny metallic, and a green light was emanating from it. Even more unsettling, this craft he described was deliberately toying with him as it orbited above while his plane’s engine was sputtering. At 7:11 p.m., the last statement anyone would hear from Valentich would be that the object was still hovering and that it was not an aircraft. Valentich and his plane had vanished at that moment, but whether it was an elaborate hoax, a deliberate crash, or merely a misidentification combined with a mechanical failure, no investigation has been able to determine. What is not in doubt is that the case of Frederick Valentich remains one of Australia’s biggest aviation mysteries, if not in all of UFO lore. Visit our webpage at the link below for this episode and access a lot more information about it, including research links, articles, and images. https://www.astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2021/01/10/ep-199-the-disappearance-of-frederich-valentich-part-1 And SUBSCRIBE on your favorite Podcast Platform and FIND US on Social at: https://linktr.ee/astonishinglegends Chapters: 00:00:00 - The Disappearance of Frederick Valentich 00:05:17 - Staying Vigilant and Caring for Others 00:10:09 - Plans for the Future with Anomaly Podcast 00:14:44 - Past Life Accounts and the Disappearance of Frederick Valentich 00:19:32 - Richard Dreyfus and the Knot 00:24:41 - Frederick Valentich's Mysterious Disappearance 00:29:50 - Learning with Purpose 00:34:32 - Unexplained Phenomena and Photographs 00:39:25 - Unusual Photograph Anomaly 00:44:07 - Unidentified Submerged Objects (USOs) 00:48:58 - Mysterious Observations and Oddities of the Valentich Incident 00:53:36 - The Discovery of the Official UFO File 00:58:07 - The Best DIY Home Security System 01:02:59 - Aircraft Details and Valentich's Qualifications 01:07:34 - The Qualifications and Conditions of Flight 01:12:08 - Departure from Moorabbin Airport 01:16:51 - Disappearance of VH-DSJ 01:21:29 - Failed Commercial License and Restricted Airspace Incident 01:25:53 - A Passion for Flying 01:30:21 - Analyzing Someone's Life: Shortcomings and Perspectives 01:34:45 - The Geography of the Bass Strait 01:39:18 - Box of Awesome and Outdoor Gear 01:43:54 - The Mystery of the Lobsters 01:48:32 - The Anger and Approach Incident 01:53:04 - Disappearance of Frederick Valentich 01:57:46 - Guido's UFO Beliefs 02:02:22 - Overlooked Details and Observations 02:06:48 - The Last Words and Possible Emergency Landing Plans 02:11:13 - The Confusion and Concern in Valentich's Last Moments 02:15:35 - Frederick Valentich's Determination 02:20:28 - Support the Show at Patreon.com