"It is hovering and it's not an aircraft." ~ Frederick Valentich, Last words after contacting air traffic control claiming to be pursued by a purported UFO – disappeared. 1978

 

This week on Encounters, Join your hosts Amanda and Dakota in discovering the multiple sides to the disappearance of pilot in training, Frederick Valentich.

 

A chance encounter with an "unidentifiable" "strange aircraft", would lead to one of Australia's longest running unsolved disappearances from the turn of the century.

 

Intro / Outro: Strange Stuff by Matt Harris

Additional Audio:

Valentich Transmission (Reenactment) from The Unexplained Files, Discovery

Additional Music:

Light Awash By Kevin MacLeod*

 

*Light Awash by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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