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“Valentich”

Stories3

The Valentich Disappearance over Bass Strait

October 21, 1978 · Bass Strait, between Cape Otway and King Island, Victoria

Australia

UAP · Other · 55 sources · 1 photos

46Partially documented

Pro early

The Bilbul Light: Ivan Soliani's Riverina UFO, Griffith 1977

July 1977 · Bilbul, near Griffith, New South Wales

Australia

UAP · Unknown · 9 sources

20Thinly documented

The Bass Strait Beaufort pacing incident (T.R.H. "Ricky" Royal)

February 1944 · Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania

Australia

UAP · Unknown · 12 sources

16Thinly documented

Names7

Frederick Valentich Person · 3 stories
A young pilot.
close encounter Term · 97 stories
Close encounters are the field's term for sightings up close, where a witness meets something at short range.
Richard Haines Person · 6 stories
Richard Haines was a researcher whose technical analysis appears in several of the archive's cases.
Paul Norman Person · 5 stories
An investigator with the Victorian UFO Research Society, VUFORS.
Bass Strait Place · 4 stories
The water between Victoria and Tasmania.
Royal Australian Air Force Organisation · 4 stories
In 1973, UFO reports in Australia went to the Royal Australian Air Force.
Department of Transport Organisation · 3 stories
A government transport department, and a name that surfaces in more than one country's files.

Documents2

FAB CENDOC Envelope 09 (1978) Document

FAB CENDOC via The Black Vault· 86 pages· 10 pages mention it
- p. 6 …1) If Valentich didn't fly upside down, how could the UFO fly repeatedly over the plane and beyond it…
- p. 7 …Valentich did not see them." 5) If the event was a hoax based on Fred Valentich's UFO enthusiasm, he…
Miscellaneous Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 18 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 11 …AUSTRALIA'S GREATEST AVIATION MYSTERY REMAINS UNSOLVED--On October 21,1978, a mystery sound interrupted transmission between pilot Frederick Valentich…