UFO Got Him, Says Missing Pilot's Father | UFO Chronicle – 1978

The search for a pilot who disappeared after saying a large object was hovering above his plane was stepped up today. And the pilots father said he feared his son was the victim of a UFO – Unidentified Flying Object.

By NZ Press Association 10-24-1978

The search for Frederick Valentich, 20, who vanished over Bass Strait on Saturday night, was extended this afternoon to cover a large area of Victoria's west coast.

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A pilot who disappeared nearly 40 years ago after reporting a UFO is one of the inspirations for the plot of the new television drama series The Kettering Incident.

By Carol Rääbus www.abc.net.au 7-11-16

While the show revolves around fictional mysterious disappearances in the Tasmanian bush, the disappearance of Frederick Valentich was very real.

Valentich was a 20-year-old pilot who went missing over Bass Strait in 1978, leaving nothing behind except a mysterious radio transmission.

Historian Reg Watson has been researching the disappearance for many years.

"I've looked at it for gosh, three decades," he told Leon Compton on 936 ABC Hobart.

"I have to say, in my opinion, he had an encounter with a UFO — and I don't say that lightly."

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