© The Blunt BloggerFrederick Valentich
October, 1978, was one of the most concentrated periods of U.F.O. sightings in Australian History.
The Frederick Valentich Encounter took place at this time and there were many witnesses to confirm the aspects of these events.
At 6.19 in the evening, Frederick Valentich flew his single-seater, Cessna 182 (designation DSJ) from Moorabbin Airport in Melbourne to King Island. He was in radio contact with the ground, and at 7.06 pm, he radioed an enquiry which was to be the start of a very extraordinary story.
He said, "Melbourne, this is Delta Sierra Juliet. Is there any known traffic below five thousand?"
Melbourne Flight Service reported that they had nothing on the radar.
Valentich reported a large aircraft with four bright lights, and a few seconds later he reported that the object had passed over him, "at least a thousand feet above".
The object stayed in the vicinity of the DSJ, and at 7.08 pm Valentich reported:
"He's playing some kind of game, he's flying over me ....."
At 7.09 pm Valentich reported, "It's not an aircraft, it is .... a long shape ....."
Shortly afterwards he reported that the object was relatively stationary above him;
He then described it as ".... sort of metallic..... all shiny on the outside, and with a green light."
At 7.11 pm Valentich made the first report of his aircraft of, "rough idling" and "coughing", it appeared that the U.F.O. was affecting the plane's performance. (Many people who have encountered UFO's have reported that their engines cut-out whilst in the vicinity of them)
At 7.12 pm, Valentich gave his call sign, and there was an open microphone for seventeen seconds, and then strange, "metallic" sounds.
Frederick Valentich has never been seen or heard of again. There were many theories to what could have happened to him.
There were many speculations of an "Alien Abduction."
Some believed that a very rare and unclassified energy had caused his disappearance, such as a 'meteorological phenomenon'.
It took, just six minutes for these events to unfold, and lead to the disappearance of Frederick Valentich.
His disappearance is still an unsolved mystery.
a cessna 182 is not a single seater, it does have a single engine and four seats in its cabin,it is a relatively high powered aircraft for its size and weight.