On a fateful day in 1978, a young Australian pilot named Frederick Valentich took flight on a routine training mission. Little did he know that his journey would forever become shrouded in mystery and intrigue. As he soared through the skies, Valentich's radio transmissions grew increasingly frantic, detailing an encounter with an unidentified flying object. Valentich nor his aircraft were ever seen again.  References:  Victorian UFO Research Society (VUFORS): http://members.ozemail.com.au/~vufors/valensum.htm Book, Nothing on Radar: The Valentich Mystery, by George Simpson: https://www.amazon.com.au/Nothing-Radar-Valentich-George-Simpson/dp/B0B8H967PR Copies of summary reports, National Archives of Australia, DSJ – Cape Otway to King Island 21 October 1978 – Aircraft Missing (Valentich): https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ShowImage.aspx?B=10491375&T=PDF The Last Words of Frederick Valentich, presentation with Dr. Richard Haines: https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOB/comments/ttvo61/the_chilling_last_words_of_frederick_valentich/ Music: Theme Music by Oddity Jane 'Filaments' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 'Glow' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 'A Dragon's Lullaby (Original)' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 'The Encounter' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 'Within Our Nature' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 'Sunday Smooth' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 'Effervescence' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oddity-jane/message