THEY DISAPPEARED
THEY DISAPPEARED
Host: Pat Draven
THEY DISAPPEARED: The Strange Disappearance of Frederick Valentich
6 minutes Posted Mar 4, 2026 at 4:09 am.
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On October 21st 1978, a young pilot named Frederick Valentich rented a single engine airplane for a day trip to Kings Island, off the Southern coast of Australia.

An hour into his trip he radioed air traffic control to report a strange object circling his airplane- during that conversation the radio transmission abruptly ended, and both Frederick and his plane vanished…