THEY DISAPPEARED: The Strange Disappearance of Frederick Valentich
From THEY DISAPPEARED by Host: Pat Draven
March 4, 2026 · 7 min · Season 7 · Episode 4
About this episode
The episode discusses the mysterious disappearance of pilot Frederick Valentich during a flight in 1978.
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…
People in this episode
Host: Pat Draven
Topics covered
- disappearance
- aviation
- mystery
- true crime
- UFO
- Australia
Keywords
- Frederick Valentich
- disappearance
- UFO
- aviation mystery
- Kings Island
- Australia
- true crime
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Kings Island, Southern coast of Australia
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