THEY DISAPPEARED: The Strange Disappearance of Frederick Valentich

THEY DISAPPEARED: The Strange Disappearance of Frederick Valentich

March 3, 2026 · 7 min · Season 7 · Episode 4

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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…

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