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UFO case file · UFO-0073

Frederick Valentich disappearance — NICAP listing

CE2Australia1978-10-21

Over Bass Strait near King Island, Victoria / Bass Strait, Australia

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Case description

This NICAP listing concerns the same disappearance as UFO-18008. The compared government-file account reports engine trouble and an undetermined outcome; neither listing establishes an abduction.

Recorded details

Witnesses
1 pilot on radio
Craft description
Object with green lights reportedly pacing aircraft
Coordinate precision
Site/area approximate
Date precision
Exact

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