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The Valentich Vanishing Act

Author
FLASH FICTION
Published
Tue 02 Sep 2025
Episode Link
https://truealiens.substack.com/p/the-valentich-vanishing-act

Welcome back, fellow Truth Seekers, to your daily dose of the unexplained on the TRUE ALIENS SHOW! Buckle up and lock your doors, because today, we're diving headfirst into one of the most baffling pilot disappearances in history that smells fishier than a Grey's autopsy table. Get ready for unfiltered, raw, and uncut details on the Valentich Vanishing Act!

Join us as we rip open FILE #12: THE VALENTICH VANISHING ACT (OR, HOW TO DISAPPEAR OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH WITH A METALLIC SCREECH). On October 21, 1978, over the notoriously weird Bass Strait, Australia, young pilot Frederick Valentich set off on a routine flight. What happened next is straight out of the X-Files and still stumps everyone from official investigators to your drunk uncle with a conspiracy board.

At around 7:06 PM, Frederick radios Melbourne Air Traffic Control asking about traffic below 5,000 feet. ATC says the sky's clear, but Frederick knows something is terribly, horribly wrong. He reports seeing a large aircraft with FOUR bright landing lights that isn't moving like any plane he knows. This isn't just weird; it's a "Shiny F****r" situation.

Things escalate faster than a rocket launch. He describes the object as "long," "metallic," "shiny," with a "green light," moving fast, then incredibly, HOVERING right above him. In chilling clarity, he tells ATC, "It seems to be playing some sort of game... flying over me two, three times at speeds I could not identify." Translation: An ET motherlover is buzzing his tower, and he's "Playing Games".

Then, the terror ramps up. His engine starts acting possessed, coughing like it smoked a pack of cosmic cigs. He desperately asks ATC what this thing is, but they have NO f*****g clue. His final, haunting transmission describes the "strange aircraft is hovering on top of me again... it is hovering and it's not an aircraft...". What followed sent shivers down the spine of reality: 17 seconds of harsh, metallic, scraping noises over the open mic. Like someone dragging cosmic fingernails down the blackboard of reality. Then, SILENCE. Radio silence. Forever.

A massive air and sea search was launched, scouring the Bass Strait for any sign of Frederick Valentich or his Cessna VH-DSJ. They found JACK. S**T. No wreckage, no oil slick, no seat cushion, no pilot. He simply Vanished. Poof. Gone like a politician's promise.

The official report? A shrug, a mumble about "cause unknown," maybe pilot disorientation, maybe suicide. The standard "Government Shrug" and "Government Gaslighting 101". We call bullsh*t. The lack of debris field is statistically improbable for a standard crash. The Specificity of the Sound – Metallic. Scraping. – has experts scratching their heads; it matches nothing conventional.

This case isn't just about a missing pilot; it’s a Poster Child for Pilot UFO Encounters. It fits the "Non-Human Intelligence" Template perfectly – metallic object, hovering, non-aerodynamic flight, green light, causing EM interference (engine trouble). It screams COVER-UP. Was it a Classic Abduction, the plane zapped by a tractor beam and taken aboard? Was it Accidental Destruction from exotic EM fields? Or did he fly through an Interdimensional Portal? Was it even something crazier, like an Alien Specimen Collection?

Dive deep with us as we explore the theories, the chilling ATC tape, the strange local reports, and the absolute lack of conventional explanation for the Metallic Scraping that was Valentich's final transmission. This isn't just a historical footnote; it's a stark reminder that sometimes, They're out there. And sometimes, they play games.

Don't miss this deep dive into the Bass Strait Baffler, a case that put Australian Ufology on the map and fuels the "What If?" Factor to this day.

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