Valentich UFO Encounter Solved

Abstractâ??This paper presents new evidence regarding the now-famous disappearance of Frederick Valentich, who was flying a Cessna airplane on the evening of October 21, 1978, somewhere near Cape Otway SW of Melbourne. The testimony of three witnesses is given, each of whom claim they saw an airplane descending downward at a steep angle with a much larger object with green lights flying just above it. A plot of the most probable flight path is also included. Based on this new evidence, taken in conjunction with the pilotâ??s own in-flight reporting of sighting events, we have to conclude that there appears to be sufficient evidence to suggest that Valentichâ??s airplane probably crashed into the sea SE of Cape Marengo between 3 and 12 miles offshore. The nature of the large object with green lights that accompanie