A u s tra lia n G o ve rn m e n t N A T IO N A l Your story, our history These copies are provided for research or study purposes. Before making use of the material for other purposes (for example publication) you should familiarise yourself with any copyright obligations. Series number: B638 Control symbol: M116/783/1047 PART 1 Number of pages: 200 Accident on C182L - Moorabbin Vic/King Island Tas - 21 October 1978 VH-DSJ [includes multiple newspaper cuttings regarding incident folder contains two piles] DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT Related Files R t ^ U t S T S fe O A R D i/ v Q - A c 'c u OfiTNi T T o i g l u FILE DIVISION NOTICE The large number of papers processed in relation to the subject of this file has necessitated a division of the original file at this point. Earlier papers are held on the following parts. Date Opened (2 om m ission p e d e r c d A v-/ str Fe d e r a l, t r a n s p o r t d e p t ^ EL ft?h,al^aecoi>ntablt ircr- alisgptarn5/ [J^CGflrJjeT 2B,tVI^lf8 -LflSp Knou/npos'-SOmileS oFPMiart'i- Ckdrterec/ DC 3 Pgsswger Plane Last record eel message ;W<; can .seethe lights of Mia/ini now/. All's Weil-U/illstand by for fonaing ihsfrwioriS-.....they never q rrli/edat Miami and in fact to this ofqa nothing hqs been -fauna to jugaest that the aircraft crashed? it simply flew off th i S p/qner sc? to SpeqJC.Jncred ible f fes ~t of the facts are SPEciAL ITEM Date-December Sth-IlfcS. , . ^ *\ Missing qircrFt'-5 T8M Avenger Torpedo bombersYF/ight 19} Last Knot** pcs--ZZ 5mi ls Nf-E- ftrt Lauderdale,Floric/q. f Last reoor^eH rtiessqqe'* Danger,do not attempt to foflouj. First Hint of trouble *o tw JecArfaf/igtt t**** comm. - Lf.Tailor - ( Flight Leader): Call ing tow/er-7h is is an emergency. lA/e sem to he off course- We connot^e* land* Repeat-We cannot see land- Thwer.'U/hot is your position : Lf* Taylor -\Ale are not .sure of our posit ion -We cannot he sore. wUer* we are........vUe Stem to he lost Tower: Assume bearing Joe West . Lf. Taylor- : We o|on'+ Know Which Way is west ^UeryHimy is wrong 5tranae\A/e cant he sure of any direction-even the ocean doesnt looK as it should. P ate: DeconUV Stii-rthS MiSSingqircrqft-M art in Mariner LqSt Known DOS* :^5 milesAi.C-FortUuderdale,Plorida-...... fescue mission for Flight I1!. The Department of the Ajav/g issuedthe following statement: '^Evidence concerning the loss of 5 Avenger hombers^nd q subsequent rescue mission on December 5th /?4-5 is insufficient To determine exactly what did happen* 1 Will nou/ attempt to explain togou why the d isappearances occurred and hoW they correlate with the rnusterious d isappeanance of Frederic* V/enticb -over the Bass Strait-Uofortunately | fear that he will neuer be found but he is still qlive but more than li Kelut no longer on this planet-This >5 not a cranK theory----as / will exp/ain LG ecn c u M ^ z ie u bQ1* h i'^ F f !d * J c ritC L ; y a e a u r e . p G c fu u p ^ r*, r ;- ^ fllU jO l- ; ;/ G 3U u o ^ n i e ot Ora boZJ|lfit>.^VG C3 v c l ar,L*> tf JUWit: 2 ~L8W VACO^QL jpLbscio poiwpu-(H^P; tp i D^L* .*tHcsujpci. ^ ^-;.Ectv^ u ew^ Cl LU (\d 31 \Af !d W ! n\Jci :u Id c i io Lui2 d d tt lif>iytui? *,'q{? -Is Uf*S * W K UWV' ^ :eO'"U5 afcbW!^! Ihe plain fact is thqt UFOS c|o existqnd the fact that they are sighted so much at sq is because they uti Ijse rhe cl*ctdca| p o t e n t i a l ofs-ea waier-'/es much in +he Same WayaS uve have our hydro-electric powerj>knt$ they have a highly-advanced Technique in recharging their g e n e r a t o r s . Because of this they create g serf of f o r c e fVefd in lA/Wich the attraction between molecules would be tn?Mnelovs. Such areas could be classified as a time vortex. Anyone enteringsuch an are a dvringthis time would find if (difficult fo apprehend and if is lively that their radio contact Would be short- lived, n short incredible q$ itsounds they are "transported into another dimension./sJo trace of the craft or ) ts occupants Would be found unless ituJaS only a part Vortex and then they wou/d only experience q time loss. . Don't worru about this information being confidential- It is time tine public was given the straight fqcts-Do they thinJC ^ we belieVe those rid*cu/ous reasons given when a plane 'Vanises"wi+houf trace. Flying upside down ?-0h comeoA now- \Ajhoare we Kiddingthese are the facts iSevere magnetic, forces do exist created by these UfoS andthey are responsible for the disappearance o f not just (OOs but joooV of craft including mi litaryand navaf- We caO'tao around ignoring it anymore -.somefliiog definitely exists jo theSe"force-field"areqS* The list or missing aircraft unaccounted for over the, years reads l/Ke an encyclopedia and remember no wrec/Cggej Survivors or o'i) slices Were ever Found. - unconfirmed confidential report In mid-October* (943 the U-S /sfavy allegedly conducted a series of tests in various Jocat ions-Informed sources Say they experimented w ith m a g n e t i c force Fit Ids ctnJ cicfvaJIg caused a destrojerand its cera/ to vanish temporari IgTeSffbr a tim e both tbesbipand its enfirecreu/ were in an o th er dim enSion-This has been calledThe Philadelphia Experiment 'bnd it proves the p o in t-th a t if the magnetic force is pou/erfuv enough it can change m olecular structure to lu c h a n extent th a t if no longer exists i n t h i s dim en sion. K e p o r t s a i v e n f r o m c r a f t c a u g h t u p in u n u s u a l c o n d i t i o n s U s u a l l y i n d i c a t e t h a t t h e o c c u p a n t s a r e d i s o r i e n t a t e d f o r t h i s r e a s o n t h e y a r e u s u a l l y t o s s e d a s i d e a s n o n s e n s e - T h i s is not t h e c a s e - m o s t p e o p l e w o u l d pqnic-qnd h a v e d i f f i c u l t y e x p l a i n i n g f u l l y u J h a t in the first i n s t c i n c e t h e y c o u l d not Onderstand l o g i c a l l y . . The d i s a p p e a r a n c e o f fredtricK V a / e n f i c h is a c / *5s / c c a s e a n d h e w i l l j o i n t h e e v e r g r o w i n g l i s t o f m y s t e r i o u s NN V o r t e x " c a s e s . "frg and qnswer the f otuing . What iS tim e? when did it begin When w ill it end ? Where cjid space begin Where does it end y of Caro [go Cosc/o June 7d, Puiilinq isnt it* | give goo finally the true storg oy caroign C iqblf. At about the "time she shov/d have reached Srand Ti/rK Island in her CeSSnq |*72;airport personnel could See a Cessna /70. circling the islanc^covld hear the pilof)G*rolgn Coscio talking to her passenger Richard Rosen but Coo/c/not mate radio contact from the towerThe pilotsaidthe island wc& not Grand Turfc because $he cou/d see nothing doum there.Then the unusual question - 'Ms there no wag out of this? A nIowv the burning question: l F Carolgn Coscio crashed * Where is the wreckage etc* etc. If airport personel on the island eovMsee her plane and heqr her conversation whg cwfdn*f Croh|OCoScio see the tower- Pundits expound the theory that if she had in fact entered a tme'Vorte*she was>in factdooKinq at the island but at a period in time before the airport was built-MaKesgou situpqnd th'mK doesnt7f. 1 nope these facts help gour ingyirg ifgou are prepared to digest them tull^* ^oors sincerely tfffMM' tfocU&W . '7 OodenySirm'" WcumloaujU, PRINTED M ATTER ONLY If not delivered withtn 7 days, return to DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT BOX 1839Q. MELBOURNE 3001 Aust. Press Guttings Agency "ADVERTISER" Bendigo, Vic. 230CT ii.o MELBOURNE (AUP) The parents of a young pilot whose plane vanished over Bass Strait at the weekend believe he could have been taken by UFO. A full air and sea search between King Island and the Victorian coast yesterday failed to find any trace of the miss ing plane. The single engined Cessna 182$ radio cut out at 7.12 pm on Saturday, seconds after the pilot told air traffic controllers that a largo object hovering above him was "not an aircraft." Four minutes earlier the pilot, Mr Frederick Valentich, 20, radioed that the craft was flying towards him and "seems to be playing some sort of game, flying at a speed I cannot estimate. Mr Valentich then said: Its not an aircraft, its . . . before his radio transmission broke briefly. When asked by air traffic con trollers to describe the object he said it was "a long shape with a sort of metallic light on the outside, He was told there were no planes in the area. Mr Valentich: The engine Is rough idling and coughing. "Im proceeding to King Island. Unknown aircraft is hovering on top of me. It is not an aircraft. After the Melbourne flight service had acknowledged that call there was a long metallic noise on the radio and nothing more was heard from the plane. Mr Valentlchs parents said last night their son, the eldest of four children, had planned to fly to King Island and bring back some crayfish later on Saturday night. They did not believe a theory ad vanced yesterday that Frederick may have accidentally turned the plane upside down or Into a steep bank after becoming disorientated in the Mr Guido Valentich said he believ ed the Department of Transport was tryng to cover up so people won't get alarmed. A Department spokesman said last night that if the plane had invert ed ' the pilot could have seen light from the Cape Otway and King Is land light houses reflected on cloud patches above him. The spokesman said conditions in the area when the plane vanished about 4500 ft were perfect and he should have had almost unlimited An RAAF plane searching the area yesterday spotted an oil slick on the water and dropped a buoy to mark the spot. The searchers will collect a sample today to see If It is aviation fuel. Another single engine plane dis appeared without trace in Bass Strait on December 24, 1969. The Fuji plane crashed into the sea 8 km off Cape Otway on a flight from King Island, and no trace of the pilot or the plane was ever The Department of Transport spokesman said the plane was carry ing life jackets and a high fre quency survival beacon which was de signed to operate if the plane crashed into the water, A twin-engined aircraft with 11 people aboard has been ditched in the sea off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. There has been no word of the fate of either the pilot or his 10 pas land Association for the Science, says the proble: worlds starving will beco the next two decades. In these conditions, tion In relation to her potential agricul tural productivity will not pass unnoticed by hungry peoples as the problems asso ciated with their further population growth intensify, he said. In terser words, that means that we will not be permitted to sit around forever in this lovely but largely empty land, present consumption sive risk to its agricult In the long run, i to Australias farmers, mered in recent years many of them have wondering whether tl Where is best to absorb the sun on days like there were at the weekend? Christine Tuner, 18, (pictured) and Leonne Cahill, 20, decided Lake Weeroona was the best. But others may have argued that the Bendigo Racecourse was a more relaxing place, or a trip to Echuca for the Rich River Festival. O r for other people it was a trip to an nual a g r i cultural shows at M ary borough and Charl With the warm weather expected to continue people are sure to keep on en joying it . . . I Of Transport' Aust. Press Cuttings Agency Melbourne, Victoria SUNRAYSIA DAILY" Mildura, Vic. AUSTRALIAN UNITED PRESS ELBOURNE The parents of a young pilot whose plane vanished over Bass Strait at the weekend believe he could have been taken by a UFO A full air and sea search between King Island and the Victorian coast yesterday failed to find any trace of the missing plane. The single-engined Ces- to cover up so people won't radio cut out at get alarmed. 7.12 p.m. Saturday, seconds A department spokesman after the pilottoldair said last night that if the traffic controllers large object hovering above could have seen light him was not an aircraft. from the Cape Otway and Four minutes earlier, the King Island pilot, Mr Frederick Valen radioed that the above him. craft was flying towards him and seems to be play- plane disappeared without ing some sort of game, fly- trace in Bass Strait on De in g at a speed c ember 24 Mr Valentich then said, "it's not an aircraftits transmission broke brief When asked by air traf fic controllers to describe the object he said it was a long shape with a sort of metallic light He was told there were no planes in the area engine is rough idling and Im proceeding to King Island. Unknown is hovering on top of me. It is not an aircraft. flight service had acknow ledged that call, there was a long metallic noise on the was heard from the plane. M r Valentichs said last night that eldestfour children, had nlanned to fly to King Island and bring back later on Saturday They did not believe theory advanced yesterday that Frederick accidently turned the plane upside down or into a bank after becoming oriented in the dark CUNRAYSIA Community College took a step closer ^ * reality yeslerday with the approval cf $200,000 being given for the preparation of de signs for the first stage of the college The approval was welcome news for the col- steering committee which has been ,t and advice for: may have a hear working toward this goal since 1974. use hearing aids Mr Peter Fisher, MUR for Quality aids Mailer, said yesterday that the college would be a focus for post-secondary education in North West Victoria and Sou'h Wales, given yesterday for the pre paration of designs virtual meant that the Government had committed itself to the college If the designs are in by could begin with an envisaged opening Mr Fisher said The college will cost an estimated $4.5 million Mr Fisher said it was an. icipated building would provide class rooms, library and resource facilities Sunraysia schools. In the proposed 1919 pro- t now for Federal Govern- million for Technical Further Education expenditure. Kaye Gambetta, who is a eering committee, was de riited with the news yes- IVE AIR Aust. Press Cuttings Agency Melbourne. Victoria "CHRONICLE" Toowoomba, Qld. PLANE IS MISSING it's coming for me right now' MELBOURNE (A .A .P .). A pilot missing in Bass Strait reported being buzzed by an unidentified object for a quarter of an hour before los ing radio contact with Melbourne air traffic controllers, a Department of Transport spokesman said yesterday. The department's public relations officer, Mr Ken Williams, said the pilot radioed air traffic con trollers at 7 p.m. Sat urday and reported an aircraft flying below him at about 4500 feet. Mr Williams said the controllers told the pilot there were no other planes in the area. He said the pilot then asked control to check if it could be an Air Force plane, considering the speed it was travelling. The controllers reported no other aircraft, including Air Force planes, in the The pilot then told con trollers the object was long and metallic, with four bright lights on the top, and appeared to be playing with his Cessna. The pilots last com munication with ground control was that he was having trouble with one engine after the object had hovered over him for some time but he was heading towards King Mr Williams said the department believed it was possible the pilot was disoriented and was flying his plane upside down during the conversation with ground control. It was possible the pilot was seeing the lights of the Cape Otway light house and that of King Island as he was flying inverted in the early He said an R.A.A.F. Orion search aircraft spotted an oil slick in the area where the light plane was believed to have gone The missing pilot Is Frederick Valentich of Avondale Heights,