Australian pilot Frederick Valentich disappeared without a trace 41 years ago and the incident is believed to be related to an unidentified flying object (UFO).

Australian pilot encountered a flying saucer and mysteriously disappeared?

According to Historic Mysteries, on October 21, 1978, Frederick Valentich left Melbourne, Australia to begin the 125-mile flight to King Island. This was only Frederick’s second flight in a Cessna 182L.

Nearly an hour later, Frederick contacted air traffic control in Melbourne, asking if there were any planes in the area. The answer Frederick received was no.

During the 6-minute conversation, Frederick asserted that he saw the strange object getting closer and closer. Frederick could not confirm whether it was a plane or not.

According to Valentich’s description, the strange object has at least four lights, one is blue, has an elongated shape, and shines brightly on the outside.

The UFO was extremely fast, constantly approaching and chasing Frederick from many different angles. Just before the call ended, Frederick talked about the plane’s engine having problems and then the signal disappeared.

Fredrick and the Cessna this pilot controlled at night mysteriously disappeared.

There are many theories about why Frederick disappeared with a personal plane. Some people said they saw the plane on fire. Others claimed that at the end of the recording there was a sound like two pieces of metal hitting each other.

The last words air traffic control could hear from Frederick were: “That’s not a plane.” The massive search and rescue that followed did not find any trace of Frederick or the Cessna.

At the time of Frederick’s disappearance, many people talked about seeing strange lights in the area near King Island and Bass Strait. It is worth noting that Frederick has learned about UFOs in the past.

But that doesn’t mean Frederick intentionally made up the whole story. The most reasonable hypothesis is that the Cessna had engine problems and fell into the sea. The plane’s wreckage lies somewhere at the bottom of the sea with no way to find it.