National Archives of Australia relesed files of Frederick Valentich incident

[uforadio]

Thanks to the efforts and Freedom of Information requests of researcher Keith Basterfield, National Archives of Australia has just released previously closed Department of Transport „V116/783/1047“ 315-pages file of Frederick Valentich's incident. It was previously believed that the file was destroyed.

For more information about the release check Keith Basterfield's post here:
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com/2012/06/valentich-files-released-by-australian.html


Background information:
Other posts and annoucements about the release:
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com/2012/06/valentich-file-revealed.html
http://forums.mufon.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=171&page=1
http://forums.mufon.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=171&page=2
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread856300/pg1
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread856300/pg2

Decker/Klass debate where Valentich case was also debated:
http://darkmattersradio.com/dark-matters-blog/item/and-time-keeps-moving-on.html
http://www.theparacast.com/forum/threads/don-klass-debate-in-denver-1992.8585/

Podcast interviews with Andrew Arnold about Valentich incident:
Kate Valentine Show:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheKateValentineUfoShow/~5/UyX1hF1sMQ4/1-6-12.mp3
The Unified Field:
http://podcasts.ckdu.ca/unifiedfield/?p=episode&name=2011-11-06_ufrs3e5-andrew_arnold-vufoa_australia.mp3

Australian Radio National episode devoted to Valentich incident (Frederick's brother interviewed):
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/replay/the-valentich-mystery/2989900

Rare documentaries about the case:
Australian Mosaic 1989 (from AUFORN archives:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prjZ3z1nZJs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq7ZMNXmOnI
Australian TV Show „The Extraordinary“
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbzfVBrMol0
Unsolved Mysteries:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqBbJemxmRI
Sightings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6OEekOWoZU

Best Wishes.
UFORadio
http://ufoprintclip.x10.mx/

[Lee]

Thanks, uforadio! That's a great collection of info on a very important incident. The new FOIA release makes for very interesting reading.

(I just posted a link on our Facebook page too.) :cool:

[uforadio]

Here are new updates about Valentich documents.

Researcher Keith Busterfield just posted on his blog that the second file on Valentich incident is also available at the National Archives of Australia website thanks to efforts of the researcher Andrew Arnold. The second file is titled „VH-DSJ Light aircraft overdue King Island“ and it was owned by the Department of Transport's Marine Operation Centre – MARSAR (Marine Search and Rescue). Document is composed of the coastal search records. It is a chronological attempt to locate possible remains of Valentich's Cessna. More about the release, read Busterfield's post here:
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com/2012/07/second-valentich-disappearance-file.html

For background info on the previous document, check Keith Basterfield's post here:
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com/2012/06/valentich-files-released-by-australian.html

Thanks to Roberto Labanti for the lead.

Best Wishes.

UFORadio
http://ufoprintclip.x10.mx/

[Doc]

Thank you and keep it coming. The Valentich Case is one of the great unexplained cases that the PtB would like to see forgotten.

[uforadio]

Adelaidenow: 'Truth' was out there after all
July 06, 2012
Source: http://tinyurl.com/butdpmv

AN accidental discovery sheds new light on the mysterious disappearance of a pilot in 1978, writes Miles Kemp.

Unlike a myriad other UFO sightings at the time, the claims of 20-year-old pilot Frederick Valentich could not easily be dismissed as a hoax.
Unlike others who said they had seen strange lights or craft in the sky, Valentich was mid-way through a detailed and recorded description of his sighting when he disappeared forever over Bass Strait.

"It is not an aircraft it is . . . ," an air-traffic control transcript records Valentich as saying at 7.09 and 28 seconds on the evening of 21 October 1978.

Valentich was part-way through a seven-minute conversation with Melbourne air traffic control about the craft.

At 7.10pm and 20 seconds, Valentich said: "What I am doing right now is orbiting and the thing is just orbiting on top of me also it has a green light and sort of metallic, it's all shiny (on) the outside."
A long metallic clanging sound marked the end of the transmission and the beginning of a long battle to have all records of the disappearance made public.

<snip>

More at site...