澳洲X檔案：失蹤36年的飛行員竟被UFO劫持？（網路圖片）
在該地區當晚拍攝到的照片，在夜空中浮現一個暗色無法辨識的神秘物體（澳洲先驅太陽報）
2014年3月8日，馬航MH370班機失蹤，許多媒體羅列了世界離奇的10大空難，其中都有這一件令澳洲人至今都感到迷惑的事件，其中牽扯到UFO，更令澳洲人無法理解。
1978年10月21日，一名澳洲的飛行員斐德列克·瓦倫提斯（Frederick Valentich）駕駛他的塞斯納（Cessna182L）單螺旋槳小型飛機，在飛往澳洲國王島（King Island）的一次例行貨運航班途中，他告知地面航管員說，他目擊一個「不是飛機」的不明飛行體盤旋在他的飛機前方，但是之後無線電通訊中斷，音訊全無，在經過大規模的搜救行動之後，仍未找到飛機和飛行員的任何蹤跡。
根據澳洲先驅太陽報（heraldsun）在8月9日的報導，維多利亞UFO行動組織（The Victorian UFO Action group）獲得了一個新的線索，希望能夠尋找到阿德萊德（Adelaide）附近一位農民，據稱在瓦倫提斯失蹤以後的早上，這名農民曾親眼目睹30米的飛船盤旋在他的住宅上空，當時這架塞斯納飛機緊靠在飛船的一側，並且在漏油，農夫甚至將飛機的註冊號碼記下來，塗寫在他的拖拉機上，但是後來他絕口不再提起這件事，因為他告訴幾個朋友竟遭到朋友的嘲笑。
今年9月6日，澳洲國內的主要研究人員準備在墨爾本召開全國會議，這事件引發激烈的大辯論。其中一個最後在空中看到飛機的首席研究員喬治•辛普森（George Simpson）談起這名農夫說，如果他還活著，可能有線索解開這個謎團，辛普森說，瓦倫提斯是一名經驗豐富的飛行員，他應該能夠辨識其他的飛行器，但顯然他不能。
後來傳出一張由業餘攝影師在該地區當晚拍攝到的照片，更增添了事件的神秘色彩，照片顯示在夜空中浮現一個暗色無法辨識的物體，不過，照片仍無法證實是否與該事件有相關聯，辛普森坦承目前仍未找到證據。
當時，瓦倫提斯與地面管制員的對話內容如實記錄了目擊不明飛行物的全過程：
19:06:14 DSJ [Valentich]: Melbourne, this is Delta Sierra Juliet. Is there any known traffic below five thousand?
FS [Flight Services; Robey]: Delta Sierra Juliet, no known traffic.
DSJ: Delta Sierra Juliet, I am, seems to be a large aircraft below five thousand.
19:06:44 FS: Delta Sierra Juliet, What type of aircraft is it?
DSJ: Delta Sierra Juliet, I cannot affirm, it is four bright, and it seems to me like landing lights.
FS: Delta Sierra Juliet.
19:07:31 DSJ: Melbourne, this is Delta Sierra Juliet, the aircraft has just passed over me at least a thousand feet above.
FS: Delta Sierra Juliet, roger, and it is a large aircraft, confirmed?
DSJ: Er-unknown, due to the speed it’s travelling, is there any air force aircraft in the vicinity?
FS: Delta Sierra Juliet, no known aircraft in the vicinity.
19:08:18 DSJ: Melbourne, it’s approaching now from due east towards me.
FS: Delta Sierra Juliet.
19:08:41 DSJ: (open microphone for two seconds.)
19:08:48 DSJ: Delta Sierra Juliet, it seems to me that he’s playing some sort of game, he’s flying over me two, three times at speeds I could not identify.
FS: Delta Sierra Juliet, roger, what is your actual level?
DSJ: My level is four and a half thousand, four five zero zero.
FS: Delta Sierra Juliet and you confirm you cannot identify the aircraft?
DSJ: Affirmative.
FS: Delta Sierra Juliet, roger, stand by.
19:09:27 DSJ: Melbourne, Delta Sierra Juliet, it’s not an aircraft it is (open microphone for two seconds).
19:09:42 FS: Delta Sierra Juliet, can you describe the – er – aircraft?
DSJ: Delta Sierra Juliet, as it’s flying past it’s a long shape (open microphone for three seconds) cannot identify more than it has such speed (open microphone for three seconds). It’s before me right now Melbourne.
19:10 FS: Delta Sierra Juliet, roger and how large would the – er – object be?
19:10:19 DSJ: Delta Sierra Juliet, Melbourne, it seems like it’s chasing me. What I’m doing right now is orbiting and the thing is just orbiting on top of me also. It’s got a green light [emphasis mine] and sort of metallic like, it’s all shiny on the outside.
FS: Delta Sierra Juliet
19:10:46 DSJ: Delta Sierra Juliet (open microphone for three seconds) It’s just vanished.
FS: Delta Sierra Juliet.
19:11:00 DSJ: Melbourne, would you know what kind of aircraft I’ve got? Is it a military aircraft?
FS: Delta Sierra Juliet, Confirm the – er - aircraft just vanished.
DSJ: Say again.
FS: Delta Sierra Juliet, is the aircraft still with you?
DSJ: Delta Sierra Juliet; it’s (open microphone for two seconds) now approaching from the south-west.
FS: Delta Sierra Juliet
19:11:50 DSJ: Delta Sierra Juliet, the engine is rough-idling. I’ve got it set at twenty three twenty-four and the thing is (coughing).
FS: Delta Sierra Juliet, roger, what are your intentions?
DSJ: My intentions are – ah – to go to King Island – ah – Melbourne. That strange aircraft is hovering on top of me again (open microphone for two seconds). It is hovering and (open microphone for one second) it’s not an aircraft.
FS: Delta Sierra Juliet.
19:12:28 DSJ: Delta Sierra Juliet. Melbourne (open microphone for seventeen seconds).
