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Shattered Souls

Thinking Sideways: The Valentich Disappearance

Shattered Souls

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Education

4.34.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2013

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

On October 21, 1978 20 year old Frederick Valentich piloted his Cessna across the Bass Strait. He and his plane were never seen again but the final six minutes of his life were recorded in a conversation with the airport tower. The recording and transcript of that conversation have sparked a controversy that is still unsettled today.

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0:00.0

Hey guys, Steve here. You are listening to one of our original 26 episodes. If you've

0:05.9

listened to any of our new episodes, you're gonna notice that we're sounding a little

0:09.6

different in these ones. Yeah, there's a reason for that. There is. They've been remastered.

0:13.8

They have been remastered. Because they had a really annoying hum. Yeah, I mean a huge

0:18.6

thanks to listener James for doing almost all of the legwork on this thing. Yes. You'll

0:23.2

also notice if you had listened to what we're calling the last 26 episodes before, and

0:28.2

you're re-listening now, the music and sound effects are gone. Yes, we've gone back to

0:33.4

straight audio. So, be warned. We sound a little different today than we do in what

0:37.6

you're about to listen to. Yeah. Bye. Bye.

0:41.3

Oh, hey there. Hi, I didn't see you there, but welcome to the show. We're so magic. We

1:06.2

can see through podcasts. Thanks for joining us here at thinking sideways. I am Steve, as

1:13.7

you probably well know, and of course on my right is Devon. Hi. And on her right would

1:19.7

be Joe. Again, I'll point out also your left. Yeah, I was gonna go there, but you beat me.

1:24.2

I didn't have to spray the product. Yeah, really. Well, yeah. If this is a circle. Yeah, this

1:29.6

is kind of an awkward shaped circle. But anyway, this is taking sideways the podcast and

1:36.1

this week, we're gonna bring to you another story that's got some odd circumstances that

1:42.0

I found pretty interesting. And this is one that is that is dubbed the Valentinch Disappearance.

1:48.6

So for anybody that hasn't heard this story before, fasten your seat belts, put your

1:56.0

trays in the upright position and hang on. Is this a plane story? This is totally a plane

2:01.1

story. But it's not just about planes. It's about UFOs. It's about dinosaurs. It's about

2:06.6

sea monsters. It's got everything. All right. We're off. Come on. Sorry. I'm giving away. I'm

2:13.2

giving away plot these days. Sorry. You have got to stop drinking eight glasses of cool

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