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  • DISAPPERANCE OF DELTA SER

    From Joseph Albanese@RICKSBBS to All on Friday, October 02, 2026 06:40:00

    THE DISAPPEARANCE OF DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    1978

    Of all sightings in Australia none has generated so much worldwide attention and concern than that of Fredrick Valentich, a twenty year old flying instructor who disappeared in his Cessna 182 aircraft shortly after
    reporting a UFO sighting over Bass Strait near Cape Otway, on a flight from Moorabbin, Victoria, to King Island, near Tasmania on October 21/1978. Forty-seven minutes after taking off from Moorabbin Airport, Melbourne, at 6:19 pm, Valentich reported seeing an unidentified aircraft to the
    Melbourne Flight Service Unit Controller, Steve Robey. The official transcript of the recorded transmission between the Cessna (registration VH- DSJ) and Melbourne Flight Service Unit (FSU) is provided here. The
    following communications between the aircraft and Melbourne FSU were
    recorded from 19:06 hours.
    TIME FROM TEXT
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    1906:14 VH-DSJ MELBOURNE

    this is DELTA SIERRA JULIET is there any known traffic below five thousand
    :23 FSU DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    no known traffic
    :26 VH-DSJ DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    I am seems to be a large aircraft below five thousand
    :46 FSU DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    what type of aircraft is it
    :50 VH-DSJ DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    I cannot affirm it is four bright it seems to me like landing lights
    1907:04 FSU DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    :32 VH-DSJ MELBOURNE
    this is DELTA SIERRA JULIET the aircraft just passed over me at least a thousand feet above
    :43 FSU DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    roger and it is a large aircraft confirm
    :47 VH-DSJ
    er unknown due to the speed of its traveling is there any air force aircraft
    in the vicinity
    :57 FSU DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    no known aircraft in the vicinity
    1908:18 VH-DSJ MELBOURNE
    it's approaching now from due east towards me
    :28 FSU DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    :42
    // open microphone for two seconds //
    :49 VH-DSJ DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    it seems to me that he's playing some sort of game he's flying over me to
    three times at a time at speeds I could not identify
    1909:02 FSU DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    roger what is your actual level
    :06 VH-DSJ
    my level is four and a half thousand four five zero zero
    :11 FSU DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    and confirm you cannot identify the aircraft
    :14 VH-DSJ
    affirmative
    :18 FSU DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    roger standby
    :28 VH-DSJ MELBOURNE DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    it's not an aircraft it is // open microphone for two seconds //
    :46 FSU DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    can you describe the er aircraft
    :52 VH-DSJ DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    as it's flying past it's a long shape // open microphone for three seconds
    // cannot identify more than that it has such speed // open microphone for three seconds // before me right now Melbourne
    1910:07 FSU DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    roger and how large would er object be
    :20 VH-DSJ DELTA SIERRA JULIET MELBOURNE
    it seems like it's stationary what I'm doing right now is orbiting and the
    the thing is just orbiting on top of me also it's got a green light and
    sort of metallic like it's all shiny on the outside
    :43 FSU DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    :48 VH-DSJ DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    // open microphone for five seconds // it's just vanished
    :57 FSU DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    1911:03 VH-DSJ MELBOURNE
    would you know what kind of aircraft I've got is it a type of military
    aircraft :08 FSU DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    confirm the er aircraft just vanished
    :14 VH-DSJ
    say again
    :17 FSU DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    is the aircraft still with you
    :23 VH-DSJ DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    it's a nor // open microphone for two seconds // now approaching from the south-west
    :37 FSU DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    :52 VH-DSJ DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    the engine is rough idling I've got it set at twenty three twenty four and
    the thing is coughing
    1912:04 FSU DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    roger what are your intentions
    :09 VH-DSJ
    my intentions are ah to go to King Island ah Melbourne that strange aircraft
    is hovering on top of me again // two seconds open microphone // it is
    hovering and it's not an aircraft
    :22 FSU DELTA SIERRA JULIET
    :28 VH-DSJ DELTA SIERRA JULIET MELBOURNE
    // 17 seconds open microphone //
    :49 FSU DELTA SIERRA JULIET MELBOURNE

    [TRANSMISSION ENDS]
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