Valentich Disappearance
Encounter record consolidated from case-specific archive subjects. Reported components: Valentich Long Metallic Object. Detailed morphology, verification status and citations remain attached to the component claims.
Canonical Classification
This case is linked to the broad craft/species families used by the main catalogue.
Elongated / Cigar / Cylinder
Elongated craft reports including cigar, cylinder, oblong, Tic Tac, tube, silo, submarine and blimp-like descriptions.
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These granular records retain the original morphology, evidence status and source provenance for this encounter. They are intentionally not separate top-level catalogue shapes/species.
Valentich Long Metallic Object (1978 Report)
Case-specific aerial object described by pilot Frederick Valentich during his final radio transmission over Bass Strait as a long, shiny metallic object with a green light that repeatedly passed over and hovered above his Cessna. The dossier does not assert that the object caused his disappearance.