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MARSAR NO . 18/1205.
NARRATIVE :
LI GUT AIRCRAFT OVERDUE AT KING I SLAND.
1. Airways Operations Melbourne adviaed that a Diat r esa phaso had
been ini t i a t ed on a Cessna 182 overdue at King Island on a flight
f rom Moorabbin to King Island. The aircr a ft had reyorted a r ough
nmn in,=" engine pr ior to communications being lost.
"". . n luqency ftlc e.qc \las pasaed to VI:i. for t:r .l nswission r equest-
.in] sl'Jhtin; and }\.US:Uw waD cheCKed awl t he
vo;!!J"w:" HI\:-lI,,; Y was thought to be in the vicinity. VIM
..JOS dskeJ to cont.net the vensel.
J . . ."I L th:lt th ",'.:::1 p r obably :wc1:1af)',j
",hun t:he trouble began. Nancy tenth was not e;nr.o1oyed at t his
until aircr aft 's position could be confirmed .
... Eight vessel S answe red t he XXX me-sililge :"J t only Heath
was in an ImmuJ iatoly UBdful position. Pour of thQ3e vessels were
r e leased but the otfiers were not as they could enter
the area later MNancy which had offer ed to a ss ist was
requcstd to proceed down the ai rcraft t s intended track to 5 mile
from Cape Wi ckham anJ if nothing sighted to resume its
course.
5. SOC said the airerafe seeing things (pe rhaps a
UFO) shortly after departing Cape Otway at 0903Z and reque Bted
311 work out the drift about the northern tip of fa ng Islan" .
ACSC advi sed that normally only the sea current given as StiC work
out the rest. A. SOC aeemed unsure of procedures ACSC agreed to
provide seacurrent and wind current calculations clarifying
with the SOC. The target, the op1aail point . the wind
. aloo ity and the proposed search datum time . Thia
pcocou
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""D..!O cxp..i.a lned later b) tile ana ",,'10 tli )ught 1\CSC had
a compute:: t ha t provided all thQ!;e answer a ll SOC !ILso requcated
ACSC to ask local fishing boats
6. A King Is1al1j
all fishll1':l boats
before .
cray fisherman , Mr Graham Olive! that
had final l y tile! f.;uuJIJcl l.iC ed the day
1 . The xxx was suspended overnight as it had been
sufficiently promulgated .
8 . soc AMML amended t he
Advised him to use a Sea
at 21 2000Z.
spl sh point by 22 miles at 21l418Z .
Cu r rent/Wind Cur r ent sector of 100/6
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The urgency ge was r ei natated at fir e t
11 . -Nancy Heath- oeported a negative reault to her
aearch and a atrong eaterly d ri f t in the a r ea .
12. An Orlon ai r craft and crayfish boats from Ki ng Island
cO':lJ"I&enced sealcbinfJI at fir s t light . Search vessela were
r eques t ed to s earch fo r a survivor or wreckage on a orift line of
100 d*grcea f r om
13 . (JUan ccpv r t et.! an oil s lick i n p.:>s i tio n 392(J Z 101 404 a nd a
cy wa s on RTG/RtF s ee kinq to de taln a
IlJl lo: .
14. .' in} r -'. 6n 1. 11'1 'l $ t> "t; ! re':ilui ned in t he pos t tion of
01 1 sl i.cK Ilhieh appe3re d to oo,l\e from Q s t a t i.on a ry sour oe .
15 . RCC MU04L ce.jue8ted subnla rine criEt . "f his i nfo.mat ion was
prov ided f r om many aources but the indication was that the re
woul d be no net flow thcough Dass St r ait in t he pr evai ling
we ... ttler ..;oJ".Ji "..iv:"I6 .
16. '" numbe r of r epoctt: o f a faat mov ing br i lliant white light
were rece ived f r ota vari ous par ts ot t.he c ountry . I1t Stcomlo
ObbE:CvatoLY auviaed t hat t he ni gh t of thll .llst "'da the peak of
t he meteor ite 9t r eam with 10-15 s 1ght i ngs pe r hour cbi eved .
17. The collected 4n o il Dample and coope eated wi th the
Dc i on in investigating i t s contac t s .
18 . 'l'he u egency mes s age ..,a5 c anc e l l ed a t 232328Z but the aie
seaech continued .
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A Cy r equest i ng vessels
Apollo Bay was broadcast
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240445 Z.
pos sible t wo obJects
20 . It fo e the a r ea tor 24070QZ was pr ovhled .
21. At the search for the airc Cd!t was i na ted with
no ei yhti ngo ot wr eckage o r body mad e despite i ntens ive
in s mall a rea .
22 . Aa a postscript to th1a mystery , wr eckage W4
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r eyocted off
Lakes checked by police but waa no t r elevant t o this
search. The pilot 's father believed that a UFO had taken his
.on and wou l d re later. The accident r eceived wide
newspaper and television cover because of the UFO connection.
23. Incident closed.
A.S. (Finance Branch)
CANBERRA
76/375
MARSAR
3 1 JAN 1919
Three Treasury Vouchers are hereby forwarded tor
payment. The Vouchers are tor the charter of three fIshing
vessels, the HEI..EN D, BALAMARA t\M NAUTILUS 1. The vessels
carried out a surface search tor the 81ss1ng aircraft in the
Baas Stral t area on 22 October 1978.
2. The charter vas authorised by the Australian Coastal
Surveillance Centre end it 115 requested that appropriate
accounting and peyaent action be taken.

for FAS (CSD)
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AUSTRALIAN OF TRANSPORT
MARISE OPERATIONS CENTRE
AUSTRALIAN SHIP REPORTIKG SYSTEM AND SAR ORGANISATION
QUESTIONNAIRE OF SHIPS PARTICULARS
Name _____________ Call Sign YeaI' Built _____ _
If name c han8ed, previous name and call sign
GROSS ____________ LENGTH _________________ ,SPEED
TYPE OF VESSEL _________________________ TYPE OF ENGINE ______________ __
!\'lJMBER OF CREY N1JMBER OF PASSENGERS (IF ANY) DR. CARRIED
Yes / No
PORT NATION OF REGISTRY
MAJOR LIFE SAVING
TOTAL NUHBER OF LIFEBOATS ___________ _
NUMBER OF MOTORISED LIFEBOATS __
NUMBER AND CAPACITY OF INFLATABLE LIFE RAFTS ___ X __ MAN __ X ___ MAN.
_X_MAN,
RADIO EQUIPMENT
W/ T Main Freq. (M/ F & H/ F)
Wi T Reserve/ Emergency TX Freq .
R / T Main Transmitter Froq _________________ VHF Channel 16
R/ T Emorgency Transmitt e r' Freq (156 BM
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Lj feboa t/Li fe raft Tr'an!l mi t te r Freq .
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Yes / No'"
Radio Vatch Koeping Hours _______________________ _
OWNER/ CHARTERER ___________________________________________________ _
AUSTRALIAN AGENTS _________________________ _
DO YOU RECEIVE COPIES OF NAVAUS MESSAGES YES/NO
DO YOU RECEIVE WEAPONS PRACTICES NOTICES YES/NO""
00 YOU HOLD ON BOARD ANNUAL SUMHARY OF AUSTRALIAN NOTICES TO
MARINERS
YES/NO;"
On te _______ _
Signed Mastol'
* Dolete whichever not applicable
MINUTE
76/375
MARSAR 78/1205 i: ::::
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CANBEIiHl\---
,3 1 JAN 1979
Bess Strait Search for Missing Aircraft _
Charter of Fishing Vessels .
Three Treasury Vouchers are hereby forwarded for
payment . The Vouchers are for the charter of three fishing
vessels , the HELEN D, BALAMARA and NAUTILUS 1. The vessels
carried out 8 surface search for the missing aircraft in the
Bass Strait area on 22 October 1978.
2 . The charter was authorised by the Australian Coastal
Surveillance Centre and it is requested that appropriate
accounting and payment action be taken.
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(W. M. B1umenf d)
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Hr. David Simmonds .
Australian Coastal Surveillance Centre ,
Department of Transport ,
P. O. Box 3
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CANllERRA. 2601
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Baas Stra.t t Search tor m ina'
Alrcratt
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE
80 ElIZA8ETH STfH'=ET
H08ART
Attached tor Your information and attention
are three Trea.ury Vouchere for a combined co.t of " , 838. 45.
The coete were i ncurred during arch for a C ...
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aircraft
piloted Prederick Valeotich which w.ot mi.eing on a flight
fro. Moorobbio, Victoria to Xing leland 00 the 21.t Oc tober ,
1978.
Statements are al80 enclo8ed by the pereons Who
undertOok the .earch fOllOWing a telephone call from your office
at apProximately 9. 00 p on Saturday, the 21.t Oc tober , '978.

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FOR ENOUIRIES CON1ACT
MR.. ..... . ... ...... .
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COf.!MISSIONEA'S
80 ElIZA8ETH STRf"ET
HOBART
21st December, 1978
Search Carried Out for MiSsing Ai reT.:! ft
n'e three <tached Treasury Vouchers for.
combined COSt of $1.838 . 45 is forwarded for Your information
'nd consideration Please in transmitting the file to the
Austr'lian CoaSt" Surveillance Centre for COnsider.tion of
haVing the VOuchers paid for.
The COSts .ere inCUrred during a search for
a Ces sna aircraft pilOted by Frederick Valentich Which .ent
.issing On a flight from Moorabbin. Victoria to King ISland
on 21 st OCtOber. 1978. To date. no evidence has been obtained
to indicate .hat happened to the Plane Or Pilot during the fJ ight
mentioned.
(H. C. Rainbird)
ASSISTANT OF POLICE
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S" ... _ At about 9 JlC on Saturday the 21et of October 1978, I
Recched a hne call Pr Ol'er tion., CANBllr1llA, I lVas
reque.ted to organ1ze sooe boats to Corry out a .ea re.Cue.search
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I then organized t;xeo of the largest boats on the rsland
one of which 1s Own to cO=Oence .e. search early on the mOrning
of Sunday the 22nd of October 1978. I also received s .econd phome
callan the 21.t of October from Melbourne confirming that the bo.t.
WOUld b'e required ror tJ1e search.
At 5.30 am on the mOrnig of Sunday the 22nd ot October 1978
HarbOur in Uy boat the REt!N D tOgether With P.ugh
on the NAUl'ULI3 1 and JObn irn"D1i:/SOll on the BALAL!A1lX and
travell.d to the North tip at lring I.land and tor the next
13 hour. carried out a search ot the OUrrounding area for the
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'!'here were two per.ons on Il1$' "es.el Daniel Scott my deck _
hand 01ld my. elf. r WOuld e.t1n:at. that the v l U.ed 'Pl.roldmat.l
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180 litre. ot diesel ruel during the COurse at the arch. I "ould I
olso estimate a loe. for b C ot Crays valued ot .bout 300 dollars,
other ooets 1.1lCUrred "ere" ! o!, m.' decl:hand wll6Q I paid tha
SUm ot 100 dOllar. tor tte days searCh. Also I estimated my cost
and other to be about 20 dOllars per hour.
Atter a .oarch of the areas directed
to u. by We all to Curri. harbour Just as
darkn
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Was tallinc .... ,p",r0X1loataly 6. 30 pm.
4th ot Docember 1978.
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STA TEMENT
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Box 1)0, CUrrie, Island
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At 530 am on the morning of Sunday the 22nd of Octo be"
1, 7<> I left Currie n"rbour in my boat the laUTLLBSl to a.elet in
eea rescue arch North We.t of King r.land for a mie'ina aircraft
There "ere two other boate "Uh me 1n the eearch t hey were Grahue
HELEN D and John Rendereone DAtARAiA.
There "ere only two per80ne on My VeGa el Raynond BOITLING
my deckhand and myeelf. r would eatimate the vee. el ueed about ?63
litre. of <1ei.e11 fuel during the 13 .earch. I ' ''ould also
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lnate a 10" of i bag of Craye during the day ae I l'I.e oble to
work a few of my pota On the return trip froll! the aearch are".
I aleo incurred a coot for my deckhand of 100 dollara f or the daye
s.arch and aleo peraonal and aundry expensa. of ubout '22. 50 par
hour.
Arter cOopleting a complete search of tne di rected areaa
I in COopany With tne other two boat. return to CU",,.ie harbour "t
approximately 6. 30pm. I did not follow the other two boata all tha
way to the harbour but .toPPed to pick up eome pota north of C"rria.
Statement taken at Cul'rie
Monday 4/12/78/
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