10 Terrifying True Stories That Would Work Perfectly As Horror Movies

10. The Disappearance Of Frederick Valentich

Frederick Valentich was a pilot who went missing while performing a training flight over Bass Strait, just off the southern coast of Australia. The incident occurred in 1978 and is particularly notable and creepy due to the final radio message Valentich sent to Melbourne's air traffic control.

At 7:06pm on the evening of October 21, Valentich got in touch with air traffic control to let them know he'd spotted an unidentified aircraft that seemed to be following him. Confused, the traffic controllers told the pilot that they had no information on any plane in that area, but Valentich insisted that he could see an aircraft moving at high speed all around him.

Valentich added that the aircraft was "orbiting" him, describing it as shiny, metallic, and featuring a distinctive green light. When air traffic controllers asked him for more details, Valentich's final recorded words sent shivers down their spines: "It isn't an aircraft."

The case has never been solved, with some suggesting Valentich, a UFO enthusiast, faked his own death or committed suicide and wanted to go out in a mysterious way. Interestingly, there were reports of a UFO sighting on the very same day Valentich disappeared, and the idea of a horror movie set entirely in the sky, showing a lone pilot being stalked by an unidentified presence, is definitely an intriguing one.