AngelAlice
bemused & saddened observer
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According to Planetcalc, sunset local time at Melbourne (just north of the locus) was 1942 hrs.
Wikipedia gives Valentich’s time of disappearance as 1912 AEST.
maximus otter
ok - if sunset was at 7.42pm and Valentich "disappeared" at 7.20pm then we know it wasn't nighttime or even twilight - the sun was still above the horizon and it was basically pretty broad daylight.
Surely that's one factor we can regard as definite?
Whatever it was, it happened with the sun 22 minutes above the horizon, which itself seems to rule out several hypotheses right there.