The Light Gate Episode #045: George Simpson (UFOs & The Disappearance of Frederick Valentich)

The Light Gate Episode #045: George Simpson (UFOs & The Disappearance of Frederick Valentich)

Author: Preston Dennett March 19, 2026 Duration: 1:47:03
Tonight, The Light Gate welcomes researcher and author, George Simpson. George is the world's leading expert on one of the most mysterious and well-known cases in all of UFO history: TWhe disappearance of Frederick Valentich in 1978 over Australia.

George was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1958. He has had a life-long interest in the subject of UFOs since seeing one together with his sisters in 1967. He read the book “UFO's, Where do they come from?” by Richard Tambling in 1969 while in primary school.

He witnessed the initial part of the final flight of Frederick Valentich on October 21st, 1978 from his family home in Beaumaris. He became a member of VUFORS (The Victorian UFO Research Society) in 1987, just after the Knowles Case was reported in the news. He later joined the VUFORS committee as a photographic consultant, listed as “Photographic Officer” in 1992, and served on that committee for the following 8 years.

He then set up the Victorian branch of AUFORN (The Australian UFO Research Network) in 2000, ran investigations and followed up hundreds of sighting reports over the next 14 years, and ran four public meetings each year for that period, as the Director for the state of Victoria. During this period he also wrote a regular column titled “What Next” which was followed by “Now Then” for the Ufologist Magazine, from 2000 until the magazine closed in February 2018.

He participated in the research, assistance, and filming of the first episode of the Science Channel production of “Unexplained Files” in March 2013, which examined the Valentich mystery.

His book: “Nothing on Radar: The Valentich Mystery,” is the most comprehensive book on one of Australia’s most enduring and puzzling UFO encounters.

Hear the whole story of the Valentich Mystery here for the first time. There's a lot more too it than most people know! 

Thank you for tuning into The Light Gate. With Dolly Safran having so much extensive experience as a firsthand lifelong contactee, and my own experience as a longtime researcher, along with our wonderful guests, we aim to bring new insights into the field of UFOs and the paranormal, and a wide variety of other subjects. We all deserve to know the truth about what's happening on our planet, and beyond! If you enjoyed this episode, please check out the many others here. 

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