Roy Pedersen, 24, vanished on September 27, 1984, after departing Anchorage, Alaska, with his friend Charles Middleton in a yellow Piper PA-12 fitted with floats, tail number N3751M. The two men were on a moose-spotting flight and did not file a specific flight plan before takeoff. Pedersen is described as a white male with red hair and blue eyes; at the time he was wearing a plaid shirt, blue Levi’s jeans, and brown leather boots.

No trace of the aircraft, either man, or wreckage has ever been found, and an official report was made to the Alaska State Troopers the day they went missing. The absence of a flight plan expanded the area search teams had to cover across rugged terrain and changeable weather. The disappearance is presumed to be the result of a plane crash; the case remains open as a lost/injured missing persons matter, with the Alaska State Troopers retaining the file.

Did anyone in Alaska’s aviation or hunting communities see that yellow Piper or hear about that flight on September 27, 1984?