Noriharu Amano, a 45-year-old dentist known to some as Dr. Ness, vanished after a small private flight from Sault Ste. Marie on July 24, 2005. He departed in his Cessna C-172 bound for Marathon, Ontario, and was last seen when the plane was observed circling over Goulais Bay. Amano is described as 5 feet 7 inches, 181 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.

The family reported him missing on August 2, 2005, which prompted one of the region’s largest coordinated searches. The Ontario Provincial Police, Canadian Armed Forces, Civil Air Search and Rescue Association and Canadian Coast Guard searched more than 30,000 square kilometers by land, air and water. Assets deployed included CC-130 Hercules and CH-146 Griffon aircraft, a CH-149 Cormorant, and multiple Coast Guard vessels. No wreckage, no aircraft debris and no sign of Amano were found.

All that remains are the last sightings and the distinctive description of the Cessna: white wings tipped in red, a red fuselage with white stripes, a white underside and a red engine cowling. Does anyone have information about that flight, the plane, or seeing the aircraft near Goulais Bay that summer?