Robert John McElliott disappeared from Kodiak, Alaska, on March 12, 1983. He was 21, a Caucasian male with brown hair and blue eyes, 5 feet 11 inches and about 150 pounds. Distinguishing marks included a shorter right index finger and burn scars on his forehead at the hairline, the backs of both hands, and his right foot. He was wearing a yellow hooded rain suit and rubber boots when last seen.

The Alaska State Troopers in Anchorage list the prevailing explanation as a maritime accident: McElliott is believed to have been lost overboard from the 65-foot vessel Magnum Force near Cape Alitak in Alitak Bay. The report frames his disappearance as one of several maritime losses in Alaska in 1983; precise details of what happened aboard the Magnum Force that day remain unclear.

Did anyone who worked on or near the Magnum Force in March 1983, or who fished around Cape Alitak then, see Robert McElliott or have information about that trip?